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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 11:55 AM
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CD to mp3?
Edited on Mon Apr-04-05 11:55 AM by CornField
I'd like to take a song off a CD I own and convert it to mp3. I have no clue how to do it. When I did a search, I found all types of commercial software (with semi-large pricetags). Is there any good shareware/donationware/freeware?

Edited to add -- for Linux.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 11:55 AM
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1. iTunes does conversions
it's free from the Apple.com site
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 11:55 AM
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2. you should be able to do it with windows media player
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 11:56 AM
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3. EAC + LAME
Edited on Mon Apr-04-05 11:56 AM by Roland99
Get Exact Audio Copy and the LAME MP3 encoder (and use its --alt preset extreme setting) and you're set!


Not sure if they exist on Linux but they might.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 11:56 AM
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4. As has been said, iTunes will do it for you
or you can download the LAME encoder. Google the name.
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Kilroy003 Donating Member (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 12:01 PM
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5. iTunes can also rip in AAC format.
Higher compression rate or something.

If you play it for a robot, he'll be able to tell the difference.
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 12:04 PM
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6. If you have a cd burner (which you'll need to do this)...
...didn't it come with some kind of software? Itunes would be the way to go as far as free software.
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 12:14 PM
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7. I use the current version of Goldwave
It's shareware, and comes with a batch conversion utility that allows you to pick the songs on a cd that you want and pull them off in one shot.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 12:15 PM
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8. CDex or Exact Audio Copy (EAC) + Lame codec
That's my recommendation.
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