Have CD; need to extract files

Dumb question -- I have some CDs with my music on them, and I'd like
to convert to a file format that I can upload to SoundClick or
wherever. I can't figure out how to do this with WinAmp or
RealPlayer, though I know I did it 3 years ago in the mp3.com days.
Help!

>Dumb question -- I have some CDs with my music on them, and I'd
>like to convert to a file format that I can upload to SoundClick
>or wherever. I can't figure out how to do this with WinAmp or
>RealPlayer, though I know I did it 3 years ago in the mp3.com
>days. Help!

RealPlayer "One" and newer burns cds and probably extracts, but
I don't have it installed so I can't check or walk you through
it. The free version of Winamp doesn't extract, I don't think...
Windows Media Player 9 and newer extracts... but it's difficult
for me to test this without risking the fragile settings truce
I've arranged on my system over who controls these actions .

I strongly recommend EAC (Exact Audio Copy) or CDex, both
free packages that are easy to use, use advanced methods for
correcting jitter and other artifacts, can extract directly
to a wide variety of formats (including LAME mp3s), and have
CDDB integration -- they look up which cd you're extracting
in a remote database, and automatically apply the track names
to the extracted files, and fill out the metadata (ID3 tags
and such) in the files automatically. Granted, this last
feature won't work on a Stretch CD (until you submit the
information to the database!).

Anyway, I digress.

-Carl

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@y...> wrote:

> I strongly recommend EAC (Exact Audio Copy) or CDex, both
> free packages

Thanks, Carl. URLs?

> Granted, this last
> feature won't work on a Stretch CD

Let alone an It CD!

> > I strongly recommend EAC (Exact Audio Copy) or CDex, both
> > free packages
>
> Thanks, Carl. URLs?

A google for "EAC" returns this as the first result...

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de

A google for "CDex" returns this as the first result...

http://www.cdex.n3.net

-Carl

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@y...> wrote:
> > > I strongly recommend EAC (Exact Audio Copy) or CDex, both
> > > free packages
> >
> > Thanks, Carl. URLs?
>
> A google for "EAC" returns this as the first result...
>
> http://www.exactaudiocopy.de

Useless, as far as I can see.

> A google for "CDex" returns this as the first result...
>
> http://www.cdex.n3.net

Thanks!!

> > A google for "EAC" returns this as the first result...
> >
> > http://www.exactaudiocopy.de
>
> Useless, as far as I can see.

Drag; looks like he's let his domain registration lapse.
Here's an alternate resource...

http://www.etree.org/eac.html

...but this is not a good sign.

> > A google for "CDex" returns this as the first result...
> >
> > http://www.cdex.n3.net

I use CDex. It's updated a little more frequently than
Exact Audio Copy, and it works better with my external
USB drive.

As an aside, I also own three commercial programs that
can do extraction -- Roxio EasyCDCreator, Nero Burning ROM,
and SonicFoundry CDArchitect -- but I use CDex. I use it
not because it's free (which is obviously nice), nor because
it's open source (which is very important to me), but
because I think it's better.

-Carl

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Erlich" <PERLICH@A...> wrote:

> Dumb question -- I have some CDs with my music on them, and I'd like
> to convert to a file format that I can upload to SoundClick or
> wherever. I can't figure out how to do this with WinAmp or
> RealPlayer, though I know I did it 3 years ago in the mp3.com days.
> Help!

You could rip them to wav files and convert the wav files, but I think
you could find freeware readily enough that directly rips the CD to
mp3s--it seems to me I've seen that mentioned.

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith" <gwsmith@s...>

/metatuning/topicId_6878.html#6889

wrote:
> --- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Erlich" <PERLICH@A...>
wrote:
>
> > Dumb question -- I have some CDs with my music on them, and I'd
like
> > to convert to a file format that I can upload to SoundClick or
> > wherever. I can't figure out how to do this with WinAmp or
> > RealPlayer, though I know I did it 3 years ago in the mp3.com
days.
> > Help!
>
> You could rip them to wav files and convert the wav files, but I
think
> you could find freeware readily enough that directly rips the CD to
> mp3s--it seems to me I've seen that mentioned.

***I bought something that I use for about $15, but it rather looks
as though Carl Lumma has found some freebies...

JP

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Erlich" <PERLICH@A...> wrote:
> Help!

I think if everyone was real honest about it, they might realize that they've got a tool they use for something that works just fine, and they didn't go chasing for any others. At least that is how it is with me. I used CDex and a few others for a while, and then I ended up with FreeRip:

http://www.freerip.com/

And now, I don't really know why, but it stays in the taskbar, and I use it all the time! Anyhow, just another option in a seemingly endless ocean of options...

Cheers,
Jon

On Tuesday 09 March 2004 02:24 am, Jon Szanto wrote:
> --- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Erlich" <PERLICH@A...> wrote:
> > Help!
>
> I think if everyone was real honest about it, they might realize that
> they've got a tool they use for something that works just fine, and they
> didn't go chasing for any others. At least that is how it is with me. I
> used CDex and a few others for a while, and then I ended up with FreeRip:
>
> http://www.freerip.com/
>
> And now, I don't really know why, but it stays in the taskbar, and I use it
> all the time! Anyhow, just another option in a seemingly endless ocean of
> options...

It seems that the Linux world is ahead in this whole game. We have plenty of
CD wav extrating tools. One example is cdda2wav. And to convert to mp3's we
use 'lame'......

-Aaron
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http://www.dividebypi.com

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