Hi guys. my 2 little nieces keep begging me to put music on thier new mp3 player (kids these days eh) anyway what i need to know is how do you convert cd audio tracks to mp3? i managed to put some of my tunes on the mp3 players but they are mp3 files already. and they have given me the high school musical cd to upload!!! anyone who can help because i want to get on with the car!

Rob

just download it in mp3 format

Windows media player will rip a CD to MP3 if you change the setting in >Tools< then >Options< then >Rip Music< once you're there change the format from WMA to MP3, stick the cd in and you're away.......

[Edited on 14/3/08 by D Beddows]

Rip the cd onto windows media player. Set the rip options in media player to mp3.

This will copy the cd into the media player library and convert it to mp3 at the same time.

wow thats quick, cool i will give that a try,
im so stoopid

this utiliy is really simple

http://www.freerip.com/

chuck your cd in and it converts and fills in track name etc

EAC & Lame

if you've got itunes already - you might as well just use it (its really easy to use)

just put the cd in the pc - wait for it to find the track names from the tinternet - then press the button at the bottom theat says 'import CD'

it will convert it to what ever format is setup in the preferences and save them to where its set to

to change the format and save location - go to 'preferences' in the edit menu, then 'advanced'

on the 'general' tab - 'itunes music folder location' is where it will save them

on the 'importing' tab you get to pick the format + quality (i.e. MP3)

What NOT to use is itunes it converts CDs to M4a format which then has then to be converted to mp3.

Also if you download from the itunes shop it uses apples own encrypted m4p format --- and Apple recently closed down the GPL conversion software supplier.

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Originally posted by britishtrident
What NOT to use is itunes it converts CDs to M4a format which then has then to be converted to mp3.

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Windows media player as ^^^^^^^^ said is easy to use. Then again, there are hundreds of freeware ripping softwares out there. A quick google with throw up the usualy suspects.

I *think* officially its still illegal but there is a change in the law in the pipelines to say converting a CD you own to another format is okay. Not sure if it's passed yet.

Easy CD DA Extractor gets my vote. Very easy to use, adds the file data from the net and multiple settings for quality etc.

[Edited on 14/3/08 by coozer]

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Originally posted by mcerd1

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Originally posted by britishtrident
What NOT to use is itunes it converts CDs to M4a format which then has then to be converted to mp3.

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not if you change the option in 'preferences' so that it just converts to MP3 in the first place

itunes is fine for ripping [converting] your own CD's - but I'd agree with NOT dowloading anything from them

[Edited on 14/3/08 by mcerd1]

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CDEX or FOOBAR.

Pat...

If you have NERO installed - I use that.

Under Audio then Convert CD's to Audio Files.

Nero is very easy and quick.

IMO Windows Media Player doesn't produce very good quality coversions.

Steve