need a fast, free mp3 ripper..

#1 10-01-2003, 11:41 AM

i need a good utility to pull audio off of cd's and convert it to mp3's.. i'm using dBpowerAMP right now.. something like that.. it took 36 minutes to rip a full cd at 128kpbs.. seems a little slow to me.. anyone have any good leads?

-adam

Chicane · #2 10-01-2003, 01:03 PM

iTunes.

Or N2mp3. Both are quality programs that I couldn't live without.

- Rob

Mr. Pockets · #3 10-01-2003, 01:58 PM

dBPowerAmp never took longer than 10-12min for me to rip a full CD to 196kb/sec (I don't mess around - 128 sounds like crap) using LAME.

#4 10-01-2003, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by Mr. Pockets
dBPowerAmp never took longer than 10-12min for me to rip a full CD to 196kb/sec (I don't mess around - 128 sounds like crap) using LAME.

so what am i doing wrong where it's taking me three times as long as you to rip a cd a lower quality?!

-adam

Chicane · #5 10-01-2003, 02:03 PM

Get n2mp3 dude. Trust me.

- Rob

#6 10-01-2003, 02:16 PM

will it run on a pc? i can't afford a dualie G5 yet..

-adam

lee · #7 10-01-2003, 02:26 PM

try this site, works for me up to 320

http://xtractor.sourceforge.net/

Mr. Pockets · #8 10-01-2003, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by alacrity024

so what am i doing wrong where it's taking me three times as long as you to rip a cd a lower quality?!

-adam

I don't know, Adam. What encoder are you using? I know that Blade is very slow, and that might account for the extra time. I used Lame, and it was very fast.

Earthworm · #9 10-01-2003, 04:28 PM

What CPU are you running it on?

#10 10-02-2003, 04:42 AM

I'd go with CDex. http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

#11 10-02-2003, 01:15 PM

I always used windows media player 9. But my computer might be faster than yours, i dunno, but my specs are 1.2 ghz P3,512MB PC-133 SDRAM, Geforce3 Ti200 64MB DDR Vid card. Or maybe its the cd drive your ripping it off of. You can pick up a 56x for like 40 bucks these days, or you could get a nice CD-RW, that has a high Read/Write Speed.