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Noob MP3 question

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:52 am
by OohhoO
What do I need to record my music CDs onto my PC in MP3 format?
(apart from the music CDs & the PC obviously :p)

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:23 am
by Mojo
OohhoO wrote:What do I need to record my music CDs onto my PC in MP3 format?
(apart from the music CDs & the PC obviously :p)

I use Musicmatch, cos I always have and im used to it.

http://www.musicmatch.com/

But pretty much any application that will play music will also import it.

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:37 am
by Firbynator
Think windows media player can do that aswell, but stay away from the evul .wma! ;)

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:56 am
by Ayana
Use http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ combined with http://lame.jthz.com/ for the best possible quality.

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:11 pm
by Satyn
[quote="Firbynator"]Think windows media player can do that aswell, but stay away from the evul .wma! ]

yeah it can, but i hate medi player tho, does my head in

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:15 pm
by Mojo
[quote="Firbynator"]Think windows media player can do that aswell, but stay away from the evul .wma! ]

Doesn't media player enforce copyright's now?

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:07 am
by OohhoO
Can anyone recommend a good portable MP3 player
I don't need all that much memory - I probably wouldn't want to put more than 10-12 CDs on it so 120-150 songs.
TBH half that would also be enough.
Some kind of minimal display would be nice.
I don't really want to spend more than ... hmmm let's say £80 for starters (in swiss francs ofc - UK special offers no use to me)

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:25 am
by Ovi
Mojo wrote:Doesn't media player enforce copyright's now?

No, you can choose whether to licence what you copy or not. It does work with DRM, which means any music you buy it will play, and can sync to an MP3 player.
Firbynator wrote:Think windows media player can do that aswell, but stay away from the evul .wma! ]

I prefer .wma, the quality is much better when you compare the same bit rates, and hence file sizes. So if you have an "MP3 player" that plays .wma's then you get more tracks for your memory.

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:29 am
by Ovi
OohhoO wrote:Can anyone recommend a good portable MP3 player
I don't need all that much memory - I probably wouldn't want to put more than 10-12 CDs on it so 120-150 songs.
TBH half that would also be enough.
Some kind of minimal display would be nice.
I don't really want to spend more than ... hmmm let's say £80 for starters (in swiss francs ofc - UK special offers no use to me)
I am a fan of creative ...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 13-1571650

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:47 am
by Xest
Agree, Creative kit is really nice. iPod's are feature crippled in comparison to a lot of other players and for a higher price, you really are paying for the name and getting nothing back for it, better to get something from a company like Creative which has a much better feature set and for a lower price, not like they look any worse than iPods either imo.