I hate iTunes and WMP loves to freeze up half through ripping. I just want to turn my CD's into MP3's or WMA's so I can put them on my phone. Suggestions?

can't you just access the tracks directly (PCM wav files) and just compress them with anything? Or has something changed since I still used CDs? :P

Honestly, I don't know why you're having trouble with iTunes.. I used to rip my CD's with it all the time and it was all flawless and fast depending on the speed.

I use EAC for all of my CDs.
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

Plus one on eac. That's all I use and never have any issues with it

I use Nero 9 to rip mine.

I use Easy CD-DA Extractor...
Best Lossy Codec:

http://www.poikosoft.com/
^ $47 for one version
So, going from the 15.x tree to the 16.x tree requires you to spend again. (so, when poiko releases version 17 to get version 17 I have to throw cash... but you get all these royalty codecs as well w00t!)

^-- options for error detection and it tells you if you get errors

Exact Audio Copy is all I use as well.

i use foobar2000.

blacksapphire08


I hate iTunes and WMP loves to freeze up half through ripping. I just want to turn my CD's into MP3's or WMA's so I can put them on my phone. Suggestions?

 
iTunes, fast and easy.
I Never have a problems ripping with it. When i used to use it, now its just D/L through iTunes store, a Track at a time.
 
Good Luck

Blizzie


I use EAC for all of my CDs.
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

I have already tried it, took an hour to rip 4 songs with the fastest settings enabled so I uninstalled it. I dont want WAV files and dont want to spend extra time compressing them into a different format. I do not like iTunes and will never install it on my computer ever again. What I really want is a working version of Windows Media Player.

You mean taking songs from a CD and just copying them over? 
 
....its been a while since ive done that but dont you just stick it into the computer and view the files. lol. 

kidcrumb


You mean taking songs from a CD and just copying them over? 

....its been a while since ive done that but dont you just stick it into the computer and view the files. lol. 

No, simply copying them will not work for audio CD's.

blacksapphire08
No, simply copying them will not work for audio CD's.

http://www.poikosoft.com/ <-- try it, (30 day trial I think)
(Also, it uses up to SSE4.1 which is cool)

I just copy the files off the disk onto my hard drive
but I use linux, not sure if that can be done in windows
 
when ever I put a disk in it shows losses wav files
but I can save them as flac or mp3's too

Exact Audio Copy all the way.
 
My more tech-savvy friends tell me the best way is to use EAC to rip into FLAC, and then convert using dpPowerAmp, but I can't really comment on the validity of that.
 

voodoo do-er


I just copy the files off the disk onto my hard drive
but I use linux, not sure if that can be done in windows

when ever I put a disk in it show losses wav files
but I can save them as flac or mp3's

 
dbPowerAmp is compatible with WINE.

taniquetil


dbPowerAmp is compatible with WINE.

ok?
why did you quote me saying that ???

For some reason I use winamp.  I rip to flac, maybe that is why.  Whatever is free or accessible is something I would use.  I hope you're not using a lossy format, its 2012 for pete's sake. 

I use dBpoweramp, you can rip cd's and do batch conversions with it. I've used it to convert the quality of approx 6000 mp3's and it worked flawlessly! It's not free, but it has a 21-day trial.

voodoo do-er

taniquetil


dbPowerAmp is compatible with WINE.

ok?
why did you quote me saying that ???

 
Because I was in a hurry and misread your post as a question

I use MediaMonkey. It has a free version and a paid version, both versions work well.
http://www.mediamonkey.com/

Kanti


For some reason I use winamp.  I rip to flac, maybe that is why.  Whatever is free or accessible is something I would use.  I hope you're not using a lossy format, its 2012 for pete's sake. 

I dont want FLAC cause it takes up too much space and i'm fine with 192kbps MP3 audio. List of programs i've tried....
 
WMP - freezes up
Exact Audio Copy - Super slow
Free CD Ripper - garbage
foobar2000 - looks nice but again SUPER slow (5hrs to rip a 45 min CD is unacceptable)
 
Edit: messed with some drive settings in foobar and got it start ripping at a faster speed, but still not nearly as fast as say iTunes. Anybody have experience know how to force it to run at full speed?

Audiograbber? used to work for me in past, it can save them straight to WAV r MP3 if you have MP3 codec installed (I used something extra, but forgot it's name) ... haven't ripped a CD in a very long time ...

blacksapphire08
I dont want FLAC cause it takes up too much space and i'm fine with 192kbps MP3 audio. List of programs i've tried....

WMP - freezes up
Exact Audio Copy - Super slow
Free CD Ripper - garbage
foobar2000 - looks nice but again SUPER slow (5hrs to rip a 45 min CD is unacceptable)

Have you tried Easy CD-DA Extractor yet?

Alright got foobar2000 running at full speed and ripping away. Thanks guys!

Yep, been using foobar2k for a long time now, best there is.

congrats!