DescentBB

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:59 pm**

Copy a track off of a CD?

Is there a way to copy a music CD to the hard drive so I don't need to have the CD in?

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:08 pm**

A quick way is to use WIndows Media Player. Look on the menu's to the left, it should be there. It will convert the audio to .wma

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:08 pm**

http://www.cdex.n3.net/
for mp3

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:18 pm**

Someone suggested Audiograbber but it can's see the CDA files on the CD. Would CDex be any different?

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:38 pm**

CDA files are the OS's way of telling you that you have an Audio cd in the drive.

CDex will work just fine.

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:52 pm**

I'm getting an error on the Audiograbber which says "the file C:\.......favor.wav is not a 16-bit, stereo 44100 hz PCM wave file. (This file is a 16-bit, stereo, 22050 hz file)

This eternal codex cannot handle this wave file. Try some external encoder instead"

Any ideas on this?

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:57 pm**

yeah.

you are not supposed to use audiograbber on wave files.

you use it to rip audio off of cds.

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:02 pm**

OK, then how does Audiograbber see the CD files? I can't get it to "see" the CD. Unless I'm doing something wrong.

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:05 pm**

OPS!!!

I just put the CD in the DVD/CD-ROM drive instead of the CD-RW and at least it's recognizing the CD.

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:05 pm**

Stop using Audiograbber. Try using CDEx.

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:47 pm**

OK, I'm trying it as we "speak".

I'll let you know how it goes.

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:10 pm**

OK I converted them to "Compressed Audio".

Now, how do I get them to a folder on my computer?

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:35 pm**

Um, copy or move the file to where you want it? "Conversion" implies that it has been saved to your hard drive somewhere.

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:44 pm**

Good answer. I found it in a Codex folder. I'll have to see if I can direct it elswhere.

Anyway, thanks to all.

Posted: **Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:15 pm**

The CDex settings and preferences option lets you change many parameters, including where files are ripped to. You can also change the output type (MP3, OGG, etc) and quality of the rip.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:56 am**

You should really check out
EAC(Exact Audio Copy) and LAME ..nothing better when these are used together

I use them to rip All my Mp3's in Variable rate which owns just straight 320!!

Really who is so arrogant to rip silence at 320 kbps (they will be here to argue it soon...)

you should try them, of course after you have finished with your current debacle

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:49 am**

Will do.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:57 am**

VBR is the shizznit.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:29 am**

320 CBR is fine for me, I don't really care because I still have about 240 GB of free space available on my drives.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:16 pm**

thewolfe wrote:OK I converted them to "Compressed Audio".

Now, how do I get them to a folder on my computer?

Took me a whole 2 seconds to find....

Hit F4.

Don't be afraid to look for something before you start asking questions. Its not like you're going to trigger the apocalypse by clicking the wrong button. What, you think we were born with this knowlege?

Half of what I know I learned through trial and error.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:38 pm**

VBR will net you 500 bitrate, tho'. I'm not concerned about filesize, but I sure am concerned with the quality. 320 is minimum.

Posted: **Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:33 pm**

Thanks for the info.

Posted: **Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:51 am**

*cough*OGG Vorbis*cough*

Q7, approx 224kbps, all you'll ever need.

It encodes quite a bit slower than MP3 does, but for those of us who are concerned about space (for instance, I like to keep all my music on my laptop with a 12gig drive), it's worth it. You only need to do it once per CD, after all.

Vorbis is inherently VBR, btw