best free mp3 ripper?

derekderek pollock pines, ca.
edited December 2003 in Science & Tech
i just bought a new cd player for my truck that plays mp3's.
i want to rip my legal cd's down to mp3 to play on my new cd player.
what free program is the best for doing this?
downloaded a free one last night and spent a couple of hours just trying to get ahead of the spyware it installed.:banghead:

thanks, derek

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  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited December 2003
    I use CDDA-Xtractor, which uses Lame to encode your MP3's from CD. Does exactly what I need it to do. :)

    No spyware.

    The interface isn't exactly the greatest, but it is freeware. :)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    CDex 1.5.

    Supports the newest methods of MP3 encoding with LAME: CBR, VBR, ABR, all quality modes, CDDB support, and a whole damn slew of other options that I've only begun to explore.

    It's free, and it's awesome.
  • SouriatSouriat Nottingham, UK
    edited December 2003
    EAC + Lame is the best in my opinion with CDex being just behind it.

    http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ - eac
    http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/files/lame-3.90.3.zip - lame
    http://www.ping.be/satcp/eac00.htm - nice guide to eac
  • CobaltCobalt Connecticut
    edited December 2003
    Thrax had this to say
    CDex 1.5.

    Yes! I use CDex too. Simple, free, sweet. :vimp:
  • teflemingtefleming
    edited December 2003
    Thrax had this to say
    CDex 1.5.

    Supports the newest methods of MP3 encoding with LAME: CBR, VBR, ABR, all quality modes, CDDB support, and a whole damn slew of other options that I've only begun to explore.

    It's free, and it's awesome.

    yup
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    cdex 1.5 is the way to go
  • dak125dak125
    edited December 2003
    I used to use CDex, but you have to use dBpoweramp! It's free and amazing. The best ripper I've ever used.

    Forgot to mention that once you put in the cd it will automatically find the CD title and all the track titles. The thing is great, much faster and easier to use IMO. One of Dak's top 10 software picks ;).
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    CDex 1.50 with Lame 3.92 -alt preset standard best all around filesize/quality ratio
  • SputnikSputnik Worcester, MA
    edited December 2003
    I've bene using freeripmp3 for about 2 years now, been working fine for me, just started to use DBPoweramp for converting between formats (ogg to mp3 specifically for use in iTunes)
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