converting cds to mp3

[paulinnherts]

Hi there just bought myself a portable flash which can play mp3s,so i was wondering can i record my cds to hard disc then convert them to mp3s to hear.Iput some on my pc and then onto drive which i can now hear when i plug it into any pc but cant listen to them on portable flash drive.So can it be done as i am newto this thanks in advance.

[kronas]

easy cd-da extractor

http://www.poikosoft.com/

this will create mp3's from your cd's, on to the pc hard drive.

[bob_a_builder]

Many ways this can be done, one of the simplest is MusicMatch this directly supports a number of portable devices. How does your flash player connect to the pc, USB I assume, usuable such devices just appears as another disk drive to which you can copy the mp3 track to converted from the audio

[Millay]

For simple ripping of CD's to MP3's on your harddrive, I have got to recomend.

CDex

Its so simple small but does the job, and of course connects to CDDB for the track listings..

If only everything in life could be asimple as CDex

cheers
Andy

[spacedhopper]

Download Itunes, software for the IPOD, it automatically adds artist, album title, genre etc. You can also create playlists etc and add ratings.

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by spacedhopper

Download Itunes, software for the IPOD, it automatically adds artist, album title, genre etc. You can also create playlists etc and add ratings.

I'll concur, its a very nice piece of software. But remember to make sure you set the conversion to MP3, not AAC, as otherwise only an iPod will understand the conversions (at the mo).

[paulinnherts]

Hi just to say thanks for advise downloaded cdex used it within minutes thanks to everyone for help.

[Gareth]

Originally Posted by bob_a_builder

...How does your flash player connect to the pc, USB I assume, usuable such devices just appears as another disk drive to which you can copy the mp3 track to converted from the audio

...unless, like me, you have a Thomson Lyra and use XP. Works just like bob_a_builder says under Win2K, but under XP it fails to recognise my MP3 player as a removable disk drive. Not a show stopper for me, as I just use my laptop (Win2K) or switch to linux, but bloody annoying all the same.

[John Smiths]

Yeah i would def. recommend CDex...not only can it rip music off cds and convert them, but can also convert any wav file on your hard drive and convert to mp3 too...very useful if you've just recorded a mix!!

[Lew]

Originally Posted by spacedhopper

Download Itunes, software for the IPOD, it automatically adds artist, album title, genre etc. You can also create playlists etc and add ratings.

[Millay]

Hey another Peice of software that is kinda relataded to this is Tag&Rename, it is cracking for organsing huge amounts of mp3's even being able to get all the information for albums not only of CDDB but also of off allmusic.com. This is one hell of a powerfulll pice of software and Ive just spent the last 9 hours fully organsing my mp3's into such a good state that I can use mood software to make playlists on the fly now. if ya interested:


http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by paulinnherts

Hi there just bought myself a portable flash which can play mp3s,so i was wondering can i record my cds to hard disc then convert them to mp3s to hear.Iput some on my pc and then onto drive which i can now hear when i plug it into any pc but cant listen to them on portable flash drive.So can it be done as i am newto this thanks in advance.

You can also try CDEX, it's free and works like a beaut.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=183719

Look into using WMA rather than MP3. FOr one they are smaller so you can get more on the player and secondly you can use windows media player to convert the CD (Assuming its not cactus datasheild protected)

[Bifta]

Urgh .. I was way behind with my recommendation .. sorry