CD to wav?

[Submeg]

Is there a program I can use that will allow me to rip from cd straight to wav? because I have Windows media player, but that only allows me to rip to lossless wma and my music software doesnt recognise wma and I then have to convert to wav...

[Harrison]

CDex

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

[Submeg]

Cool, I also found AudioGrabber :)

[FOL]

Cool, I also found AudioGrabber :)

Not that I have tried, but i would have thought WinAMP would do this.

[J T]

I'm a fan of DB Poweramp (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/) myself.

I'm also pretty sure you can set (some) versions of WMP to rip to WAV, but I haven't used it to rip for ages I have to admit.

[FOL]

I'm a fan of DB Poweramp (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/) myself.

I'm also pretty sure you can set (some) versions of WMP to rip to WAV, but I haven't used it to rip for ages I have to admit.

Thats what I thought, I remember ripping to WAV with WMP, but aint tried with new WMP.

[Submeg]

Yea never got into WinAMP.....don't know why. But I now have it working so its sweet! :thumbs:

[Harrison]

I used to use WinAMP all the time years ago, but then I built a new system a few years ago and WinAMP caused some kind of bad hardware instability and would instantly crash the whole system when you tried to load it. So I stopped using it and haven't touched it since.

Now for audio playback I used MediaMonkey which is a great music library application, and for audio ripping I use CDex which directly supports the Lame MP3 Encoder, and can also use WinAMP plugins!

I've never tried DB PowerAMP. Isn't it a commercial application? The great thing about CDex and MediaMonkey is you can use them for free!

[Submeg]

I remember back in the day when everyone would go on about winamp...I was and still think meh, if you have any software its all the same really :huh2:

[J T]

I used to use WinAMP all the time years ago, but then I built a new system a few years ago and WinAMP caused some kind of bad hardware instability and would instantly crash the whole system when you tried to load it. So I stopped using it and haven't touched it since.

Now for audio playback I used MediaMonkey which is a great music library application, and for audio ripping I use CDex which directly supports the Lame MP3 Encoder, and can also use WinAMP plugins!

I've never tried DB PowerAMP. Isn't it a commercial application? The great thing about CDex and MediaMonkey is you can use them for free!

It used to be completely free, but now you have to pay for the MP3 codec, which is a great shame. The reason they gave was something to do with a licence fee and some possible lawsuit - don't know if that was just an excuse. But.... well.... :JRflag:

I use media monkey after your recommendation, it's very good. For some reason I have never got into winAMP either.

[AlexJ]

And where (http://oldforum.classicamiga.com/index.php?showtopic=2427&view=findpost&p=1898215) did Harrison get the tip to use Mediamonkey I wonder? ;)

The developers of MP3 enforce their patents on all encoders (meaning a royalty has to be paid) but decoders given away free don't need a royalty. Most free MP3 encoders use the LAME software application, which doesn't pay royalties because the developers don't provide a complied program, only the source code and the people that do the compiling are untraceable. In any case, the patents on MP3 expire in 2011, after which possibly software like dbPower might scrap their fees.