Cd to mp3 & downloaded music to mp3 softare?

I bought a cd/mp3 player for my car. Now I need to know how to make mp3's. I know I need "ripping" software but what should I get? Free would be great but if free means that it will be poor quaility or hard to use than I would rather buy the software. Any ideas???

 

do you own any cd burning program like Nero or Roxio(easy cd creator)?

if you do, both of those allow cd ripping, and I know Nero has an available plugin (not expensive) that lets you rip to mp3PRO format as well.

if not there are plenty of free programs that will rip cd's to mp3, i'd recommend trying a few out (ripping the same song) ans see if you find a difference in quality

 

I have Roxio easy cd creator 5 but did not get the upgrade. I can convert mp3 to cd with Roxio, but I do not think I can convert cd to mp3.

 

To rip CDs to MP3s I use a program called CDex, it's a free download, I believe I got it at download.com

 

If you dislike AudioGrabber, you can try CDEx. It too will rip an audio CD to mp3 files. Exact Audio Copy is good, too, but I've not used it in a long time.

Note that Halo's instruction apply to Nero Express, which is integrates with Nero but for some reason not a part of Nero Burning ROM (the non-express version).

 

hey man you'll all set with Roxio... instead of selecting "Create Music CD" off the Project Selector prompt, just select "Create Data CD"... this will burn the songs in mp3 format... You should be able to fit about 140 mp3's on a 700 mb CD-R/W... i just purchased an mp3 compatible receiver for my car and plan on burning mp3 CD's using Roxio a well...

 

i could have sworn Roxio also had mp3 ripping capabilities... but it's been a while since i dumped it and got nero.

look for a "save tracks" feature.

 

it does man... Data CD = mp3 CD if you are burning songs

 

not just burning, i mean ripping regular cds into mp3's... so you could fill the mp3 cds

 

Ok, I am going to show my computer illiteracy here. I downloaded and used cdex. It looks like the files are stored in a music file on my computer. Now how do I get several albums onto one cd? Sorry, I am knew to this (obviously).

 

cerulean, i'm a bit confused... are you trying to burn mp3 files onto a blank CD-R/W or are you trying to rip regular music CD's into mp3 files and then onto a CD-R/W... ?

 

I am trying to rip regular music CD's into mp3 files and then onto a CD-R/W.

 

@Midget, hes trying to do the latter-- rip his old CD's into mp3's and then burn them onto mp3 discs... so he doesnt have to carry around 1000 cds

@Cerulean-- when cdex or any ripping program rips the tracks into mp3, it stores them in a folder on your C drive (or main hard drive). I am not sure what the default folder for cdex is..maybe someone who uses it can tell you.

once you locate the newly ripped mp3's, open up Roxio and make a new data cd project (i'm not sure if it specifies 'create mp3 disc' but a simple data cd shold do the trick). Then just add the mp3's you'd like onto the disc and burn away.

 

can somebody instruct me what i have to do to burn a CD into mp3 files with Audiograbber... i've been screwing around with it for awhile and reading the help guide wasn't very efficient... it's reading the 22 tracks of my CD on the main window and i selected grab and then it coppied the 22 .wav files into my Audiograbber folder... how i need to get them into mp3's but can't figure out the settings for it... thanks

 

CDBurner XP Pro rips to MP3,Ogg Vorbis,WMA,and WAV from CDs. Get it here http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4242.html and will burn them to CD.

 

thanks for the recommendation Just Playin'.... i found CD Burner XP Pro to be much more user friendly than Audiograbber.... appreciate the link Chase, thanks....

 

open up Nero Express, go Music> MP3 Disc add your music and burn