best mp3 burn/rip software?

[Guest]

what do you guys recommend? all in one for high quality ripping and burning on my winxp!

what about musicmatch basic 7.0? enough?

thanks all!

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[Arrow]

A Plextor!
If you want something cheaper, LiteOns aren't bad either.

For ripping, I use AudioGrabber/Catalyst.

Rob
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[Guest]

yeah i got a LiteOn! tops!

aight aight, il try AudioCatalyst then!

i dont like MusicMatch 7 Basic, and quite buggy on my XP platform, im currently using Easy CD-DA Extractor!

peace outz!!!

 

[blah]

Windows Media Player?

..this is very useful and helpful place for information...

 

[Arrow]

I wouldn't recommend MusicMatch - too too overcrowded.

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[Toejam31]

Too proprietary, IMHO.

I really hate picking up a MP3 encoded with the Player that can <b>only</b> be played with the Windows Media Player.

I prefer AudioGrabber in Win2K, myself. Or AudioCatalyst in older OS's. (Basically the same thing ... a very similar interface.) <i>Very</i> fast ripping, with virtually no errors. I've never had one, anyway.

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[FatBurger]

I've used AudioCatalyst exclusively for about 4 years, and been happy with it every time I fire it up.

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[Guest]

Absolutely,
AudioCatalyst for ripping
Nero for burning
Plextor for hardware

 

[FatBurger]

Plextor is overpriced, but they're good drives.

I've got a Teac. Very nice drive.

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[btvillarin]

Hey, what would you (the ones that use AudioCatalyst) say about <A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=52" target="_new">this Anandtech FAQ</A>?

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[Guest]

I use Windows XP too.

The best program I'v had the chance of using for CD ripping/creating is "Easy CD-DA Extractor",
until now it has been practically perfect, giving me no problems.
and it's one of a few programs that doesn't need ASPI to work (Nero and FireBurner don't need it also) so you can use it on Windows XP without downloading some ASPI driver.

 

[Guest]

AudioCatalyst belongs to Xing... it is known that their encoding is by far inferior when compared to other programs.
There's a link to an article about this in btvillarin's
post, you should check it out.

 

[Guest]

im loving easy cd-da right now, but having problems that it cant burn some mp3s! depends on who ripped it using whatever mp3 encoder, easy cd-da audio creator stays on that mp3 while burning.. forever! making the audio cd useless after..

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[FatBurger]

it is known that their encoding is by far inferior when compared to other programs.

I've used it for a long time, I'm happy with the file size, speed of encoding and the quality. In what way is it inferior?

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[btvillarin]

In what way is it inferior?

I'm not really sure if Audiocatalyst is inferior to the method recommended in that Anandtech FAQ, but I just wanted to know if there's a big difference. Is it worth going through all of that if you could barely tell the difference? The CDs I've ripped sounds just fine using AudioCatalyst...

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[FatBurger]

Agreed. I've been very happy with it, I see no reason to switch.

I'll probably try Lame though.

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