duybeeGAshantiGA Posted Saturday at 07:39 AM Share Posted Saturday at 07:39 AM (edited) Hi all, I am planning to rip all of my CD collection so I can listen to the music files on my new car (which doesnt have a CD player). The speakers on the car are really good (built ny Yamaha) so I think I may try to rip the CDs into lossless files (like FLAC or sumn) so I can listen to quality and lossless music. We all know that the quality of the music on Spotify is not good enough. I know about EAC (Exact Audio Copy) software which many people use for a long time (prolly like more than 20 years). But the process of using that software may be a chore. I am not sure if there's any other software in 2024 that can do a good job as much as EAC but easier to use? Please enlighten me. Thank you!! Edited Saturday at 07:39 AM by duybeeGAshantiGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allforyou Posted Saturday at 07:57 AM Share Posted Saturday at 07:57 AM Windows Media Player does a pretty good job at riping CDs tbh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh0ckw4ves Posted Saturday at 08:13 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:13 AM Do you have a Mac? I used to use a program called Max back in the day but tbh even iTunes has FLAC/WAV settings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Aurora Posted Saturday at 08:22 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:22 AM I remember using Nero Burning Rom. It extracts audio files from CDs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendulum Posted Saturday at 08:29 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:29 AM what in the 2000s? all this hassle when you can use spotify or youtube or whatever 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fa77ot Posted Saturday at 08:31 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:31 AM (edited) you can rip CDs to WAV/AIFF in iTunes (Windows or Mac) Edited Saturday at 08:32 AM by fa77ot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alldeezy Posted Saturday at 08:33 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:33 AM Windows Media Player is still good for that stuff just hope your laptop or PC has a disk thingy because none do these days im just lucky I still have my old itunes files backed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Silva Posted Saturday at 08:36 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:36 AM (edited) Exact Audio Copy (known as "EAC" for short is good). I've been using it for years. I find it to be a more versatile software than Windows Media Player and I like that it actually tells me the percentage of how accurate the rip of each individual track is. I have a soft spot for CD's. Edited Saturday at 08:38 AM by Dante Silva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Into The Void Posted Saturday at 08:47 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:47 AM 17 minutes ago, Pendulum said: what in the 2000s? all this hassle when you can use spotify or youtube or whatever I was thinking the same I haven't done that since like 2008 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duybeeGAshantiGA Posted Saturday at 08:56 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 08:56 AM (edited) 1 hour ago, allforyou said: Windows Media Player does a pretty good job at riping CDs tbh 50 minutes ago, sh0ckw4ves said: Do you have a Mac? I used to use a program called Max back in the day but tbh even iTunes has FLAC/WAV settings. 32 minutes ago, fa77ot said: you can rip CDs to WAV/AIFF in iTunes (Windows or Mac) Thank you. Yeah but I've read that Windows Media Player and ITunes (I actually have ripped CDs by these softwares before), they do not provide the best quality files since they do not have the accuracy that some softwares do. They are simple but I dont think they are the best in terms of ripping the best files. Also the new sound system on my new car is really good, I think I can hear a difference between playimg a song on streaming services and a song ripped from a Cd by a good software. Edited Saturday at 09:04 AM by duybeeGAshantiGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duybeeGAshantiGA Posted Saturday at 08:59 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 08:59 AM 28 minutes ago, Pendulum said: what in the 2000s? all this hassle when you can use spotify or youtube or whatever 10 minutes ago, Into The Void said: I was thinking the same I haven't done that since like 2008 lol CDs wont last forever. I am not also good at keeping my CDs since the weather and humidity levels here where I live are ****. So I 1. want to rip so I can have the lossless files forever 2. The sound quality of streaming services cant compared to CD files/lossless files that were ripped from CDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tost1 Posted Saturday at 08:59 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:59 AM Nero burning room is THE CD BURNER, didn't use it in 20 years though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fa77ot Posted Saturday at 09:00 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:00 AM 2 minutes ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said: they do not provide the best quality files since they do not have the accuracy that some softwares do isn't AIFF the best music format you can get? it's uncompressed (about 10 MB for one minute of stereo audio at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16 bits) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duybeeGAshantiGA Posted Saturday at 09:00 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 09:00 AM 22 minutes ago, Dante Silva said: Exact Audio Copy (known as "EAC" for short is good). I've been using it for years. I find it to be a more versatile software than Windows Media Player and I like that it actually tells me the percentage of how accurate the rip of each individual track is. I have a soft spot for CD's. Yes thanks. I have known EAC for quite a long time. Many people said it's good but why does the softwate make it so hard to set up/ use? Like I once tried to install and rip a CD but I almost gave up. I may give it another try since now I am older and have more patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duybeeGAshantiGA Posted Saturday at 09:03 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 09:03 AM 1 minute ago, fa77ot said: isn't AIFF the best music format you can get? it's uncompressed (about 10 MB for one minute of stereo audio at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16 bits) I know but I can actuallt fake a file from 192kbps into a AIFF file so.. if you get what I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexchromatica Posted Saturday at 09:30 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:30 AM As long as you rip it lossless, you won't lose quality, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duybeeGAshantiGA Posted Saturday at 09:40 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 09:40 AM 8 minutes ago, Hexchromatica said: As long as you rip it lossless, you won't lose quality, no? Yes but I am sure if you can rip it real quality lossless with Windows Media Player or iTunes, no one would use any other softwares since WMP/iTunes are so easy and simple to use. There must be something about the actual quality / error control / accuracy that makes people (especially audiophiles) look for a more complicated software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimulus Posted Saturday at 09:44 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:44 AM fre:ac It's free, has no ads, works on all computers, and is still (kind of) being updated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Silva Posted Saturday at 10:15 AM Share Posted Saturday at 10:15 AM 1 hour ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said: Yes thanks. I have known EAC for quite a long time. Many people said it's good but why does the softwate make it so hard to set up/ use? Like I once tried to install and rip a CD but I almost gave up. I may give it another try since now I am older and have more patience. During install choose the "Express Settings" option as that takes a lot of hard work out of setup. Once it's up and running and you have used it a while it becomes second nature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexchromatica Posted Saturday at 10:53 AM Share Posted Saturday at 10:53 AM 1 hour ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said: Yes but I am sure if you can rip it real quality lossless with Windows Media Player or iTunes, no one would use any other softwares since WMP/iTunes are so easy and simple to use. There must be something about the actual quality / error control / accuracy that makes people (especially audiophiles) look for a more complicated software. I think you're overthinking It, If it's lossless there is no compression, you won't hear any discernible difference ripping elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curaga Posted Saturday at 01:33 PM Share Posted Saturday at 01:33 PM I use foobar2000. Once you understand the UI, it's about as easy as WMP to rip a CD to FLAC, but the UI is really weird because it's totally customizable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Into The Void Posted Saturday at 05:00 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:00 PM (edited) 8 hours ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said: CDs wont last forever. I am not also good at keeping my CDs since the weather and humidity levels here where I live are ****. So I 1. want to rip so I can have the lossless files forever 2. The sound quality of streaming services cant compared to CD files/lossless files that were ripped from CDs. I don't buy CDs, I stream lol Apple Music is in lossless quality and you can make Spotifiy quality higher by setting Audio Quality to very high and turning of normalize audio you immediately hear the difference and it sounds the same as CD Edited Saturday at 05:06 PM by Into The Void Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bencharmer Posted Monday at 02:22 PM Share Posted Monday at 02:22 PM This topic feels so 2004 I remember google that exact same question ahhaa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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