Home News Reviews Forums Shop


CDA to MP3

Anything else

CDA to MP3

Postby szvpvp on Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:35 am

Can anyone tell me if there is any freeware or shareware out there that they know of that can convert a cda file from a music CD to a MP3 file ?

Thank You for your time...

JD :roll:
szvpvp
Buffer Underrun
 
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:32 am

Postby CDRecorder on Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:45 am

CD DAE is a free program that rips CDA to WAV, and I'm sure that there are free programs to convert the WAV to MP3.
CDRecorder
CD-RW Recorder
 
Posts: 2335
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:28 pm

Postby cfitz on Thu Sep 11, 2003 1:02 am

CDex is free and easy to use.

cfitz
cfitz
CD-RW Curmudgeon
 
Posts: 4572
Joined: Sat Jul 27, 2002 10:44 am

Postby cfitz on Thu Sep 11, 2003 1:17 am

I would be remiss if I did not also mention the classic Exact Audio Copy (EAC) program. It provides more power but is harder to use, in my opinion.

By the way, although you asked for a program to convert .cda files to .mp3, I am assuming you have the actual CD you wish to rip. The .cda files that you see in Windows Explorer (size = 44 bytes, typically rounded to 1 KB in the Explorer window) do not contain any music information and thus it is impossible to convert them to .mp3 or any other music format. They just allow media players to locate the actual music track on the CD.

cfitz
cfitz
CD-RW Curmudgeon
 
Posts: 4572
Joined: Sat Jul 27, 2002 10:44 am

Postby MikeTR on Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:14 am



Still the best (exept if you have a Plextor drive, in which case Plextools is even better). Don't forget to use the LAME-encoder to convert to Mp3 format. This site has all the Mp3encoding info you'll ever need (or want):http://www.audio-illumination.org/forums.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
User avatar
MikeTR
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 241
Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: Always one step ahead

Postby tazdevl on Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:43 pm

MikeTR wrote:


Still the best (exept if you have a Plextor drive, in which case Plextools is even better). Don't forget to use the LAME-encoder to convert to Mp3 format. This site has all the Mp3encoding info you'll ever need (or want):http://www.audio-illumination.org/forums.


Huh? EAC/LAME and Plextor works great here. Not sure how you think Plextools is better since LAME is doing the encoding.
RIG:
P4 2.6C, Thermalright SP94/Panaflo 92MM M1A, IC7 Max3, Swifty MCX159, 1GB Geil PC4000 Ultra Plat, Radeon 8500, Audigy 2, 2X WD Raptor RAID 0, WD 250GB SE, Plex 708A, 166SDVD, LianLi PC75, XP Pro.
User avatar
tazdevl
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 979
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 11:03 pm

Postby cfitz on Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:53 pm

tazdevl wrote:Huh? EAC/LAME and Plextor works great here. Not sure how you think Plextools is better since LAME is doing the encoding.

Plextools has an edge in the extraction department.

cfitz
cfitz
CD-RW Curmudgeon
 
Posts: 4572
Joined: Sat Jul 27, 2002 10:44 am

Postby Matt on Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:44 pm

Extract using EAC in secured mode (if rom drive is capable), which should result in the most errorless extraction possible.

Nextly, encode using LAME.

Using "--alt-present-standard" as the only parameter, the result will be extremely high quality VBR mp3's that typically average around 180-220kbps, depending on type of music, while maintaining the high range quality of 256-320kbps CBR.

EAC has an option in the program to encode files after/during the rip, however, I prefer to use RazorLame in batches after I'm done ripping several CD's that way I can just let lame do it's thing while I go do something else for a little while.
User avatar
Matt
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 261
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2001 2:34 pm
Location: Boulder, CO


Return to General Software Questions

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests

All Content is Copyright (c) 2001-2024 CDRLabs Inc.