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One of my favorite Mp3 ripping programs, Audiograbber is now freeware. Not as complex as Exact Audio Copy, but has a easy to learn interface. Great for fast ripping clean CD's with Lite-On drives.

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

Good news but I still prefer CDex.

I have and still do prefer Apple iTunes

wow, that is sweet, thats the exact program i use for ripping and encoding

well say good-bye to the cracked version - Bye-bye

^^ LOL @ Hox!
I still use EAC+Lame 3.90.2, the best combo IMO.
Both are free.

my new combo is Audiograbber 1.83 + Lame 3.95.1,

ive used EAC before, its ok, i like audiograbber's menu systems and such though

bhairavp wrote:I still use EAC+Lame 3.90.2, the best combo IMO.

any particular reason you're using Lame 3.90.2 and not a newer version?

Im still using 3.93, proably need to upgrade. I didnt know there was a new version of Lame out.

I like CdeX.


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pranav81 wrote:I like CdeX.
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I wonder if anyone has tested all the free Mp3 ripping programs available and found out what worked the best on scruffed or scratched CD's, along with which one was the fastest?

Dear BillyG
If a software fulfils your needs then why go and test other? I accept that there may be better versions out there.


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dodecahedron wrote:

bhairavp wrote:I still use EAC+Lame 3.90.2, the best combo IMO.

any particular reason you're using Lame 3.90.2 and not a newer version?

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=478& >> I think the only difference with 3.90.2 and 3.90.3 is that the presets have the -Z parameter enabled by default for the .3s where as they didn't in the .2s.

or you could just use the newest: Lame 3.95.1

hoxlund wrote:or you could just use the newest: Lame 3.95.1

That's what I use and it encodes very fast.If you use CDex and have scratched CD's then in Settings->CD Drive->Ripping Method,choose "Paranoia,Full".IsoBuster is also very good at ripping scratched CD's to WAV.

When AudioGrabber was new it was special. As of now it's just a decent app for ripping in burst mode. Jakie was promissing some sort of secure mode already years ago, but nothing came of that.

Although I had bought AudioGrabber, I stopped using it as soon as I got used to EAC, which has always been free. There's nothing compares to the secure mode of EAC. It takes a bit of learning how to configure it properly for your drives, and it's slower than ripping in burst mode, but it saves me a lot of time by not having to listen to the tracks before burning them. It's the only ripper I trust. If it's says ripping was good, it IS good.