A decent, free mp3 ripper

[Ben Rogers]

First of all, innocent thread, just want to be able to use my computer's shuffle, can't do that without the files on it.

All right, I've been looking for a free mp3 ripper- all the ones I've tried are pretty bad. There are either ads, inability to copy all the files of the CD, slowness, horrible formatting, and/or no ID3 support (which is fine, but annoying). I was wondering if anyone here had any suggestions, before I pollute my computer.

Thanks in advance.

[Bluetagpizza]

I use JetAudio. It's an all-in-one music center. It can rip cds, convert music file to different formats, record to a variety of formats, burn CDs, and it can even do internet radio broadcasts. On top of that it is 100% free and has a great looking skinable GUI. I've been using JetAudio for more than a year and never had a problem with it, no spyware, no junk, nothing! You can get version 6.1 here: http://www.jetaudio.com/download/

[soccer362001]

Windows Media Player does a very good job at ripping .cda to .mp3.

[Ben Rogers]

Ah, thanks, Bluetag. JetAudio is working rather nicely for me. .wav is the current format, but, bah, it works. I'd gladly reccomend the software to someone else.

As for WMP... two words: "Series 9." It's also rather slow, and irritating... and Microsoft. :p Thanks for trying, lol.

[Fantatier]

yeai use jet audo too to play music

but to rip i use dBpowerAmp (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/)
works like a dream! connects up to online database to get filenames, and everything :)
writes mp3s and everything else, you can get plugins for jsut about any format, ogg, ect...