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boardrider · 30th-March-2007, 04:00 PM

If you are feeling suitably techie you need:

LAME
EAC
Mareo
Flac

EAC
Exact Audio Copy rips the audio from your CD and verifies it is correct and has not picked up any jitter or glitches. Great for recovering songs from scratched CDs. It then uses Mareo.

Mareo
Utility that allows you to run multiple mp3 or other audio conversions i.e mp3gain on the same input audio stream
So you tell it to convert the audio stream into MP3 via LAME and then flac format for archive purposes.

LAME
Public domain freeware MP3 encoder that is the best out there.

FLAC
Lossless audio compression. This compresses the audio without throwing any data away. Real CD quality not mp3 "CD quality".

I use them to rip my CDs into 192VBR, 128 ABR, 128 CBR and into flac format so I have a lossless archive on my hard disk. All with one pass and one command or click of a GUI button. Even accesses freedb so you don't have to enter track info.

Setup can be involved but not too tricky. Just pay attention to what they tell you on hydrogenaudio.

30th-March-2007, 04:00 PM	#17 (permalink)
boardrider Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Stafford Posts: 62 Status: No Status Rep Power: 1 Rep.: 52	Re: Anyone recommend FREE mp3 encoding software for Windows XP If you are feeling suitably techie you need: LAME EAC Mareo Flac EAC Exact Audio Copy rips the audio from your CD and verifies it is correct and has not picked up any jitter or glitches. Great for recovering songs from scratched CDs. It then uses Mareo. Mareo Utility that allows you to run multiple mp3 or other audio conversions i.e mp3gain on the same input audio stream So you tell it to convert the audio stream into MP3 via LAME and then flac format for archive purposes. LAME Public domain freeware MP3 encoder that is the best out there. FLAC Lossless audio compression. This compresses the audio without throwing any data away. Real CD quality not mp3 "CD quality". I use them to rip my CDs into 192VBR, 128 ABR, 128 CBR and into flac format so I have a lossless archive on my hard disk. All with one pass and one command or click of a GUI button. Even accesses freedb so you don't have to enter track info. Setup can be involved but not too tricky. Just pay attention to what they tell you on hydrogenaudio.