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Rip and tag my music collection - need advice!

Aug 29, 2005 7:03AM PDT

I have a collection of a few hundred CDs that I want to rip onto my computer for portability and fast access. I know how to rip CDs onto the computer, and I know how to tag MP3s, but I want to know what the best software/database is for these tasks. Basically, I have two questions:

1. What is the BEST way to rip CDs onto my computer? I want something reliable that preserves the sound quality as well as possible. (I know bitrate is important here, and I usually rip at 192, but I'm thinking maybe there are some programs that still preserve quality better than others.)

2. What is the BEST way to automatically tag my MP3 files? Obviously I don't want to type in all the info myself. Some of my CDs are somewhat obscure, so I need a program that uses a pretty comprehensive database.

Ideally, I'd use a program that combines these abilities...I could rip a CD and tag the files at the same time. But I'll sacrifice that convenience for quality, if necessary.


Thanks in advance to anyone who has any input!

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My way...
Aug 29, 2005 11:35AM PDT

I rip and tag my CD?s on Linux using GRIP front-end for cdda2wav ripper, Lame encoder with VBR settings and mp3ingo to tag. GRIP auto gets the musics names and I just have to put the cd into the drive and run GRIP software. Grin

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Downloading music from MP3 player INTO computer
Sep 2, 2005 12:28AM PDT

Please allow me to interject a question into this discussion, perhaps it is on another point.
Is there a method to download music from your MP3 player, INTO your computer, then burn same onto a CD disc. My computer can download CD's to the hardrive, then burn same to a blank, no problem. What about this? Can it be done? Sotware needed, or what? THX.

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Thanks
Aug 30, 2005 2:11AM PDT

Thanks Virtu, I'll check that out.