Bob McElfresh
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What's the best/easiest software to use to take my collection of CD's and convert them to MP3's?
Of course I have CD Creator that can rip tracks, but then I have to manually rename "Track01.mp3" to something more sensible.
I have seen people with WinAmp playlists and I know Apple's IPod seems to some how figure things out - but my needs are simpler.
I just want to:
- Pop in a CD
- Have the software rip off all the tracks
- Have the same software look up the names of all the songs and re-name the files
or
- Have the software let my type/scan in the UPC barcode and it goes to the net to get the artist/album/song and names the files to match. (Yes, I have all the original CD's and jackets).
Ideally, each file would look like:
Artist - Album - Song Title.mp3
but I would be happy if I just got the song title automatically.
I know there is lots of shareware stuff, but I would be willing to go out and buy a CD Catalog software package for $50 or so if that would be more automated.
So what is popular/works well for this?
Of course I have CD Creator that can rip tracks, but then I have to manually rename "Track01.mp3" to something more sensible.
I have seen people with WinAmp playlists and I know Apple's IPod seems to some how figure things out - but my needs are simpler.
I just want to:
- Pop in a CD
- Have the software rip off all the tracks
- Have the same software look up the names of all the songs and re-name the files
or
- Have the software let my type/scan in the UPC barcode and it goes to the net to get the artist/album/song and names the files to match. (Yes, I have all the original CD's and jackets).
Ideally, each file would look like:
Artist - Album - Song Title.mp3
but I would be happy if I just got the song title automatically.
I know there is lots of shareware stuff, but I would be willing to go out and buy a CD Catalog software package for $50 or so if that would be more automated.
So what is popular/works well for this?