Best program for mp3 encoding/converting?

[Barney Killer]

Anyone?

[dx]

IMHO, the best mp3 solution is EAC and Lame.

EAC is Exact Audio Copy and is considered the
highest quality ripper out there. Its a little complicated
at first, but you soon get the hang of it.

URL is: h**p://w*w.exactaudiocopy.de/

Lame is considered the best mp3 encoder out there.
The best quality vs size is CBR 190kbps or -r3mix VBR with
the v3.89beta

URL is: h**p://home.pi.be/~mk442837/

Best of all, they are both FREE. Actuallly EAC is postcardware
(just send a postcard to its creator, Andre Wiethoff).

[Barney Killer]

My xp doesn't like any of those programs.

[noman68]

hmmmzzz...


try the latest feurio dude.. it also uses lame..
( even though eac. are much smaller app. i still would go with feurio on mp3.. matters..)

[dx]

Barney Killer. What problem are you having with these
(EAC+Lame) prog's? Mabey I can help.

EAC is a little complicated at first, but once you
understand its easy. Its considered the best
ripper (so good in fact that CloneCD will be
emulating it soon). Plus, no cracks or keygens
to get in the way.

If you still want to try, PM me and I will also give you
some websites with detailed instructions on how to use.

[Sugeknight]

EAC is good, but it's sooooo damn slow.

[Evil Bert]

Also ich benutze Audiograbber 1.81 mit Lame Codec 3.91

und bin bisher sehr gut damit gefahren.

[ZiZouNet]

In english if 'u don't mind.
thank's!

[dx]

Sugeknight the reason that EAC is slow is its greatest strength.
EAC checks the audio data its extracting many times to confirm that its data is good. If it runs into a CD sector that your CD device is having a hard time reading, EAC slows it down and reads it several times to correct any problems.

Almost all other ripping proggies our there just rip as fast as they can without checking the integrity of the extracted data. Most of these proggies don't even tell you if the rip was 100% successful.

Have you ever picked up a file on Napster, Morpheus, etc only to find "POP, TICK" or other strange sounds in the mp3. How about a bootleg or fan CDR that you traded with an internet "friend" that has this same problem. This is mostly caused by undetected rip errors.

EAC will do its best to correct such problems by rereading the data over and over until it gets it right. And if it can't (which is rare), it lets you know.

EAC is like a fine wine. Good things take time!

[dx]

CDparanoia where do you find this one pokopiko?

I have a rare cd that I want to backup to CDR, but 2 big scratches prevent EAC and Feurio from extracting.

Might be worth a try.

[zver]

j just saw your reply about cdex;did you ever used it and are you shure thats better than eac,cose jm using eac and for me its very close to perfect,btw paranoia ripper which you are talking about is for linyx only,right????????????????............

[zver]

Thanks a lot j m gonna try rigt now...........

[zver]

you were right.....J had one disc where eac and feurio couldnt read more than 7%.Started cdex paranoia mod,eated all pc resources,so j coudnt use pc until finished,but 1,5 hour later that cd was on my hd(still cant belive).Thanks a lot again

[Strahlen]

EAC can run very slowly if you have it configured a particular way, example, paranoid mode, or have caching switched on with certain drives (drive caches audio data ticked..)

It usually is a configuration problem..

>>X<<

[jimmyrock]

I think steinberg my mp3 is perfect