Thanks to everyone who replied - I downloaded FreeRip and CDex to try (also Audacity but haven't had time to look at that yet): FreeRip was the easiest to use and rock solid; CDex (beta) was less solid (e.g. proxy passthru) but:
since I was new to this I did sample rips to mp3, ogg, and flac. There is a download that adds all these codecs and more to Windows Media Player, and since it seems that Win pc's just 'have' that <g> I decided to use it. - now with the inevitable affluction of time my ears ain't what they were but I could still hear (subjective?) differences in quality: - mps was 'bright' almost tinny, ogg was better but slightly woolly*, flac was indistinguishable from the original. So my vote goes for CDex + flac on wmp for my laptop, but I have never heard of an 'mp3' player that can handle flac (anyone?) so if I buy one of those I'd go for FreeRip and ogg. Sizes - original 45Mb, mp3 3.5Mb, ogg 2.5Mb, flac 9Mb * Later I found that in CDex (not sure about FreeRip) I could up the bitrate from 128 to 256 for ogg which took it much nearer to flac quality imho (size 5Mb) and finally - don't know why *anyone* would choose mp3 Andrew Davies MBCS CITP - AndyD 8-)# ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any queries. ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
