Re: Ripping to mp3, then making a cd copy

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On Aug 29, 3:33 pm, JethroUK© <re...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You didn't say whether you have two drives but assuming you only have one
you'll have to copy it to you machine one way or another before you can burn
it to a blank

From your description you seem to be trying to re-rip your CD because it's
already ripped in .mp3 format - it doesn't matter what format the files are
on your PC, it will burn them as an 'Audio CD' (to work in your car) if you
ask it to

Choose Burn>Audio CD

"rubycube" <rubyc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Since the CD from which the file was ripped is an audio book, it
likely could be burned to a new CD from a mp3 file on the HD without
much loss in quality for voice. However if a CD contains high quality
music, burning back from a ripped mpg3 can result in some to great
loss of quality, depending on how much compression was used in the mp3
bit rate selected for ripping and the quality of the original music
recording. In the future, don't rip anything to your HD in any format
other than the PCM .wav standard format unless you plan to transfer
the ripped audio to another device that requires the format in which
you ripped and you then delete the audio file from your computer. If
you store as a PCM .wav, you can convert to any other desired format
in the future, if needed. If you get a clutter of files, that fills
your HD, an external HD is not very expensive these days and is easy
to connect. It is good to store extra files that you do not want to
discard yet. Or you can burn little used files as data to DVD and then
erase them on your HD. If you need the files in the future, you just
have to read the contents of the data DVD on a browser and select to
save the file you again are interested in to the HD. Bought in 100
lots, bulk blank DVDs, like blank CDs, now cost less than a US first
class postage stamp, so you can affoed to keep a lot of data on them
that you do not need now, but can not bring yourself to discard.

I long ago quit using free players such as WMP, Real, and such for
ripping, burning, and file format conversion. I am quite willing to
pay a reasonable amount for a pay program that will do much more than
the free players and saves me much time. I now usually use Easy CD-DA
Extractor. It will rip in about 16 formats, convert files on the HD
between all of these formats, and burn CDs as well as mp3 CDs and WMA
CDs. You can download a free version that works for several days, and
if you do not decide to buy it, it is easy to delete and does not come
with any problems such as virus, spyware, or other problems.
Thanks for responding...I did have a program called RecordNow that came on
my
computer, that I used to use, but somehow it got deleted from my
computer...the program file is empty. I may just have to break down and
pay
for a new version...I don't know how to get the program back. My computer
came loaded and didn't come with program disks.

"cwdjrxyz" wrote:

On Aug 29, 12:04 pm, rubycube <rubyc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I forgot to ask one more thing. Is there a way to just copy a cd with
out
actually ripping it to your hard drive? If I just want to make a back
up
copy to listen to (so my kids don't scratch them!) but don't want a
copy on
my hard drive...this might help too.

Thanks
Rachel

"rubycube" wrote:
I have an audio book on cd that I ripped into mp3 format to play on
my mp3
player. Now I would like to make a copy of the original cd for a
back up to
play in my car...I don't want it in mp3 format on the cd...when I put
the cd
in the player, it finds the copy already on my hard drive and won't
let me do
anything with it...it usually ejects it as soon as it finds the mp3
file that
already exists...any ideas how this can be accomplished? I would
hate to
have to delete the mp3 version just to make an audio cd.

Thanks,
Rachel

PS I am using version 11 and am running Windows XP

If you have other programs that may have come with your computer such
as Roxio or Sonic, see if you can rip or just copy the CD with one of
these. If I remember correctly, Roxio a few versions back let me copy
a CD directly to a blank CD.
The down side is that if there is a problem when the CD is being
directly recorded, you likely will ruin the blank CD. This is not much
of a consideration now that blank CDs in the US cost less than the
price of a first class postage stamp if you buy bulk CDs in 100 lots.
It was a major consideration in the early days CD recording when each
blank disc cost around US$15.


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