On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:44:29 -0400, "dadiOH" wrote:


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I have a few CDs that are "touchy". In the car CD player they might
"skip" or error. But on my computer they play fine. I'd like to save
them as MP3 songs before they get worse.

Windows Media Player 9.x (for XP) has an option to save them as .wma
files (which is Windiws Media Player's own format). But I dont want to
be locked into WMP.

I want them to be converted to a standard format (MP3).
What FREE software can I use for this? (Must be compatible with Windows
XP.)

CDex
http://cdex.mu/features

Audiograbber
http://www.audiograbber.org/

Audiograbber might be a bit more user friendly for you.
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The process is called "ripping". You need to specify a bit rate when doing
so, it determines the degree of compression. I would suggest 128 kbps for
you as it results in files which are a bit more that 1/12 the size of the
song on the CD; it also provides decent sound.


Back in the olden days Winamp would make a WAV file but I am not sure
if it still does. I bought a copy of sound forge a while ago and it
does all of my sound stuff. It does far more than ripping CDs