Members Cutterhd Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 Can someone recomend a software program to convert my audio cds (recorded to audio cd from mini disc) to mp3 so I can post them on forums? media player sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted February 3, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 3, 2009 I'll do more than recommend, I'll actually GIVE you a simple one. Just drag your .wav file onto its icon. Change the .mp3 suffix to .exe first. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cutterhd Posted February 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 Thanks for the reply howevr I have that and it will not run, I tried yours and it will not run. and I don't think they are wav files they are audio which is .cmd I should add that media player will rip them I think to wav and one by one I can give the files name and the cd as well,but few other options and can't exchange files amoung cds or get them to mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Majoria Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 iTunes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimOBrien Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hitsquad.com's SharewareMusicMachine is a great place to go whenever you're looking for free or shareware music programs. You can search different program categories for free or shareware or Windows/Mac: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/win95/MP3/freeware/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skibob Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 and I don't think they are wav files they are audio which is .cmd If you are trying to rip them from CD you need a program to "extract" the audio files from the CD. I'll second Majoria's suggestion for iTunes. I've never used Media Player but I think you just put your CD in and go to "Rip" on the top tabs. Then click on the little arrow under "Rip" and go Format>MP3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wwwjd Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 mac - ituneswinxp - media player is easy, i think winamp does it also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 LAME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 I use iTunes and it sounds good. And it's free and easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueHeaven Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 You can use Windows Media Player to convert them. You have to change the settings though to have them be ripped in mp3 format. You can also set the rate for them or rip them to wmv format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cutterhd Posted February 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 The hitsquad looks like a great site. There are a couple of programs to try also I will give Itunes a try tonight. The songs were originaly recorded live on a Sony minidisc and then recorded on to an audio cd through a basic cd recorder. Any chance this creates a file format that is not so common? I noticed that some of the songs when ripped in media player locked up and some did not play back the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skibob Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 It could be the sample rate/bit depth that the minidisc is using. If the minidisc is using 24 bit Media Player will probably not like it. And I'm not sure if Media Player supports sample rates other than 44.1 KHz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cutterhd Posted February 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 That makes sense though I'm not sure how to check that. I would think that a minidisc would be 44.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted February 3, 2009 Members Share Posted February 3, 2009 I'd like to point out here that iTunes easily plays/converts 24-bit AIFF and WAV files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cutterhd Posted February 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Well after repeating the funtion I got media player to rip the audio, they don't all sound that good but that could be the sound card. Now I still need to get them to MP3. It's also hard to find them without going into media player almost like they want to hide the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted February 4, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 4, 2009 and I don't think they are wav files they are audio which is .cmd Sorry, I misunderstood, I thought you had .wav files. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cutterhd Posted February 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Yes even the Fostex multitrac records in wave and then exports in MP3. sidenote, I went to download.com and found a couple of programs but for some reason when I try to download each program I get the page not found error. Anyone else have this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slider Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 I use a mini disc recorder. when I wanted to burn a CD or change to mp3 someone reccomened Audacity. it works great.Audacity is free and found on line. do a google search.with Audacity I believe you have a limited amount of mp3 making ability. there is a patch that extends that. I have it. the cool thing with Audacity is that the minidisc uploads become waves in the track. then you can edit etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cutterhd Posted February 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Thanks....I already have what was recorded on the minidisc on an audio CD. The problem is from the audio cd to MP3. Does the program do that? I downloaded the program but have not tried to learn it yet. I don'r really want to re-record all my cd's just take the files and convert them. I don't plan to record on the minidisc any more I just picked up a Fostex mr16hd that has a cd burnerthat records in wav. However for the cd's I already have I would like to just convert some of the songs so I can post them in forums and facebook etc. by the way thanks for the replies so far, this appears to be an active site with people willing to jump in and help out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IceBryce Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 LAME http://lame.sourceforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members starsnuffer Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 Notecable. It does conversion without converting. Basically it softwires your soundcard so that the input is connected to the output and it records whatever it plays, only faster. Gets rid of pesky DRM in the process too. -W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cutterhd Posted February 6, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 I need to look into that it sounds interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 free RIP http://www.freerip.com/ It has worked great for me and it uses lame. I'm converting to 320kbps and the mp3s sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cutterhd Posted February 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 thanks...this should be simple I am surprised it has been such an ordeal. I did get Media player to convert to .wma though not all of them sound good and several converted with warnings meaning something is missing. So from there I should be abel to use one of these programs to get to mp3. (without an mp3 player) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted February 7, 2009 Members Share Posted February 7, 2009 I'd like to point out here that iTunes easily plays/converts 24-bit AIFF and WAV files. I'll add that it's also like using a bulldozer to rake your yard. I just can't see infecting my system with all that bloat to accomplish something a simple app will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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