MP3 Ripping best software?

[wilto]

Well seeing as ill be getting my mp3 player very soon!

i need to start ripping stuff off my cds.

i have ripped some cds with the nero6 ripper but i find that unless the cd is perfect i will get lots of crackling,hissing and popping.

can anyone point me in the direction of some good free ripping software that might not give me so much crackling etc etc

thanks

[JohnG]

A lot may depend on which MP3 player you are thinking of getting. For better sounding rips I use Audiograbber which you can configure to give you very high quality MP3s if required. I also find iTunes good, but you will need XP or W2K for that.

[wilto]

thanks ill give it a go

im going for the HD5....sony has my order waiting.

on my brothers zen these cracklings etc do show up and he's getting more and more irate by the track.

[JohnG]

I get the impression that with the Sony MP3 players you can only put MP3s on them if they have been ripped with Sonicstage.... although I may be wrong !

[wilto]

what about all the music i've downloaded from napster :O

[JohnG]

Having looked around I think I gave you duff information there mate, it looks as though it will import MP3 files etc

[wilto]

haha no worries mate!

i got very worried though!

lol ill see if audio grabber can rip my cds without any interfernce or crackling

[Inter]

I haven't had any problems loading all my MP3s onto my HD3 and none of them have been ripped with SonicStage.

[wilto]

ok thanks for the replies

cant wait for may 20th now and ill get my HD5

[JohnG]

I must admit I like the looks of the HD5, and that battery life is nothing short of stunning.

[wilto]

indeed i think its very nice

just having an issue here with audiograbber

when i click refresh i dont get a tracklist for some reason...tried it with 3 cds now.

anything i have to do to get teh tracks up?

[wilto]

ah i got it fixed.

for some reason it wouldnt detect anything in my cd-r/rw so i put it in my dvd r/rw and it works fine now

[JohnG]

My version has a button with a Penguin on (Freedb) try clicking that and it should download the track names if you are connected to the internet

[JohnG]

In the options you can set to say which drive to use.

[wilto]

ok

just ripped a song with audiograbber and nero and theres no difference.

there are crackles and hisses in the same places - i guess its the cd

but when the automatic cd player comes up and plays it straight from the cd it sounds fine

but - when i attempt to play it from the cd in winamp or windows media i still get hissing and crackling LOL!

how annoying ey!