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JANFU

JANFU

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I know squat about this. Have about 4 hd plus music CDs, I want to copy and save.
No idea about ripping, file formats to use.
I have the time to make good copies.
Using Win 10 now.
Help for this would be appreciated.
As I have no idea of what all the jargon means.
With so many sites rating and reviewing, not sure who is more reliable or who is not reliable.

Looked at IMG Burn??

The Official ImgBurn Website

Free Rip
FreeRIP: CD to MP3 Converter, MP3 Converter



10 Free Audio Converter Software Programs & Services

Download Freemake Audio Converter | PCWorld

Best Free CD-DVD Burning Software | Gizmo's Freeware
 
I'm pretty sure you can use VLC Media Player for what you want to do but you will need to set up whatever folders you want to use. If you convert to FLAC files you get better fidelity but HUGE files. MP3 is a good option for most uses.
 
JANFU said:
I know squat about this. Have about 4 hd plus music CDs, I want to copy and save.
No idea about ripping, file formats to use.
I have the time to make good copies.
Using Win 10 now.
Help for this would be appreciated.
As I have no idea of what all the jargon means.
With so many sites rating and reviewing, not sure who is more reliable or who is not reliable.

Looked at IMG Burn??

The Official ImgBurn Website

Free Rip
FreeRIP: CD to MP3 Converter, MP3 Converter



10 Free Audio Converter Software Programs & Services

Download Freemake Audio Converter | PCWorld

Best Free CD-DVD Burning Software | Gizmo's Freeware
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I dont own any HD audio discs so I cannot just try this; but have you tried copying and pasting the file yet
 
CD? What in the world is a CD, old-timer?
 
the_recruit said:
CD? What in the world is a CD, old-timer?
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Still able to bark like a RSM (Regimental Sergeant Major), when needed of course. Never made that rank, but do have the voice from hell.
 
eohrnberger said:
Same here.
Usually use a pretty high bit rate so as not to loose too much of the fidelity, 256 kbps or 32 kbps
(kilo-bits per second - a data rate - higher the data rate, the better the fidelity but also the more storage)
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That is what I plan, high quality, not concerned about space.
 
JANFU said:
I know squat about this. Have about 4 hd plus music CDs, I want to copy and save.
No idea about ripping, file formats to use.
I have the time to make good copies.
Using Win 10 now.
Help for this would be appreciated.
As I have no idea of what all the jargon means.
With so many sites rating and reviewing, not sure who is more reliable or who is not reliable.

Looked at IMG Burn??

The Official ImgBurn Website

Free Rip
FreeRIP: CD to MP3 Converter, MP3 Converter



10 Free Audio Converter Software Programs & Services

Download Freemake Audio Converter | PCWorld

Best Free CD-DVD Burning Software | Gizmo's Freeware
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You want to copy and save. Great!
For what purpose?
Do you want to make playable CDs now or later?
Or perhaps do you want to save as .mp3 files which you can play in any digital media player?
If you want to go loss-less (which are much bigger files) you can encode to FLAC.
 
Excon said:
You want to copy and save. Great!
For what purpose?
Do you want to make playable CDs now or later?
Or perhaps do you want to save as .mp3 files which you can play in any digital media player?
If you want to go loss-less (which are much bigger files) you can encode to FLAC.
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Thank you
 
Excon said:
"Thank you" for what?
You didn't answer the questions so you could be better helped.
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To record a better quality.
 
JANFU said:
To record a better quality.
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It seems we are not getting anywhere.


I asked what I did because the answer depends on exactly what you are attempting to do.

A better quality?
You are not going to get a better quality than that which you start with.

If saving that quality is what you want to do, either save to .wav ( a complete one for one copy) or save to .flac which although compressed, all data is restored upon playing (decompression).
These formats will allow you in the future to create CDs and .mp3s if you desire.


If you are an Apple format fan you can do their thing as well.


Computer Audio File Formats
 
Excon said:
It seems we are not getting anywhere.


I asked what I did because the answer depends on exactly what you are attempting to do.

A better quality?
You are not going to get a better quality than that which you start with.

If saving that quality is what you want to do, either save to .wav ( a complete one for one copy) or save to .flac which although compressed, all data is restored upon playing (decompression).
These formats will allow you in the future to create CDs and .mp3s if you desire.


If you are an Apple format fan you can do their thing as well.


Computer Audio File Formats
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I realize I cannot improve the quality
I was concerned about making a good quality copy.
Not concerned about space as I have spare portable drives.
 
JANFU said:
I appreciate all the help. I can find my way around, but never saved music file, so good quality to me is key.
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Personally, as I already have the hard copy in the form of a CD, saving to high quality .mp3s 320kbps is sufficient for my desires.
 
Excon said:
Personally, as I already have the hard copy in the form of a CD, saving to high quality .mp3s 320kbps is sufficient for my desires.
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The link you provided is giving me a whack of good information.
Thank you for the help
 
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