A friend of mine, Lee Erickson, read my blog today and shared with me that Windows Media Player could, in fact, save files in the MP3 format. I realized as I checked into it that I was using Windows Media Player 9. With Windows Media Player 10 there is an option to save to MP3. Lee's directions are as follows: Windows Media Player can be forced to rip to MP3 format. Go to “Tools/Options/Rip Music/ Format” and select MP3.
Lee goes on to give some additional helpful information: But Media Player is not my favorite tool. When it creates a data CD it can only be read on computers. The Nero software on my new laptop ... can create data CDs of MP3 files that can be played on my car CD/MP3 player. The advantage of this is being able to get about 20 CDs worth of music on a single CD that I just leave in the car. Thanks Lee!
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June 11, 2006
14. Ripping My First CD
Neal was home this weekend. He came up from his new job in Florida to attend a funeral and a wedding. Both involved his close friends who were involved in the April 26 accident. He is doing well.
This afternoon before leaving for the Indy airport he asked if I would rip a few CDs to load onto his iPod. He said I could then talk about it on my blog. The kids are giving me some pretty good ribbing about my blog.
So I opened iTunes and popped in his CD. Never having done this before (which embarrasses me a bit, since I'm supposedly a tech guy) I wasn't sure what to expect. It couldn't have been easier. iTunes recognized the CD, quickly added all the song titles to the Library, and then I told it to copy all the songs. It took about 10 minutes to "rip" the CD, meaning to convert each file from the audio format to the Apple AAC format. Then we plugged Neal's iPod into the USB port and within seconds the entire album was downloaded to his iPod. He was ready for his trip!
When I got home from the airport run, I tried using both Windows Media Player and Musicmatch Jukebox to see how a CD was ripped using Windows software. The process was similar to iTunes, very easy and intuitive. Windows Media Player saved all the songs in WMA format, and MusicMatch Jukebox saved them in MP3 format. I'll probably use Jukebox in the future because it saves them in the format I want. (Note additional information about Windows Media Player in Entry #16)
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