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I always rip to wma lossless with WMP. Later, I usually encode with wmenc to lower bitrates for.

If you don't want to use WMP, dBpowerAMP is said to be excellent. Their website says it is the fastest ripper available, I believe it, but I don't really use it. My friends do, though.

cdparanoia with some nice interface.

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Originally posted by Dempsey
Its Free and it's also open source

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Whats its use for us if it is open sourced I tht that was for ppl who wanna sit n develop it

I use either WMP to rip to loseless wma with variable bitrate, or I use Winamp to rip to m4a at 192 kbps. But then again, I really don't rip music of CDs anymore, seeing as I don't buy them too much.

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Originally posted by Chaotic_Shield
But then again, I really don't rip music of CDs anymore, seeing as I don't buy them too much.

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.... same here except i buy them and listen to them on my stereo or
home theater ... so i dont wanna rip them in the 1st case

Why dont ppl use something that is used to play the stuff as well as
rip it .... wont that be better ... thats what i prefer ...

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Originally posted by John Anderton

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Originally posted by Dempsey
Its Free and it's also open source

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Whats its use for us if it is open sourced I tht that was for ppl who wanna sit n develop it

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The use is that we do not have to depend on one company/person, rather, anyone can continue developing on it. Also, if the main developers of the program make a decision which is seen as "bad" by some people (or a whole lot of people, whatever) they can fork the project. This is good for you, even if you're not a developer.

I use MusicMatch Jukebox, it's nice, fast, too much options.