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how can you rip a CD into an MP3, not a WMA... cause i ripped a few of my own CD's and it saved them as WMA... which i didnt notice.  I tried to put them into my MP3 player and it only plays .MP3's not .WMA's

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Originally posted by lylesback2
how can you rip a CD into an MP3, not a WMA... cause i ripped a few of my own CD's and it saved them as WMA... which i didnt notice.  I tried to put them into my MP3 player and it only plays .MP3's not .WMA's

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I believe WMP only rips to WMA, try getting a cheap Music program, I found one at wal-mar for $5 (i bought it bcz I didn't think I could find a cracked one for sucha  cheap little porgram )

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Originally posted by lylesback2
how can you rip a CD into an MP3, not a WMA... cause i ripped a few of my own CD's and it saved them as WMA... which i didnt notice.  I tried to put them into my MP3 player and it only plays .MP3's not .WMA's

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i assume u'r using Windows media player.

Unfortunately, WMP doesn't natively support ripping to MP#, because it costs money to get a license to do that. if you are dedicated to WMP< then there are a number of plugins you can get, which will cost you about $10 US.  to do that,  go to tools> Options> copy music> and in the "copy settings" section, click the link to learn about MP# encoding.

for a free alternative, MusicMatch Jukebox Basic will encode MP3s. as will Apple's iTunes. I personally prefer iTunes, but i have an iPod. However, i have nothing against MMJB, except they keep pushing their payed version, whereas iTunes is 100% free (as in beer)

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Originally posted by bach_m
i assume u'r using Windows media player.

Unfortunately, WMP doesn't natively support ripping to MP#, because it costs money to get a license to do that. if you are dedicated to WMP< then there are a number of plugins you can get, which will cost you about $10 US.  to do that,  go to tools> Options> copy music> and in the "copy settings" section, click the link to learn about MP# encoding.

for a free alternative, MusicMatch Jukebox Basic will encode MP3s. as will Apple's iTunes. I personally prefer iTunes, but i have an iPod. However, i have nothing against MMJB, except they keep pushing their payed version, whereas iTunes is 100% free (as in beer)

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Didn't notice ITUNES had a ripper....no matter bcz I download my music anyways It's legal here in Canada

i use dMC Audio CD Input
i got it off of download.com i think it works pretty well

well i use Winamp all the time, but does it have a ripper... never checked

http://winamp.com/plugins/browse.php?search=yes&f...C&query=mP3+encode

FreeRIP is by far easiest and simple ripper you will find. You can choose size and bitrate etc if u want too. download from www.download.com