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R. Alex Whitlock
Last night I was ripping CDs. It's generally been my policy to rip CDs as soon as I buy them in case they get stolen. Unfortunately, I didn't do that and I discovered another reason to rip sooner rather than later. CDex, the program I use to rip CDs, doesn't have much in the way of error protection and some of my older CDs are coming up with hundreds of errors. The CDs play perfectly fine and there are no visible scratches on them, but the problem CDs are the oldest that I have (Thrift Store Cowboys being chief among them). Since they play without a problem, I don't think that ripping them should be the problem that it's become, so I have to conclude that CDex is letting me down. What programs do you guys use to rip CDs?
Also, I need to clean my laptop monitor. Anyone know the best way to go about doing that?
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I suggest a program called Exact Audio Copy.
I don't use this program very often myself, but among digital recording enthusiasts (I read their boards and such), everyone pretty much agrees that EAC is the way to go. The following link will get you to it (and also to LAME encoder, which is the best way to go as well):
http://www.mp3-converter.co...
You may find the EAC is too slow for nonproblematic CDs, but it may well help you out for the ones you're talking about.
Ha, I had this sitting in my browser before hitting add comment so long that Mike beat me to it. :)
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