However, other formats offer features the MP3 doesn't. Whether you want to copy your music to an iPod, a cell phone or a Mac, if you choose MP3, it will play. The MP3 is simply the most compatible format available. Programs like Audiograbber can normalize your music. Normalizing gives your CDs recorded at a more modest volume level a fighting chance at being heard. See the damaging effect this has on music by scrolling through this timeline of popular music over 1990's: The decade in which music literally got louder.Ī feature called 'Normalizing,' effectively maximizes the volume of the CD without destructive clipping. One technique 'clips' the loudest part of the music minimizing the difference between loud and soft sections of the music (called 'dynamic range'). Today's mainstream music is engineered for maximum volume. Unless you compensate for it, you will be constantly adjusting your volume control in shuffle mode. You'll find that when you mix your CD collection, some albums will be louder than others. MediaMonkey is a good example of a free program that does this.

Ripping software utilizing as their source for album covers will have these larger images. This 33% increase in picture size can make a difference in your ability to read smaller type and seeing smaller artwork details.

Other CD ripping programs pull down images of 300x300 pixels or better. The picture of the CD cover downloaded by Windows Media Player is typically 200x200 pixels. See Knowzy's Step-by-Step guide Automatic CD Ripping with Windows Media Player to learn how to set up this capability.

This kind of convenience is hard to beat! Just insert your CD and Windows Media Player ejects the CD when it's finished ripping. Ripping with Windows Media Player can be so easy that you need only insert your CD. Rip CDs without Pressing a Single Button.You will also get a small image of the CD cover (though other ripping methods will get you a larger album cover). Your files will have the name of the album, artist name, song title, year and more. Windows Media Player automatically downloads all the information about the CD you're ripping and embeds the information in the MP3 files. Automatically Inserts Album Cover, Song Titles.You can download the latest version for free. Windows XP comes with version 9 by default. Note that ripping to MP3s does require at least version 10 of Windows Media Player. You need only launch it from the Start Menu. Windows Media Player is built-in to Windows. Once configured, it requires three mouse clicks or less to rip a CD. Ripping CDs with Windows Media Player is easy to learn. Less flexibility in choosing sound quality.Can automatically rip upon inserting a CD.Little to no work to rip music once configured.

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