MP3 encoder of choice.

[kopite]

Hey all,

I am looking into encoding all my cds and was wondering whats the best software to do this. Also what is the bet mp3 levels to use?

Cheers

[abaxas]

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index....e=EAC_and_Lame

EAC + lame is the only way.

EAC is the best cd ripper, lame the best encoder.

[toolsong]

Ripping takes a long time. If you want to be sure you only need to do it once, consider EAC + FLAC

[kopite]

I had done everything in flac before but the problem was I`d then have to re-encode it to put it on my mp3 player.

If I`m listening to music at home I use my hifi seperates its more to listen to on the move so flac is a bit too much

But EAC seems to be popular so I`ll get it a go

[Phage]

Lone voice here for CDEx. That EAC looks too complicated for a noob like me.

[toolsong]

If I`m listening to music at home I use my hifi seperates its more to listen to on the move so flac is a bit too much

Fair enough My hifi source is a Squeezebox Touch + FLAC, so I only use a new CD once to rip it.

In the past when I've needed MP3 I used dBpoweramp Batch Converter to transcode the artist or album folders I wanted.