Ripping a CD

GT60

Hi I have an old CD that I would like to rip to my WMP but it has some scratches on it and I am hoping it will be ok if I did this :


1, In the options set the Audio quality to "Best quality"

2,what would be best set the rip to either MP3 or wma
any advice please
Thank you
The CD can no longer be purchased

bod1467

It'll either rip or it won't. If it plays in a CD player it'll rip.

Rip to MP3 - it's more universally played than WMA.

googler

Use EAC to rip it to WAV, then convert it from WAV to whatever other format you want

NiftyDigits

What is it, out of interest?

GT60

NiftyDigits wrote: »

What is it, out of interest?

It is the original Jeff waynes Musical version of The War of the Worlds box set special edition 1981


It has copied ok though now
Thanks every one

esuhl

Exact Audio Copy (EAC) is your best bet. It can copy badly scratched CD, and will continue ripping even if read errors occur. Most other ripping software will just give up.

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

GT60 wrote: »

2,what would be best set the rip to either MP3 or wma

It depends. Since the CD cannot be purchased, personally I'd rip the CD to WAV (uncompressed wave audio) or FLAC (a non-lossy open-source compressed format). That way (assuming it rips okay), you should have a near-perfect copy of the original.

Both MP3 and WMA will reduce the original audio quality significantly, but have the benefit of having much smaller file sizes. (Maybe 1/8th or 1/10th of the size of an uncompressed WAV).

WMA (Windows Media Audio) is proprietary format, so won't play on some devices. MP3 is more widely supported, so that would probably be a better bet if you want to rip to a lossy format.

anotheruser

However WAV files do take up a lot of space.
But then if it really is a rare CD, it would be worth ripping it to WAV first.

I have FLAC'd all my CDs although they are all in the loft.