-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Copying music cds in Win Xp


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Smith" <bird@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:45 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Copying music cds in Win Xp


>
> My experience with CD burning and copying is limited - especially with XP
> Home. I have downloaded MP3 files from the Internet and put them on a CD.
I
> have made a copy of program CDs at the office using Roxio CD Copier. My
> sister and I both have new PCs with XP Home, a CD-ROM drive, a CD-R drive,
> and Roxio Easy CD Creator. She wants to make a copy of a music CD. My
> limited understanding in this is that you need a "cd-ripper" program to
> first get the tracks off of the music CD and onto your hard drive as MP3
> files. Then, once you have the MP3 files you can put them on a CD. She is
> telling me that XP should be able to do this without any other software -
> that it's built into the OS. I didn't think you could just copy a music CD
> the way you can a program CD or a CD that has other data files on it (such
> as Word docs, .jpgs, etc.). Can anyone shed light on this for me? I know I
> would understand it perfectly if I were 20 years younger. :-)


I take it what you are looking to do is to take the tracks from an audio CD
and put them on another disc?

If so, then forget the bit about first converting to mp3. There is no need
to introduce what is a lossy format into the middle.

Two ways you can go-the simplest is to do a direct disc to disc copy-don't
worry if you don't have two drives, you don't need them. A program like
Clone CD
http://www.elby.ch/english/products/clone_cd/index.html
 will do this for you without any problems by reading all of the tracks off
your original CD, storing them in a temp folder, then burning them to a
blank disc before dumping the temp file.

Clone CD is not free, so if you want to go down the 'free' route, go to this
link and download the best CD ripper around
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
This program is a 'must have' if you are serious about extracting audio.
While there are plenty of 'rippers' on the market, EAC is the most
accurate-as it will read over and over again any 'suspect areas' to get a
correct read. Others will simply read it once, and if there are any suspect
areas, you will not get a proper read.- EAC can convert to mp3 (If you have
an mp3 encoder already installed, if not, it guides you how to download and
install one)  and can rip to an image file (particularly useful if you are
doing copies of full CD's) It  even includes it's own burning software
program.

Cheers

Andy

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