I use a program called RazorLame which has a Lame encoder built in. Its free and runs under Winders. I also use CDex for some tasks. Bruce. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris G" <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: ripping, ripping, ripping hi, do a search for audiograbber. it's free and very speech friendly. you'll need to download the lame encoder also. -- Chris G <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:48:30 -0500 "Otto Zamora" <8zamora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: OZ> Hi, OZ> OZ> Being new to the world of conversion for mp3 files to be played on the OZ> bookport, I wonder which of the three players, that is, real winamp or OZ> windows media you guys prefer when ripping. OZ> Right now, I am using WMP, because I could not get winamp to work. OZ> I have been told to stay away from real player but was not supplied with a OZ> good answer. OZ> Any thoughts?Thanks. OZ> OZ> Otto OZ> OZ> OZ>