Chris, 1. If you can hear the difference and it bothers you, you shouldn't be using compressed files. 2. At 192K, an mp4 file sounds pretty good. That's coming from an audio engineer.If all you want to do is rip some files for portability or just to have on your system, it's fine. Again, if it really bothers you, just remember that it's give and take we're dealing with here. 3. Go to the WinAmp Preferences (control-P) and arrow to the CD Ripping submenu. There are three tabs in this section: Encoder, Ripping and Output. Make sure you're in the Ripping Tab and the first choice is ripping speed which is a combo box. When you're done, press tab until you get to the close button. HTH, Jerry----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Bartlett" <cwbridgeweaver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:24 AM Subject: A couple of ripping questions > I apologize if this message is a repeat, I never saw it posted. > > Hi there. I just purchased Winamp Pro and now I have a couple of questions. > > 1. When ripping CDs, is there any way to ask my drive to work faster than 2X? > > 2. I set my .MP4 preferences to the maximum 320KB setting which creates > rather large files. I want to maintain at least CD quality, so what is the > minimum I can get away with using. Note that I am an audio snob who *can* > hear the difference. > > Chris Bartlett > > > To post a message to the list, send it to winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send a message to: > winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind> > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list directly. Instead, please contact > the list owners at winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To post a message to the list, send it to winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send a message to: winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind> If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list directly. Instead, please contact the list owners at winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx