What's the easiest way of converting some of my audio CDs to MP3 format?

Question

...and is it legal to do this for my own use?

Answer 1

put cd in computer and it gives you the option to RIP CD. Rip it and then you click and hold on the song and drag it to your mp3 player. and yes it's ok to do it.

Answer 2

You can do this in almost any media player nowadays Real Player, windows media, maybe even winamp (although I dont use this so couldnt be sure)

In real player, for example, insert a CD then the tracks will come up automatically on the screen. Right click one and it will say "save track to library" or something like that. Click this then you will see a bar that starts at "0%" and goes up to "100%" once it reaches 100% it is saved on your pc, also when a tune is saved onto your pc from a cd it is automatically converted to mp3.

Answer 3

Do a Google search for a free piece of software called CDex. This is an excellent application, and does the job of 'ripping' your CDs to mp3 with ease. It also offers other formats, and also allows you to re-encode mp3 tracks to CD tracks for use in a normal CD player.

Answer 4

The program Audacity will rip CDs to MP3s. Legality is a grey area, even for personal use. But you can legally make a backup of your songs just in case.

Answer 5

In windows media go to the little drop down arrow in the top right....then go to..tools...options..then click the "rip music" tab. You will see the word "format" and under it will say "windows media audio"..change that to mp3 then click "apply". Now insert your audio CD and open media..click on rip music at the top of media and rip your music to your my music folder, It will copy it in MP3 format. Now you can stick it on your mp3 player or whatever you like. It's not illegal if you own the original CD.

Answer 6

I use a free download called freerip, if you install it then load a music cd it will ask which tracks you want to copy, then what format you want it to convert to.Very easy to use...and FREE !.It will also convert single WAV files into various formats including MP3. Of course you should only use to back up your originals......but you know that !:-).

Answer 7

from what i have been told and read on here if you have bought the cd you can put it onto your mp3 without problems and as far as i know if you connect your mp3 to your pc and put the cd in then drop and drag the songs across the player will convert them thats what my sons does
good luck xXx

Answer 8

You put the CD in your CD drive on your computer and rip it with media player 10 to MP3 and then transfer them to your MP3 player. For tapes, I put the tape in to my stereo, plug a 3.5mm jack in to the headphone socket and the other end in to line in on my MP3 player and press play on the stereo and record on the MP3 player/recorder. Another way is to plug my lead in to my DVB box and press pause - with it tuned in to a music channel. press pause in between songs obviously. Then the other end plugs in to the line in on the MP3 player. Press play on the DVB and record on the MP3 player and you get the latest hit in MP3. Of course it helps if your MP3 player also records! Having a DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) box and USB stick helps too. If you're using a DVB stick like mine remember to press time shift before you start. Some DVB players don't have time shift - they are harder to record from. But just ripping using media player is easy and for your own use should be legal.

Answer 9

I use Musicmatch just press rip from CD and same is available on Windows mediaplayer

Answer 10

Yes it's legal. I use Roxio very easy.
http://www.roxio.com/enu/default.html?ccid=google&o_e25=Paid%20Search&gclid=CKGLl-m9hYcCFQwRHgoduFr5cA