Posted by NRen2k5 on 09/30/05 18:24

On 9/27/2005 4:20:38 PM, "Don M." wrote:
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>"David" <hurtdn@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1127850310.697501.10570@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Thanks, everyone. Just curious - What's wrong with just using Windows
>> Media Player 10 to rip my CDs into mp3s?
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>First, I wouldn't use any DRM-friendly application to handle/rip/play multimedia on my
>computer. Second, I'd be very surprised if WMP used LAME to encode mp3 files.
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>Don
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Third, unlike Exact Audio Copy and CDex... WMP *can't* do "secure" ripping.

("Secure" ripping is where the ripping software can re-read parts of the CD to make sure it is copying properly... useful for scratched or smudged CD's.)

- NRen2k5

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