Posted by fred-bloggs on 10/24/05 09:11

"TunaSandwich" <Workshops@Rubber-Power.com> wrote in
news:1130141349.985702.272490@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Workshops@Rubber-Power.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here's the problem I'm trying to solve.
>>
>> I have lots of music on CDs. I'd like to get rid of my stereo (which
>> has a 200 CD changer) and just use my computer in place of the
>> stereo. I've added a nice sound system to the computer so if I put a
>> CD in, I can play it. It works great and sounds great.
>>
>> I'd like to load all my CDs into the computer so I can shuffle them
>> and organize the music so I can play what I want when I want just
>> like with my 200 CD changer.
>>
>> Also, I'd like to get an mp3 device. Then I can just grab what I want
>> to the device for easy playing.
>>
>> I've downloaded Winamp. Is that the right solution? Am I going to be
>> able to do this?
>>
>> Any opinions on what to do?
>>
>> D
>
>
> So does anyone know anything about this or is this the wrong group?
>
>

No, you're OK, you're in the best place.

The suggestion from here is that you *rip* your cds to mp3 with CDex using
the Lame mp3 encoder with the *alt-preset-standard* quality.
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

Then play them with WinAmp.

Depending on the size of the mp3 device you get, you may want to re-encode
the mp3s to reduce their size so you get more songs on the device ( you
lose quality doing this ). You can do this with CDex too.

There's a lot of detail involved, if you have questions search this group
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.mp3?

You could read Dad's dandies, again lots of detail, take your time.


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fred

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