Posted by fred-bloggs on 02/13/06 14:00

Ken C <cprstn54@nospam.att.net> wrote in
news:qk11v1hhe9jl94o3meiprm39b1989m1ru0@4ax.com:

> I am trying to rip a "book on CD" to the smallest possible digital
> format so I can get as much as possible on a Sansa M240 (1GB) player.
> It handles WMA, so that would appear to be the best choice.
>
> I get down to around 20MB per hour of audio, but see that the files
> are stereo. I see no option in my ripping software to convert stereo
> to mono (called "downmixing" I think). I have Raptor and Windows
> Media Player.
>
> I do not know if the tracks are different for these CD's. It would be
> nice to be able to pick "left" or "right" or "mix" when converting.
>
> Can someone please suggest software for this task?
>
>
>

20 MB/hour is approx 44 kbps.
CDex with Lame will allow you to rip to mp3 in mono at 32 kbps.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=567


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fred

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