Lately, it seems like there has been an influx of MP3 player questions here at WorldStart. A lot of you have gotten MP3 players for Christmas and almost all of you have one specific question: “How do I convert my CDs to an MP3 format?” Well, that is a very good question and today, I have a download for you that will do just that! It's called
Free CD Ripper. Let's check it out!
With Free CD Ripper, all you have to do is insert a CD into your computer, click a few buttons and your music will then be in an MP3 format. You can then put all of your favorite songs onto your shiny new MP3 player! Here's what the program looks like:
First, you'll want to pick the place where you want the program to store your music files. To do that, click on
Options at the top and then click on the
Save and Filename tab. >From there, just choose a folder to save the converted music in. (This is a one time step. It is only needed after the program is first installed).
Next, insert one of your CDs into your computer.
After you insert the CD, choose your CD ROM drive from the device menu at the top. Next, on the right hand
Output Format box, choose
MP3. After that, go ahead and click on the “i” at the bottom of the Free CD Ripper window. That will fill in the track names and the artist's name of the CD automatically. Next, just click
Extract.
And you're done. Wasn't that so easy?! You can then go ahead and do the same thing for all of your CDs (or at least for the songs you want to put on your MP3 player). Then just upload them to your media player and you'll be all set. Yes!
You can download Free CD Ripper for yourself right here. Enjoy!
http://www.download.com/Free-CD-Ripper/3000-2140_4-10396883.html~ Gary
Subject: Free CD Ripper (XP users, don't use it!) 
