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    Hi guys,

    I've always listened to my CD's on my stereo system but lately I have been burning some CD's into my computer to share some tracks with my friends.

    However, with a few exceptions I always get recordings with annoying sound interferences. I use Windows Media Player and Real Player and my computer CD player is only 56x.

    Are all CD's copy protected? What's your advice on getting decent recordings?

    Just another thing, where is the best place to get free peer-to-peer music downloads?

    Thanks in advance for your answers.

    Cheers.
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    The best advice I can give is don't use windows media player, heh. It's not that good for burning or ripping cds. I-tunes seems to work okay for me.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by bloodhound96
      The best advice I can give is don't use windows media player, heh. It's not that good for burning or ripping cds. I-tunes seems to work okay for me.
      agreed, I always use itunes too. works perfectly well for me everytime.

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      • #4
        Use iTunes, no doubt about it.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Crunk415balla
          Use iTunes, no doubt about it.
          The media centre used has no effect on the sound. It depend what you encode it into (ie MP3, WMA) and at what bitrate. I personally prefer RealPlayer for ripping CDs. Sometimes if the CD is scratched you will get interference.

          With regards to P2P software, I use Shareaza, it combines LimeWire (Gnutella & Gnutella 2), eDonkey, magnets, URIs and torrents into one program and has no spyware or advertisements. Plus you can control your upload speed for torrents so you don't use up too much bandwidth

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          • #6
            I like using WINAMP. Compact, and does what I tell it with no extras!

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            • #7
              Can't beat Winamp 2.9x

              When you read/write the cd, use a slow speed. Especially if you have a computer thats lacking in power or have a drive that just doesn't do a good job. The faster you go the more likey you'll get errors/jitter/etc with such equipment.

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              • #8
                Ya Winamp does the job without eating up your memory. Most of the other media software have too many useless functions.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by avro_arrow_25206
                  Ya Winamp does the job without eating up your memory. Most of the other media software have too many useless functions.
                  Itunes or Windows Media, but set the speed to 192 or 320kbps, it has way more quality
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                  • #10
                    Thank you guys for your answers.

                    As you noticed I meant ripping CD's not burning, I'm only beginning to get familiar with this terminology.

                    Originally posted by Mungous
                    The media centre used has no effect on the sound. It depend what you encode it into (ie MP3, WMA) and at what bitrate. I personally prefer RealPlayer for ripping CDs. Sometimes if the CD is scratched you will get interference.
                    Well my CD's are spotless because I only use them at home and they are always in their cases when not in use.

                    I have been using Windows Media Player 10 with the WMA format at 128 kbps. But I've tried the MP3 format and the WMA with the maximum bit rate possible and my problem is always sound interference. However, I've read WMP instructions and they say that some interferences may occur while ripping CD's.

                    So it seems to me that the problem has to do with the player or my CD ROM drive that is almost 5 years old.

                    Cheers.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by TAP-A343
                      So it seems to me that problem has to do with the player or my CD ROM drive that is almost 5 years old
                      5 years old is a loooooong time with computers. I have a CD-R drive which is around 3 years old and a DVD-R drive which is around 2 month old. I've never really had any issues ripping cd's (or dvd's for that matter). As long as the cd is in good condition and you have a good dvd-r or cd-r drive ripping cd's is a breeze.

                      I brought my DVD drive for only $50 USD. I recommend for anyone who doesn
                      t have a dvd drive to get one, they come really cheap now and they rip and burn dvd's and any other cd's pretty much.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Messerschmitt Man
                        5 years old is a loooooong time with computers. I have a CD-R drive which is around 3 years old and a DVD-R drive which is around 2 month old. I've never really had any issues ripping cd's (or dvd's for that matter). As long as the cd is in good condition and you have a good dvd-r or cd-r drive ripping cd's is a breeze.

                        I brought my DVD drive for only $50 USD. I recommend for anyone who doesn
                        t have a dvd drive to get one, they come really cheap now and they rip and burn dvd's and any other cd's pretty much.
                        Well I know that 5 years is a long time with computers.

                        But I have this "prehistoric" IBM NetVista A40 desktop with an Intel Pentium III 933 Mhz and I had to pay more than 130 euros to upgrade the RAM from 128 MB to 384 MB (128+256) and I don't feel like spending more money with it.

                        Anyway, an internal DVD player/recorder drive costs here more than 60 euros and requires at least a Pentium IV processor and 512 MB RAM. While an external drive costs at least 95 euros.

                        Meanwhile, I'll stick with Shareaza that MUNGOUS recommended and it's great.

                        Cheers.
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                        www.flytap.com

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