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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
- Date added: September 25, 2003
- Total Downloads: 867,408
- Downloads last week: 2,231
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 155 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff on November 07, 2008
This program proves you can still get a decent CD-ripping application without spending any money. The program's stylish main window is not only attractive, but also very functional, with large, clearly labeled icons for all actions.
The program lets you extract files into most popular formats including MP3 and OGG formats, as well as WMA and WAV. Further you can convert the files between these formats. Still, we were glad to find the utility can rip files using the space-efficient VBR compression scheme. This program comes complete with powerful feature-rich recorder included in the package. The output format for the recorder can be pre-set. The user has to select WAV, WMA, MP3, or OGG file as the output and set the quality as desired. However, since you have to keep pressing play every time you want to hear a new track, we don't recommend using it as a dedicated jukebox app.
In our tests, the program performed all the functions flawlessly when run under Windows 2000. As soon as we tried to test it under Windows XP, the application crashed and sometimes it crashed the OS too. Under Windows 2000 the app demonstrated good speed, making it easy for us to recommend this app for Windows 2000 users only who are on the hunt for a quality, cost-free CD-extraction solution. If you are Windows XP users, keep away from this program.
Publisher's description
From Focussoft:Free CD Ripper is software that can extract digital audio tracks from an Audio CD into sound files on your hard disk. You can save CD audio tracks to CD-quality WAV files or encode them to OGG Vorbis or MP3 compressed audio format. With its powerful sound engine, Free CD Ripper extracts with high speed and quality. The application supports FreeDB and ID3 tagging, so you can automatically download CD track information and make an encoded file.
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User reviews of Free CD Ripper 2.0
- All versions: 3.2 starsout of 155 votes
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- Current version: 3.6 starsout of 79 votes
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2 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"It's easy, works good, and it's free....am I in heaven?"
Pros: One of the simplest interfaces I've used. Automatically detects your drive, automatically lists all music on the disc, has a select all button...click on the "Rip Now" button and that's it. I can't see how it could be any easier. Automatically set to convert to MP3 unless you want to change it. Ripped my cd in about 2 minutes. Many other features which I haven't even checked out yet. No error messages, no sales pitches or ads. AND no spyware....freakin' bout time something's free without ad or spyware. Maybe the member Offroad downloaded another ripper by mistake?
Cons: So far nothing.
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2 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"looks good, but doesn't work"
Pros: it got good user reviews
Cons: Program doesn't work great. First thing that happed after my download was that "illegal operation" thing. Then once I got the program running the first thing it asking me to buy a bunch of stuff.
Then after that it wouldn't even read my disc on either my cd-rom or my cd-r
IT'S BEEN UNINSTALLED!
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4 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"doesnt work with a dvd drive"
Pros: i loved it before i had a dvdrom. it works great.
Cons: doesnt work with a dvd drive
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2 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"ONLY for cd rom drives...."
Cons: if your main drive is a dvdrom, don't even bother. i wasn't even able to figure out how to get the program to access my other optical drive (which is a cd r/w)..
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5 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"cool :D"
Pros: um, fast to download, easy to use, quality is ok!
Cons: the track #s are weird.
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5 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"Its quick and trust me its FAST!!! :)"
Pros: Its fast its quick
Cons: i dont think it has cons
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1 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"Causes Windows XP Pro to blue screen"
Summary: This product causes my Windows XP system to crash. Find another product.
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5 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"Made my life very easy"
Summary: Don't know why this has got bad feedback! Very fast, very easy to use and the quality is great for my MP3 player. My only gripe is that it doesn't bring the artist and track detials over. But a small price to pay for a great free product.
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1 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"not user friendly"
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1 stars
Version: Free CD Ripper 2.0
"Easy to use, but poor output"
Summary: The product is easy to which is great, but the output on the high end is really poor.
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