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- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 13, 2008
- Total Downloads: 955,394
- Downloads last week: 2,086
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 146 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
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 3.1 is a powerful, professional software which 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 3.1 extracts with high speed and quality. Free CD Ripper 3.1 supports Freedb and ID3 tagging so you can automatically download CD track information and save them in the encoded file. It supports WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG--these four kinds of popular audio formats, and it would not produce new medium files.
What's new in this version:
3.1 again with modifications
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 146 votes
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Version: Free CD Ripper 3.1
"easy to use...works fast and accurately"
Pros: simple interface.
Cons: nothing to complain abot
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Version: Free CD Ripper 3.1
Pros: Free CD Ripper is a program that is easy to use, and I found the speed in which it did the job a plus.
Cons: What I didn't like about Free CD Ripper is that I could not get it to correctly label my music. I soon became frustrated with this feature.
Summary: Free CD Ripper does a great job in ripping your CDs, but it would have been much nicer had the labeling feature worked.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Free CD Ripper 3.1
"Failed on first cd to retrieve correct artist."
Pros: Seemed to work quickly.
Cons: Couldn't tell the difference between Martina McBride and Elvis Presely from the automatic data extraction. I don't have any Elvis cd's.....
Summary: Tried it several times on same cd, finally downloaded FairStars CD Ripper and it worked first time.
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Version: Free CD Ripper 3.1
"Install error and a lot of hassle"
Pros: Didn't go further than launching it so don't know
Cons: During install it reported an error, but it did launch wghen I ran it. However, you have to manually ad all the information - artists, title, etc. Much easier to use windows media player and rip from that.
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Version: Free CD Ripper 3.1
"Would not install on Windows Vista"
Pros: Dunno. Could not install.
Cons: Just refused to install in Windows Vista.
Summary: Useless if it cannot be installed.
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