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Ripping CD's

I have many CD's. Would like to copy(rip) my favorite songs from each onto  separate CD's. Create a library on each disc. I know that doing that is illegal if intended for sale but that's not my goal. Just for personal use. Two basic questions.........

1) Is there a certain brand/type of CD media best for music or will any CD  do?

2) What is a good CD burning program (preferably free) to use other than Nero and other generic programs?

Thanks for any suggestions. There are several options with things like streaming but this is my intent now.

 

 

jrpnde

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petaluman
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+1 for EAC for BOTH ripping & burning.  My experience with new discs is over 99% of new discs rip perfectly with EAC.  With used, it's still 90+%.  I mostly just rip, but over the years have probably burned over a hundred discs with no problems.

If you're hard on CDs, you may end up wanting to spend a few bucks on dbpoweramp, which uses the same ripping software but has a better interface for dealing with tricky discs.

I think it's likely the documentation is better on the paid product, but trial & error will get you there.  I rip the disc & save the cue file in the same folder.  If you move the folder, you have to change the cue file (it's a text file - Notepad comes with Windows, no idea on iOS)

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