cd--->mp3?

[shygye]

I use RealPlayer (free) to rip CDs and manage my Sandisk player. You should try ripping at different bitrates and choose the lowest that gives good results. For my ears/equipment 128Kbits gives good quality and small file size.

[carlton68]

shyggye,

 

I find RealPlayer to be really nasty. I liked it many years back, but these days RealPlayer is ad-infested.

 

Many websites offer streams in Real Media format. Thanks to Real alternative one doesn't need RealPlayer to play Real Media.

 

But well, it might only be me.

 

[yfs]

I-tunes sux! It locks you into a proprietary format for with you pay big bux to get what you can for free!!!!!!!!!!

 

Cheers,

SD -- will never own an Ipod

 

You're half right. The itunes store will lock you into the ACC format, but the itunes application will burn cd's in many different formats.

 

I like to use Roxio Toast.

[shygye]

shyggye,

 

I find RealPlayer to be really nasty. I liked it many years back, but these days RealPlayer is ad-infested.

 

Many websites offer streams in Real Media format. Thanks to Real alternative one doesn't need RealPlayer to play Real Media.

 

But well, it might only be me.

 

I don't get any ads with RealPlayer. What am I doing wrong?

[carlton68]

Nothing. You possibly are doing something right.

Read here , specially under 'Criticism'.

[ChristianTroy]

Wikipedia is so borderline okay

 

Real player sends the song informations in your database back to the producers and they sell those to the record labels! That is Spyware!