Turn That CD Into an MP3. By JIM HEID . March 18, 2002 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. Email; ... You might not be able to record off a protected CD using MP3 software, ...

Time was that everybody was converting their vinyl into CDs. Now a New York firm will rip an entire CD collection to the MP3 format for a fee. Is this the death of the CD? By Leander Kahney.

2. Convert Your MP3s to AIFFs Next you need to turn your MP3 files into AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format, a Mac audio standard) so you can burn them onto CDs. SoundJam MP, a popular commercial ...

Some CD players can play MP3s burned onto CDs. You can fit many more songs on an MP3 CD. You’ll need to remember that you can only burn audio files from songs that you’ve ripped from CDs.

9. Wait for the CD to rip. The CD / DVD / Bluray drive will spring into life and start the ripping process. The application will automatically encode the audio tracks to MP3 as the process progresses.

Apple’s iTunes handles all the essentials--converting CD tracks into MP3 format, playing MP3 tunes and listening to streaming MP3 Internet radio stations.

— Read the rest The post A look back at the underappreciated wonder of MP3 CDs appeared first on ... capabilities of dumping something like the entire Ramones discography onto a single CD-ROM.

Microsoft also recently added the ability to rip CDs into the MP3 format to its new Windows Media Player, after years of sending users to third-party plug-ins if they wanted to make MP3s.

MP3s are convenient, but no matter how high the bit rate, they're still lossy music files. We'll show you how to rip your music CDs to FLAC files, which are superior in sound quality.