She's so small, tiny and crushed up

[venta]

I'm working at home today, and am therefore finally getting round to putting software back on my PC after the Great Evesham Wiping Incident.

So, I want some mp3-ing software. I've always used CDCopy, and that seems to work pretty well. I'm just curious, would anyone recommend anything in particular. Any recommendations should do the following:

• Run on Windows (XP)


• Be free to download ("I'll give you a pirate copy" doesn't count :)


• Be easy to install (I don't really want to faff around looking for codecs, etc)


• Be friendly to use

Thanks for any help.
And kneeshooter, once I've sorted this out I'll chuck that track at you :)

Comments

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

Probably the thing to bear in mind when selecting a CD ripper is that it's pretty much a solved problem. If there's anything particularly bad or missing in the ripper you have, then you'll almost certainly be able to find another one that fixes it and is otherwise just about as good.

Since they almost all use the same codecs (Blade or LAME), the actual audio should be the same for everything, so it's mostly down to usability, cosmetics and how well the ripper deals with buggered (including copy-protected) CDs. And even that's largely down to the drive and it's firmware.