If you have CD's and are ripping, what program(s) do you use? Windows Media Player used to work great, especially with the album metadata they had which prefilled all the album titles, acts, song titles, composer, release date, etc. Microsoft screwed up when it started pointing it's music library to musicmatch-ssl.xboxlive.com several years ago. What do use?
Well, I still use Windows Media Player on Windows 10 64-bit. It was a Win7 machine that I upgraded to Win10.
I've been using the same application for about 14 years now and it works great. EZ CD audio converter by Poikosoft. I paid for it once and have had free upgrades for life. It has the ability to rip the CD, then go back do to a CRC check to make sure there are no errors. I've ripped 1000s of CDs with it. Music Converter with Professional Audio Quality | Convert Music to/from MP3, FLAC, M4A, AAC, Opus, DSD, WAV, OGG, and more audio formats. Secure CD Ripper converts CDs to FLAC, MP3, and more audio formats.
I used that a few years ago and found it pretty robust. Only thing I will say against it is that I don’t think it has AccurateRip, which both dBPoweramp and EAC have.
Another dBpoweramp fan here. I used EAC for years because it was the first, best, and cheapest (free). The user interface was always problematic, though, which is why I switched. dBp CD Ripper queries four different sources for tags, allowing you to choose different results if you don't like the one CD Ripper thought was best. Album art is automatically chosen, but again you can choose a different one. It has a simple scripting language, which allows me to use a different file numbering scheme for multi-disc albums. It can also rip to multiple formats in one session. I generate FLAC files and AAC files for everything I rip, because my car USB player can't play FLAC. Well worth the small investment.
EAC I might use dBPoweramp at some point if I need FLAC and mp3 from one rip, as it seems to support multiple outputs from a single rip, but that hasn't been priority thus far.
I use CueRipper/CueTools, EAC, and dBpoweramp. Which one I use for a particular rip depends on how I'm feeling at the time. I like to mix it up and stay familiar with those three ripping tools. All three are able to verify the rip against the AccurateRip database. CueRipper and CueTools is what I tend to use most. It does well and is free. And is easier to configure and use than EAC. Both CueTools and dBpoweramp are able to detect if a disc has HDCD encoding. I like that feature. EAC is EAC and popular because it's popular. Works well but the UI is archaic and confusing for new users. If anyone is looking for which ripper to use I would recommend CueRipper/CueTools first. Then dBpoweramp if you're willing to pay money. The EAC as third place.
I have been using CDex for years, and it works flawlessly. Especially when ripping to flac. Plus, it gets the track titles from online databases, which makes tagging easier. CDex | Free CD to MP3 converter, ripper, FLAC, M4A, WMA, OGG, CD extractor
