====== Audio Ripping and Conversion ======
**WORK IN PROGRESS**

Tools used:
  * [[Main.Multimedia#CDex|CDex]]
  * [[Main.Multimedia#FLAC|FLAC]]
  * [[Main.Multimedia#Foobar2000|Foobar2000]]
  * LAME - http://www.free-codecs.com/Lame_Encoder_download.htm

Download and install CDex, FLAC, and Foobar2000.<br />
Download the LAME MP3 encoder. I just recommend extracting it to C:\Program Files\LAME<br />
[[UseCDextoriptheCDto WAV format]].<br />
Use the FLAC front-end or point Foobar to flac.exe and convert the WAV file to a FLAC file.<br />
This provides the same quality, but at just over 70% of the size. Now that you have them stored in a lossless format, you can convert them to a lossy format that is much smaller for use with portable devices.<br />
I generally just use Foobar to go to a 192kbps MP3. This takes the file to roughly 8-10 MBs.<br />



-- Main.FredPettis - 12 May 2009