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Encoder recommendations that recognize CD title and track names?

Hi,

A newbie to this and it seems LAME is a very popular mp3 encoder program but there seems to be many different versions of which I downloaded one (winlame).  As I am going to convert my cds to mp3s to play on a usb drive in my new car head unit, I am looking for a mp3 encoder, lame or otherwise, that can go out and detect the title and track names of the cd and name the files accordingly.  Does such a program exist either using LAME or another recommended encoder?  I would like to encode in the 320kbs size as larger files are ok given the cheap cost of the high capacity usb drives.

Thanks for any help.

Encoder recommendations that recognize CD title and track names?

Reply #1 –
What you are looking for is an application that rips the audio from the CD, looks up the track information online, and then encodes and tags the files. Try dbpoweramp, but there are several others that are also good.

Encoder recommendations that recognize CD title and track names?

Reply #2 –
Thank you, I am trying dbpoweramp now.  Another question.  I'm sure this gets beats to death but the program says 190kbs is "normal" and 240 kbs is "extreme".  Can an audio difference be discerned between the two bitrates?

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What you are looking for is an application that rips the audio from the CD, looks up the track information online, and then encodes and tags the files. Try dbpoweramp, but there are several others that are also good.

Encoder recommendations that recognize CD title and track names?

Reply #3 –
You tell us. We don't have your equipment or your ears.

Cheers, Slipstreem. 

Encoder recommendations that recognize CD title and track names?

Reply #4 –
Ok, then let me ask this.  I read that at similar bitrates, wma and aac are both better audio formats then mp3 yet of course there's the universal compatibility of mp3s.  If I rip my mp3s at 240kbs, will it be high enough of a bitrate so that it will overcome any quality differences you may get by not ripping in wma or acc?  I know you don't have my equipment or ears but I'm going to rip a ton of cds and only want to do this once.  I know once before I listened to a similar song in both 128 kbs wma and mp3 and I could tell the difference, the mp3 had clipped highs and lows in comparison, so I guess I'm asking is the general opinion a 240 kbs mp3 will not clip the highs and lows.

BTW, probably my best equipment is my pc and Sennheiser HD497 headphones. 

Quote from: Slipstreem on
You tell us. We don't have your equipment or your ears.

Cheers, Slipstreem. 
 

Encoder recommendations that recognize CD title and track names?

Reply #5 –
At 128kbps it's difficult for most people to hear the difference between codecs. At 240kbps, it will be extremely difficult.