Posted: 6/10/2008 6:41:05 AM EDT
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First off, I am very old-fashioned regarding my music. I don't download music at all (never have), but I do like to compile CDs on occasion for myself and/or my father from our extensive collections on bought media of all descriptions (I have migrated it all to CD over the years). For years I used a program called MusicMatch Jukebox to "rip" songs from my personal CDs for compilation, and that little program served me very well. Years ago I paid for the "lifetime upgrade and support" option -- IIRC, it was a small, token fee. As you probably know, that program was sold to Yahoo and is now Yahoo Jukebox, complete with monthly fees, etc. and geared more toward downloading music. What I would like is a free or one-time-cost program to "rip" (if that is even the right term) songs from my personal CDs and compile/burn them to CDs for my own personal use. I am not interested in download or sharing capabilities at all and would much prefer something stand-alone for my purposes. I don't do much with my music (heck, I listen to talk radio more than anything else) and I haven't kept up with all of this (I know this is very basic stuff to some of you), but I do want the capability to be there when I want it, without paying monthly for all of the bells and whistles for the iPod crowd (dang, I'm making myself sound so old!  ).Any suggestions? 
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http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/ Can do all you want. I would not rip to MP3 or WMA, but to WAV, for best sound. |
I was completely unaware that it had those capabilities!  I'll try that first, before looking at outside programs. It will probably do what little I need it to do. |
Used it over the weekend and it did fine for my (low-tech) needs/purposes. Thanks again, everyone, for the suggestions! 
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