Ripping Cd,S

[fourteen85]

Are there any programmes someone could recommend that I can download to copy some CDs to my phone? I do have Windows media player but I find the new version not very useful . thanks. I guess I would also like it to be free if possible , if not can I revert back to using earlier versions of media player, I am using a dell laptop with windows 10. thanks

[bhg481]

I usually use WavePad Sound Editor nowadays - rips the cd and lets you edit it (alter volume, chop off silent start and end etc) and then save it in a variety of formats- free download.

[bhg481]

Audacity is another free one I use sometimes - give them both a try.

[Buenchico]

My own choice. (It's really easy to use):
https://www.ashampoo.com/en-au/burning-studio-free

Ripping CDs (even for personal use) is, of course, illegal in the UK but I somehow doubt that you'll find Pc Plod knocking on your door any day soon 😊

 

[andy-hughes]

That's my choice too - probably on another of Buenchico's excellent expert reccomendations.

If a Luddite like me can use it, it has to be good, and I have found it simple, and reliable to use.

[drmorgans]

 

I thought it was legal to rip a CD you owned.

 

[Buenchico]

^^^ It was illegal up until 2014, when the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014 were introduced.  

However there was a High Court challenge to those Regulations in 2015, resulting in them being overturned and therefore making the ripping of CDs (or, say, the copying of vinyl tracks) illegal once again:
https://www.technollama.co.uk/high-court-takes-second-step-in-making-it-illegal-to-rip-cds

[drmorgans]

 

Could the government decide the shackles of our evil EUropean overlords no longer apply and make it legal?

 

[Buenchico]

^^^ I suspect that EU copyright rules were included within the EU laws which the UK agreed to retain when we broke away from the EU.  It would therefore require a complete renegotiation of the entire agreement before the UK could make any unilateral changes.

[fourteen85]

Thanks all for suggestions

[drmorgans]

 

P.s. I use FreeRIP (and MP3Tag)