{"id":1162,"date":"2009-09-07T02:10:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T18:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2009-09-07T02:10:01","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T18:10:01","slug":"how-can-i-convert-a-cd-to-an-mp3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/how-can-i-convert-a-cd-to-an-mp3.html","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Convert a CD to an MP3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How can I convert a CD to an MP3 format?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Actually it is a very easy process. There are many ways to convert audio CD into MP3 and there isn&#8217;t any shortage of free software to do it. If you plan to use your Windows Media Player that came with Microsoft, then just too bad because Microsoft emphasis is on their own proprietary WMA format which I find that not so many MP3 players support it. Microsoft Windows Media Player can play MP3 but their conversion from audio CDs into MP3 do not have so many options. They are geared more to WMA format also. So when it comes to conversion to a compact audio file, better stick to the MP3 format which has a pervasive following.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-5685769204706262\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"336x280_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text\";\n\/\/2007-08-06: JanLeow.com Blogs (Content)\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"5832813811\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"CC0000\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"808080\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:0\";\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p>I find that iTunes provided free by Apple is the best for converting an audio CD into MP3. However after downloading it, the default format for conversion is the Apple&#8217;s own AAC format. So first thing first after installing iTunes is to go into the preference settings and change the import settings. Here&#8217;s how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>1. Goto Edit and click &#8220;Preference&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1163\" style=\"width: 257px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/wp\/itunes-preference.png\" alt=\"iTunes Preference\" title=\"iTunes Preference\" width=\"257\" height=\"217\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1163\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iTunes Preference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2. In the General tab, click &#8220;Import Settings&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1164\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/wp\/itunes-general.png\" alt=\"iTunes General Tab\" title=\"iTunes General Tab\" width=\"450\" height=\"413\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1164\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iTunes General Tab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>3. In the Import Settings dialog box, change the &#8220;Import Using&#8221; to &#8220;MP3 Encoder&#8221;. Also select your import quality. My favourite quality is High Quality (160kbps) which is gives a very good sound quality without ending up with a very large filesize. Play around here to find out your favourite quality\/size trade off.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1165\" style=\"width: 429px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/wp\/itunes-import-settings.png\" alt=\"iTunes Import Settings\" title=\"iTunes Import Settings\" width=\"429\" height=\"320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1165\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iTunes Import Settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Press OK and that&#8217;s it! Pop in your audio CD and make sure you are connected online to let the Gracenote algorithm to identify your audio CD album title and track names from its music database. Most of the time it gets it right, though on some rare occasion it does get it wrong. If it gets it wrong, then just too bad, you have to retype the album title and track names one by one the tedious way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1172\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/wp\/itunes-getinfo.png\" alt=\"Use the iTunes Get Info to edit en masse all the selected tracks\" title=\"iTunes Get Info\" width=\"286\" height=\"274\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1172\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Use the iTunes Get Info to edit en masse all the selected tracks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you are feeling lazy to rename them one by one, you can just edit all the tracks en masse, by highlighting the tracks, right click, and click on &#8220;get info&#8221;. From there on you just edit some basic details like album name and artist and all the tracks selected will be edited.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/how-can-i-convert-a-cd-to-an-mp3.html\">How can I convert a CD to an MP3<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/philips-gogear-2gb-mp3wma-player.html\">Philips GoGear 2GB MP3\/WMA Player<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/red-fox-ft44-mp3-wireless-fm-modulator.html\">Red Fox FT44 MP3 Wireless FM Modulator 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/red-fox-mp3-fm-modulator-player.html\">Red Fox MP3 FM Modulator player, 2nd review<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/red-fox-mp3-fm-modulator.html\">Red Fox MP3 FM Modulator, 1st review<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/mp3-fm-transmitter-for-car.html\">MP3 FM transmitter for car<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How can I convert a CD to an MP3 format?&#8221; Actually it is a very easy process. There are many ways to convert audio CD into MP3 and there isn&#8217;t any shortage of free software to do it. If you plan to use your Windows Media Player that came with Microsoft, then just too bad &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/how-can-i-convert-a-cd-to-an-mp3.html\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Can I Convert a CD to an MP3<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[46,106,115],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1bS5F-iK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1111,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/red-fox-ft44-mp3-wireless-fm-modulator.html","url_meta":{"origin":1162,"position":0},"title":"Red Fox FT44 MP3 Wireless FM Modulator","author":"Jan","date":"22 June 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Red Fox FT44 MP3 Wireless FM Modulator is the latest model on sale for playing MP3 or WMA music in your car using radio transmission to your car radio. My older FM modulator was getting cranky and with the new model with new features on sale, I decided to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computer Devices&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computer Devices","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/category\/computer-devices"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red Fox FT44 MP3 Wireless FM Modulator","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/wp\/redfox-mp3-fm-player.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1083,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/philips-gogear-2gb-mp3wma-player.html","url_meta":{"origin":1162,"position":1},"title":"Philips GoGear 2GB MP3\/WMA Player","author":"Jan","date":"8 April 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Now this was fast. I submitted my Citibank Rewards for a Philips GoGear 2GB MP3\/WMA Player and I received it in just a week even though they mentioned it will take several weeks. I have amassed sufficient Citibank Reward Points and decided to redeem the Philips GoGear MP3\/WMA Player. It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computer Devices&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computer Devices","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/category\/computer-devices"},"img":{"alt_text":"Philips GoGear mp3\/wma Player","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/wp\/philips_gogear_mp3_wma_player450x232.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":100,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/red-fox-mp3-fm-modulator-player.html","url_meta":{"origin":1162,"position":2},"title":"Red Fox MP3 FM Modulator for playing MP3 files, Pt 2.","author":"Jan","date":"29 March 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Judging from the number of comments that I received about this Red Fox MP3 FM modulator, I think I might put in a few pointer about using this device. The Red Fox MP3 modulator that I bought could use both the SD\/MMC Card as well as USB flash drive. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computer Devices&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computer Devices","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/category\/computer-devices"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/mp3-fm-transmitter-for-car.html","url_meta":{"origin":1162,"position":3},"title":"MP3 FM transmitter for car","author":"Jan","date":"25 June 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Lately I seem to be acquiring several hardware equipment from upgrading my LCD display, a not so free Creative Zen Neeon MP3 player, a laptop, and an MP3 FM transmitter. Now the last item was an interesting purchase. It cost about $20 (RM60) and it works by plugging a flash\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computer Devices&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computer Devices","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/category\/computer-devices"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":63,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/red-fox-mp3-fm-modulator.html","url_meta":{"origin":1162,"position":4},"title":"Red Fox MP3 FM Modulator","author":"Jan","date":"21 November 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"So I got a little itchy and went ahead and bought myself another MP3 FM Modulator. The price has come down and I paid RM$65 for it. This Red Fox version FT20D 6-in-1 MP3\/Wireless FM Modulator of course is an improved version over my previous MP3 FM modulator. It has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computer Devices&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computer Devices","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/category\/computer-devices"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/images\/mp3fm320x240.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":32,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/dual-booting-windows-xp-and-vista.html","url_meta":{"origin":1162,"position":5},"title":"Dual booting windows XP and Vista","author":"Jan","date":"10 May 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been thinking of installing Windows Vista, but I'm not very sure whether it will work well with my current PC and software. Windows has Vista ready checking software, and it found a few hardware and software that might not work in Vista. After giving it much thought, I've decided\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computer Devices&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computer Devices","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/category\/computer-devices"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}