Ripping audio CDs

Creative MuVo V100

Ripping audio CDs

To get music tracks from your CDs to your player, you will need a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive that can extract digital audio data, and Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer. Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer will read the audio information on your CD and convert it to the WMA format using the bitrate you choose.

The standard bitrate of most WMA files is 128 Kbps, although some are set higher, at 160 or 192 Kbps. Using the standard bitrate will ensure that your WMA files retain much of their audio quality. Higher bitrates will result in larger WMA file sizes, with better audio quality.

The time needed to successfully extract audio from a CD depends on:

CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive speed

defects, like scratches on the audio CD

error-checking features on the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive

bitrate selected for encoding

To rip an audio CD using Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer

Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive.

Start Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer by clicking the Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer

shortcut icon on your desktop.

If Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer is in Player view, click the Player/Organizer View button

to switch to Organizer view.

In the Sources window, select [d:] Audio CD (replace d: with your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive).

In the Task bar, click the Rip Now button.

For more information about using Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, refer to its online Help.

Tip

Instead of manually entering track information, retrieve audio CD information from your music information provider before ripping tracks.

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