Rip Audio CDs to MP3 for phones, cars and music libraries
EZ CD Audio Converter turns Audio CDs into high-quality MP3 files for everyday listening. Use it to create compact digital copies of your discs for phones, car stereos, USB sticks, portable players and organized music libraries.
The CD ripper can download album names, track titles and cover artwork before ripping. It can also preserve CD-Text, ISRC, UPC/EAN and pre-gap information when available, giving your MP3 files clean metadata and useful disc information.
Secure CD ripping before MP3 encoding
Ripping quality matters before the MP3 encoder is even used. EZ CD Audio Converter extracts tracks with advanced error detection and two-pass sector-by-sector CRC verification, helping create reliable digital audio before the final MP3 files are written.
- Secure extraction: reads Audio CDs carefully from the physical drive.
- Two-pass CRC verification: helps verify that extracted audio data is consistent.
- Metadata services: add album, artist, track title and cover art information.
- Ripping logs: keep a record of the CD extraction process.
How to rip a CD to MP3
- Insert the Audio CD into the drive.
- Open the Audio CD Ripper.
- Download or edit album metadata and cover artwork.
- Select MP3 as the output format.
- Choose the quality setting and start ripping.
Best CD to MP3 settings
For music libraries and car playback, 320 kbps MP3 is a simple high-quality setting. High-quality VBR MP3 is also useful when smaller files are wanted. If you want a permanent archive, rip the same CD to FLAC as well, then use MP3 copies for portable listening.
Audio Quality Perfected
- Ultra precise (64-bit floating point) audio engine
- Professional quality sample rate converter
- Secure Audio CD extraction before MP3 encoding
- Two-pass sector-by-sector CRC verification
- High-quality LAME MP3 output
- Preserve CD-Text, ISRC, UPC/EAN and pre-gap information
- High-precision audio conversion with gapless handling for supported formats
- High quality dithering (RTN, RPDF, TPDF, Noise-shaped)
- Built-in audio codecs with no external codec packs required
- Audio data is always transferred in ultra-precise 64-bit floating point accuracy during audio conversions
DSP Digital signal processing
- EBU R 128 | ReplayGain v2 loudness metadata scanning
- EBU R 128 | ReplayGain v2 loudness normalization
- Integrated [I]
- Top of Loudness Range [ToLR]
- Peak limiting (Sample Peak & True Peak)
- Sample Peak and True Peak normalization
- Leading and Trailing Silence Removal
- Fade In/Out effects
- De-emphasis for Audio CDs with pre-emphasis
Metadata Get album names, track titles and cover art
Support for CD metadata, track information, album artwork and audio tags helps keep ripped MP3 files organized. The metadata editor lets you add, modify and save tags before or after ripping CDs.
Online metadata services
Download high-quality metadata and album artwork from multiple online metadata services. Metadata can be fetched automatically or searched manually using keywords, helping you keep converted files clean and organized.
Get metadata from
GD3, MusicBrainz, Discogs, Deezer, Amazon
Built-in Audio Codecs for High-Quality CD to MP3 Conversion
All audio codecs are included within the software. There is no need to get additional audio codecs from external sources.
All encoders and decoders work in high-resolution mode using 32-bit floating-point or better accuracy. High-resolution mode helps avoid unnecessary processing loss when converting from lossless, lossy and high-resolution sources.
Lossy and DSD codecs
| Encoder | Input bit depth | Encoder precision |
|---|---|---|
| AAC-LC & HE-AAC (v2) | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| xHE-AAC | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| MP3 | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| DSD | 32-bit floating point | 64-bit floating point |
| Vorbis | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Opus | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Musepack | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| AC3 | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Decoder | Output bit depth | Decoder precision |
|---|---|---|
| AAC-LC & HE-AAC (v2) | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| xHE-AAC | 32-bit | 32-bit |
| MP3 | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| DSD | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Vorbis | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Opus | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Musepack | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| AC3 | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
Lossless Audio Conversion for FLAC, WAV, ALAC and AIFF
Audio CDs can also be ripped to FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A, Apple Lossless, Opus and other supported formats when MP3 is not the only output format needed.
Supported Output Audio Formats
Supported Input Audio Formats
Sample rates
Sample rates
Bit depths
Bit depths
Channels
Mono
Stereo
4.0 Quad
5.0
5.1
6.1
7.1
Channels
Mono
Stereo
4.0 Quad
5.0
5.1
6.1
7.1
CD to MP3 Converter FAQ
How do I rip a CD to MP3?
Insert the Audio CD, open the Audio CD Ripper, choose MP3 as the output format, select the quality setting and start ripping.
Can I download metadata and album art when ripping CDs?
Yes. Metadata and album artwork can be downloaded from online metadata services and written to the ripped MP3 files.
Can I rip CDs to FLAC and MP3?
Yes. You can create lossless FLAC archives and MP3 listening copies from the same CD collection.
Does the CD ripper create logs?
Yes. Detailed CD information and ripping status can be saved into a CD ripping log file.
Can I burn CDs too?
Yes. EZ CD Audio Converter also includes Disc Burner for Audio CDs, MP3 discs and data discs.
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