>>>PMFJI, I am sorry I can't recommend a free DVD copy software. I bought 123 COPY DVD some time ago, it was on sale for like $20 (after rebate). But my question to you is, what free CD ripping software have you used? I need to convert a track from a CD to MP3 format but I have never done it. Since I only need it for one song/track, I don't want to spend too much (or little <g>) money.
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>>I believe Windows Media Player can do that. Also maybe RealPlayer.
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>Windows Media Player can rip music to WMF (windows media format) or whatever it is called. You need a plugin to rip to mp3 and I think that plugin costs some $$$


http://audacity.sourceforge.net - it's a freebie audio thingie, and for some reasons also can't produce mp3 directly, but with it uses the classic command-line lame_enc.dll encoder, which is actually zipped together with it. I use it as a de-popper or just as a recorder - I've once recorded almost half an hour of conversation with it, and saved the file as mp3, no problem.