[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by spursdude

As far as I know, Windows Media Player (for PC and PPC) doesn't play .ogg files.

There is a plugin from vorbis.com, but it's not as slick as its WMA support.

I used to use WMP for the playlist management, but I find that using folders, i.e., "\Artist Name\Year - Album Name\TrackNum - TrackTitle.ogg" works very well. I use QCD Player on the desktop, which has the awesome feature of doing seamless playback, which I consider essential for some albums.

But hey, to each their own. WMA is a pretty decent format too.

--janak

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by spursdude

As far as I know, Windows Media Player (for PC and PPC) doesn't play .ogg files.

There is a plugin from vorbis.com, but it's not as slick as its WMA support.

I used to use WMP for the playlist management, but I find that using folders, i.e., "\Artist Name\Year - Album Name\TrackNum - TrackTitle.ogg" works very well. I use QCD Player on the desktop, which has the awesome feature of doing seamless playback, which I consider essential for some albums.

But hey, to each their own. WMA is a pretty decent format too.

--janak

[TheNewSteve]

What about these .acc or .aac files?

I hear those are the best, but only for mac users or something.

?

-Steve

[GingerTommy]

I borrowed my ripping process from another forum member. Unfortunately I cannot find the thread to give credit.

1. Use EAC to rip the CD to .wav files. This is one of the most accurate tools for getting audio off a CD.
2. Use Media Jukebox to import and convert the tracks to WMA Lossless. I do not have WinXP, otherwise I would probably use MS Media Player to do the conversion. My Win2K version of media player can playback but not convert to the lossless codec.
3. I use Media Jukebox to convert the .wma tracks directly onto my storage card, which is plugged into a USB reader. I use 80Kbps OGG and it sounds superb.

This way I get CD quality playback on my desktop and no additional artifacts when converting to OGG for playback on my iPAQ. If you've got the drive space, I would recommend something along these lines. Monkey's Audio is a good alternative to the WMA Lossless Codec, the only problem is a limited choice of desktop players.

[TheNewSteve]

I have been using FreeRip from download.com for .ogg and .mp3 (which i don't use, but it does) ripping from CDs.

Works fine, i believe it takes just under playtime.

-Steve