Rip Music to WMA Files with FreeRIP

CD-DVD Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Rip Music

∟Rip Music to WMA Files with FreeRIP

This section provides a tutorial on how to rip off music from an audio CD to WMA files using FreeRIP.

The third test I did with FreeRIP was to rip off music tracks from an audio CD to WMA (Windows Media Audio) files:

1. Create a folder C:\temp\wma on my hard disk to store ripped music files.

2. Insert a music CD in the CD drive and start FreeRIP.

3. Click menu File > Settings > Options. The Options dialog box shows up.

4. Click the Output tab. Change the settings to:

Default encoding: WMA
Output Base path: C:\temp\mp3
Output file name format: Artist\Track Number-Track Title.ext
Converter uses input filenames: checked

5. Click the Encoding tab. Change the WMA Encoding settings to:

WMA Quality: 128 kbps stereo

6. Click menu Rip > Rip Selected Tracks. FreeRIP starts to rip all tracks on the music CD, since all tracks are selected by default.

7. FreeRIP displays a progress window while ripping off music tracks from the audio CD. FreeRIP will pause a couple of times for several minutes each time during the ripping process. I guess this is an intentional code behavior of the free version.