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How to rip a CD as a single MP3

By Jasmine France, CNET.com
28/07/2006



 

If you're a big fan of electronic music, DJ mixes, or albums such as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, you're probably aware of or have noticed an annoying trait found on almost every MP3 player available today: A gap is inserted between the tracks of otherwise uninterrupted albums. Unfortunately, this issue has yet to be satisfactorily addressed through player firmware updates, but all is not lost. If you can do without the track markers for your continuous albums, ripping each CD as a single track eliminates the cause of the snippets of silence you would hear otherwise. Use this tutorial to guide you through the process.

To get started, here're what you'll need:
  • PC running Windows
  • Audiograbber (freeware)
  • CD drive
  • Audio CDs

Step 1: Download freeware



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Download and install Audiograbber. Next, insert an audio CD.

Step 2: Adjust the settings



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Click the Settings button or select General Settings from the Settings pull-down menu. Specify where you would like the final file saved (the default is in the Audiograbber folder), and click OK. Uncheck ID3v2 from the Settings pull-down menu.

Step 3: Select an output format



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Along the top of the window, there is a button labeled MP3 with a check box in it. Check this box if you want the resulting file to be an MP3; otherwise, it will be saved as a WAV file.

Step 4: Get info for the last track



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Right-click the last track, and select Track Properties. Near the bottom, there's a section called Sectors. Copy the number that's in the Last box of this section, and click OK.

Step 5: Add info to the first track



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Right-click the first track, and select Track Properties. In the Sectors section, paste the previously copied number in the Last box and click OK.

Step 6: Rip only the first track



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Uncheck all of the tracks except for the first track. Click the Grab button. The resulting file will be one uninterrupted track.

 

 
 

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