mp3 problem again.

[sunnyday2d]

hi guys ive had about three diffrent answers to this question by shop assistants.Can u buy an mp3 player and audio lead to connect direcrtly to a std cd player and transfer songs to mp3 FROM CD PLAYER.

[Ethel]

No.

[vehelpfulguy]

Music CDs are in an "Audio" format which is not the same a MP3 format.

To turn "Audio" CDs into MP3 format you normally put the Audio CD in a PC and "rip" the tracks off. These then put the MP3 tracks on your computer hard disk.

You can then transfer them to a MP3 player.

There are quite a few mp3 ripper programs around, and I believe Windows Media Player can do it, although I have never done it.

[Fitzer]

Time for some more conflicting answers :-) My SONY NWS-706F can indeed convert CDs (and any other audio source) to MP3 (actually SONY uses its own ATRAC method but its the same concept), you need to buy a docking cradle and cable to attach the CD player to the MP3. Although I haven't tested the feature the SONY claims to split the recordings into tracks but of course you won't get any title information. Come to think of it my old Cowon iAudio M3 used to be able to do the same in real MP3.
All this assumes you are talking about a standard audio CD and not a CD full of MP3 tracks already.

[rojash]

Fitzer is correct. As long as either the MP3 player itself or the docking cradle has some encoding firmware, then it can be done. You can also buy MP3 players that have a microphone for recording other audio.

[wideboy]

Some (but not many) mp3 players have a line-in socket (my Samsung one does) which would allow you to record from a CD player to the mp3 player. I don't use it because I do my 'ripping' on the computer (more control over the bitrate/quality). The main reason for the line in was to record from LPs but I'm also doing that through the computer just now.

[wideboy]

Have a look at this:-

http://www.inest.co.uk/products/Logik_3-3GB_MP 3_Player-Encoder_USB2__-_Voice_Recorder_-_Line _In.asp

[sunnyday2d]

thanks guys,
i have printed this page off.so can check out your answers.
sorry i have not responded sooner had modem
problems.