A Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) to MPEG Layer III (MP3) utility.
Uses LAME encoder. A high quality MP3 codec from mp3dev.org.
This program will extract any CD-DA track from any supported optical device and convert the PCM data on the fly straight to MP3. It is very easy to use. All you do is double click on the MCDR.EXE program and if you have a CD audio disc in your CD-ROM drive, it will automatically be dumped without any user interaction required. If there is any sort of error, MCDR will politely prompt you onscreen.
The MP3's created will be Variable-Bit-Rate (VBR) using the highest quality setting. They will contain no ID3 tags, but appropriately named after the track number on the CD.
Usage: MCDR.EXE [/bX][/l][/qX][/o][/vX][/!]
/lCreate a detailed log file. It will be placed whereMCDR.EXEis./oMake one solid MP3 file only. Useful for dance mix cd's./bXEnable CBR and set bitrate toX. WhereXis any value between8and320.8is worst quality so the MP3 will be smaller.320is best quality so the MP3 will be bigger.
/qXSet encoding quality. WhereXis any value between0and9.0is best quality so more cpu required to encode (DEFAULT).9is worst quality so less cpu required to encode.
/vXSet VBR quality of the MP3. WhereXis any value between0and9.0is worst quality so the MP3 will be smaller.9is best quality so the MP3 will be bigger (DEFAULT).
/!Show version
The default settings are as follows:
- VBR enabled with quality of
9(best). CBRdisabled (best).- Encoding quality of
0(best). - Logging disabled.
- Solid MP3 disabled.
Theres just one thing you can do with the GUI and thats click the cancel button to stop the procedure. Apart from that there are the status text at the top which tells you all the information you need about which track is being processed. Then there are two progress bars. The top one shows the progress of the current track and the bottom progress bar is for all the tracks. So when this bar is filled, the dump is completed.