Doesn't windows media player do this?
iTunes should be able to do it. I don't know if it's the same for Windows though. On a Mac you just right click on the song and choose "Convert to MP3".
Learn to use lame. Get it from www.rarewares.org. It's about the best MP3 encoder there is.
Edit: Also, the iTunes MP3 encoder sounds horrible.
CDex
Don't know if it works in vista 64 tho....
You can always use I-Tunes if you have a CD-RW on hand.
Excellent sound quality.
I think you might have rec'd that to me in the first place,
but I use that for ripping cds of mine to mp3s.
good shareware.
Thanks all.
I'll have a crack at convertimg a MiniDisc to WAV tonight, then take it from there.
I say MP3 as initially I just want to access the data on my PSP, but I'll still have the WAV version so I'm open to suggestions to convert to a different format. Bear in mind that all recordings came from an analogue source (my mixer) and the MiniDisc recorder captured that.
lame -V0 inputfile outputfileMake sure you go into the import settings and set your MP3 bitrate to 320.
MusicMatch used the Xing encoder, which was also crap.I used MusicMatch for everything, including this, before they killed it.
lame -V0 inputfile outputfile
It's 320k VBR w/ psychoacoustic processing. Sounds as good as 320k but w/o the wasted space. This is 2009, no one uses CBR anymore.
MusicMatch used the Xing encoder, which was also crap.
Seriously, MP3 has such a bad rap because of all the horrible encoders going around. Companies are licensing the Xing one or a descendant and I have no idea what iTunes is using but it's almost as though they're intentionally making the MP3 sound worse so you'll use AAC. If people would just use LAME (with a frontend if you really want one), most of the complaints would go away.
CDex
Don't know if it works in vista 64 tho....
You can always use I-Tunes if you have a CD-RW on hand.