I need a free/cheap but good CD ripping program

[Frank Cannon]

Something that can rip in WMA format. (My player only does MP3 and WMA.)

I used to use MusicMatch, but that got to be a PITA.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Trailrider1951]

1. You might try majorgeeks.com

Lots of choices here:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads32.html

[Frank Cannon]

2. Holy crap. Thanks for that.

What a cool site.

[FormerDittoHead]

3. Can I suggest you stick with MP3?

I know the compression is better with WMA, but for the effort of having to go back and re-rip all of your music, your next music player may not be WMA compliant. My brother had to do exactly that.

[Sentath]

4. Specific Suggestion? CDex

Haven't used it for a bit it has always been very good to me.

[JPettus]

5. If you're in Windows

You can already rip CD's to WMA format in Media Player. I do that for my work computer. Just be sure you are upgraded to the newest version of Windows Media Player (11) freely available from Microsoft.com in the downloads section.

If you are in Linux you have many more formats and programs available, all free.

[Frank Cannon]

6. Thanks for the suggestions, all.

I finally settled on Audiograbber with the LAME codec.

Doesn't do WMAs, but that's okay. I was having dropout problems with those files anyway.