RightClick-MP3

RightClick-MP3 provides a simple method of ripping and encoding MP3 files. Check this out - you simply right-mouse click any WAV or MP3 file, choose Encode from the menu, and the program does the rest. In addition, users can even specify bit rate and other features via the options screen.



http://my.execpc.com/~sfritz//rc-mp3/

Dennis

Unfortunately it seems that the program does only support the Blade and Xing codecs for MP3 compression, which are known to be the worst.

Convenience is one thing, quality another; If ultimate quality of the MP3s is the most important thing, I'd recommend Exact Audio Copy for ripping, and LAME for MP3 encoding.

Links:

Link to Exact Audio Copy (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de)

Link to the latest compile of LAME (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=478)

Link to recommended LAME settings at the Hydrogen Audio forum (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=203)



Sorry, Dennis, if hijacking your thread is considered inappropriate, but the difference between Blade / Xing and LAME is very big, and I though this could be of interest.

If anyone's interested in discussions about audio compression I'd recommend the Hydrogen Audio forums:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/

Blade isn't horrible bad...but the Xing codec truly sucks.

For accuracy, EAC, for ease of use, CDEx, Both use Lame, which is the acknologed king of encoders.

Originally posted by EchoWars
Blade isn't horrible bad...but the Xing codec truly sucks.

For accuracy, EAC, for ease of use, CDEx, Both use Lame, which is the acknologed king of encoders.
IMHO, Blade is horribly, horribly bad at bitrates under 256kbps. I had the utter misfortune of downloading some Blade-encoded MP3's at 160kbps -- more artifacts there than audible music. :puke: