Ripping CD ????

[masjana.liza]

Anybody please clear me with what is ripping a Cd. As far as i know it is converting ths audio songs of a CD into a format compatible to be played in PC. Is it really so?? Please correct me if i am wrong . Thank you in advance

 

[GOTM]

your not really converting anything. your just taking the songs on the CD and putting them onto your computer. sometimes they have protection on them, so in a way it is converting them, but not to a different format. only if you choose to do so.

 

[garbage]

GOTM pretty much said it. Just think of it as downloading music, but instead of from the internet, from a CD.

:D

 

[PohTayToez]

Anybody please clear me with what is ripping a Cd. As far as i know it is converting ths audio songs of a CD into a format compatible to be played in PC. Is it really so?? Please correct me if i am wrong . Thank you in advance

Yes, that's correct. Basically it's the opposite of burning a CD, but it doesn't have to be specifically music. Burning is writing info to a disk, while ripping is copying info from a disk.

Also, like GOTM said, ripping technically isn't converting. True ripping is an exact bit by bit copy, but traditionally programs that rip music CDs or video DVDs convert them to a format more easily playable on your computer such as MP3 for audio and BIN for video.