Making MP3's off of audio CD's involves a two-step process, "CD ripping" and "MP3 encoding". The CD ripping process converts CD tracks to WAV files, while the MP3 encoding process encodes WAV files to MP3 files. Alternatively, there is software, such as RealJukebox and MusicMatch JukeBox, that have both CD ripping and MP3 encoding capabilities. Various MP3 decoders and encoders can be found here. With utilities such as RealJukebox and MusicMatch, you have the power to dictate at what bitrate the MP3's will be converted to. Remember that the higher the bitrate, the better the quality but the more room they will take on your hard drive (a standard 128 kbit MP3 will consume roughly one megabyte of hard drive space per minute in terms of length) and the longer it will take to transfer the files from a CD to a MP3.

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