rip : Java Glossary

rip

To extract music from audio CD (Compact Disk) s, downloadable MP3 sites and compose new traditional audio CDs or MP3 CDs or iPod downloads. I suspect the etymology comes from rip-off, to steal, since much of this activity is illegal. To burn means to write such content back onto a new CD or DVD (Digital Video Disk).

To copy an audio CD, you first rip it then burn it.

Some of the legitimate reasons for ripping/burning are:

To refurbish a scratched CD or DVD. Because the recording is digital, the copy is free of any flaws of the original.
To make a backup of an audio recording in case the original is damaged, lost or stolen.
To edit the CD. You can rearrange tracks, delete tracks, or mix tracks from different audio CDs.
To prepare data for playing in an MP3 player.

With Windows Media player, here is how you would copy an audio CD.

Place the original CD in your computer CD Player.
Click rip to copy the entire disc to your hard disk. It will read about 50 times faster than it would take to play on your stereo.
Select whether you want to create an audio CD (one you can play in your stereo CD player), or a data CD/DVD (holds more songs, to play on a computer or upload to an MP3 player).
Select the tracks you want to burn by dragging to the burn list on the right.
Insert a blank CD in the drive. Don’t format it!
Click burn, (in the bottom right corner of the screen.) It will write about 16 times faster than it would take to play on your stereo.
Optionally use LightScribe to label the CD and apply decoration.

Apple
burning CD/DVDs
CD
CD-ROM
CDR
CDRW
iPod
iTunes
Mac
MP3
QuickTime
Windows

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