How to Rip a CD to Ogg Format using dBpowerAMP
This guide tells you how to rip a CD to Ogg Vorbis Format using the dBpowerAMP Music Converter.
Step 1.Download and install dBpowerAMP.
Next we need to download the Ogg plugin for it so browse to the Codec Central section of the dBpowerAMP site and click to download on the Ogg Vorbis codec (which is listed in the "Popular Codecs" section)
Clicking that takes you to a page with three Ogg codecs. You probably want the Standard codec, which is the top one so click on its download link:
When you've downloaded that, install it and proceed to the next step.
Step 2.
Now that you've installed dBpowerAMP, you need to put your CD in the drive and start the CD Converter. You can launch it from the Start Menu by selecting "dMC Audio CD Input" from the "dBpowerAMP Music Converter" folder.
(A) When you start it, it should display a list of the tracks on the CD, if it does not fill in the titles automatically then you can press the "freedb" button on the toolbar and it will try to retrieve the CD's information from the internet.
(B) Next, click on the options button to configure some settings.
Step 3.
In the options, click on the "set" button in the second row down (called "File Creation"):
This will pop up a new window which allows you to set how you want the files to be ripped as. The default is [artist] - [track], so if that's what you want then leave it at that, but I like track numbers so I changed it (in the text box at the top) to [track number xx] - [artist] - [track]. This means that it will rip to files with names:
01 - ArtistName - Track1.ogg
02 - ArtistName - Track2.ogg
And so on. You can play around with it to have it make folders and use the album name too as the examples in the window show.
When you have the name you want, press the Ok buttons to exit that window and the options one.
Step 4.
(A) If you like you can change the track names by selecting them and pressing the F2 button.
(B) When you're ready, right click on the "rip" button. This opens up a dialog to change settings for this rip:
Step 5.
In the settings, click on the drop down list at the top, next to "Convert files to" and choose "Ogg Vorbis":
NB. Changing the settings here is only for the current rip, if you want to keep them more permanently then you can change them in the options window we used in Step 3.
(A) By default, it saves ripped tracks to the folder called C:\Converted Music, so if you want to change this then click on the browse button to the right of the folder name and browse to a new directory.
(B) Now you're ready to rip the CD! Review the settings and press the "Convert>>" button in the bottom right to start it ripping.
Step 6.
dBpowerAMP will now rip the CD, you should see a window similar to the one below:
When it is done, it will either wait for you to press the "Finished" button or just return to the CD track list screen, which means it's done and you can access the Ogg files in the folder you set it to save to in step 5.
Conclusion
Thanks for following this guide through, hopefully you will have found it helpful!
