CDA to MP3

My Grandson received an MP3 Player for Christmas and has asked me to load some music for him. Problem is the converter, Format Factory, I have will not convert CDA to MP3. And, I am afraid to download a converter from just any site. Does anyone know of a safe site that I could download such a "free" coverter program from. As always I appreciate all replies and would thank you in advance.

John

 

try
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
or
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

 

http://www.easy-video-converter.com/

iWisoft Free Video Converter

I have used it and it compares favorably to FormatFactory

Input-

Video: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, FLV, MKV, DivX, XviD, MOV, RM, RMVB, M4V, VOB, ASF, 3GP, 3G2, H.261, H.263, H.264, DV, DIF, MJPG, MJPEG, DVR-MS, NUT, QT, YUV, DAT, MPV, NSV, DPG
AVCHD Video (*.mts, *.m2ts), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (*.mp4), MPEG2 HD Video (*.mpg; *.mpeg), MPEG-4 TS HD Video (*.ts), MPEG-2 TS HD Video (*.ts), Quick Time HD Video (*.mov), WMV HD Video (*.xwmv), Audio-Video Interleaved HD Video (*.avi)
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, CDA, OGG, FLAC, APE, CUE, M4A, RA, RAM, AC3, MP2, AIFF, AU, MPA, SUN AU Format

Output-

Video: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, FLV, H.264/MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, MOV, RMVB, ASF, 3GP, 3G2, SWF, VOB, TS, DV, DPG H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (*.mp4), MPEG2 HD Video (*.mpg; *.mpeg), MPEG-4 TS HD Video (*.ts), MPEG-2 TS HD Video (*.ts), Quick Time HD Video (*.mov), WMV HD Video (*.wmv), Audio-Video Interleaved HD Video (*.avi)
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, OGG, FLAC, APE, M4A, RA, AC3, MP2, AIFF, AMR, SUN AU Format
Image: Animated GIF, BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG

Supported Devices-

Devices: iPod, iPod nano, iPod classic, iPod shuffle, iPod touch iPhone, iPhone 3G, Apple TV
PSP, NDS, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii
General 3GP mobile phone, BlackBerry, Gphone, Palm Pre, etc.
General MP4 players: Zune, Walkman, Archos, Creative Zen, iRiver, etc.
Window Mobile device: Pocket PC, Dell Player, HP iPAQ, etc.

 

CDA files found on a CD are NOT the audio files. It's just how Windows displays the WAV files on a CD. You need to rip the files from the CD using something like Cudni lists. (I use BonkEnc http://www.bonkenc.org/ but any of these should work )

 

Exact Audio Copy (already mentioned above) is my preferred app (with LAME for mp3s).

 

I use Free CD Ripper,nice and easy.It rips to MP3, OGG Vorbis, FLAC or WAV.

http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html

 

As pointed out by a previous poster .cda files only contain information that points to the actual CD (PCM) tracks. You do not need a converter. You need a ripper. I am sure Format Factory will be able to handle it. You need to choose the option to rip a CD to mp3.

You can also use windows media player, found free on all windows versions, and rip your CD to mp3.

 

Try this GAOTD:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

Its free today only.

 

Thank you people, these were a really great/free software to try, was looking for these.....CHEERS
THANK YOU:

 

It's good to try a couple to see which one most fits your needs.