In this Winamp tutorial we show you how to Rip a CD using the Winamp Media Player. The tutorial also covers encoding options (AAC, AAC+, FLAC, WMA, WAV, etc), how to manually edit CD Information, as well as how to set your CD Ripping Preferences.




For more information you can visit the Winamp help docs and do a search on "Rip" or "Ripping". There you'll find detailed information on "Ripping Music with Winamp", "Burning Tracks to CDs", "General Preferences", & "Saving CDs to your PC".

If you've checked out our Blogroll, you'll notice some our favorite sites like Skin Consortium, deviantART, & 1001 Skins.

We've also added links to Winamp groups on a few of the major social networking sites like Last.fm and Facebook. If you're a member of either of those sites, you gotta join. Not only will you be able to network with other Winamp users, but you may even find some good Winamp discussions & tips.

And just last week, we launched the Official Winamp MySpace page - http://www.myspace.com/official_winamp_page. And in the next few weeks, we plan on launching a new Winamp group on Bebo.

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Calling all Skinners... calling all Skinners... the guys over at Skin Consortium are at it again. It's time for another Winamp ClassicPro skinning competition. The top prize is $150, and all entries must be submitted by October 31st (23:59 GMT). For contest rules & details, visit Skin Consortium and look for the Friday September 19th post.

As we talked about in an earlier post, the SHOUTcast team made some great improvements & design changes. They've also been listening to user feedback and are now offering SHOUTcast Classic. Here's how you can access the Classic view from Winamp:

1) Go to your Media Library tab
2) Under Online Services, click on SHOUTcast Radio
3) In the upper right-hand corner, click on "Return to SHOUTcast Classic"