Pepsky CD/DVD Ripper - Help and Manual

Instructions on Audio CD Ripper

Saving audio tracks in a music CD as music files in MP3, WMA, etc.

Main Window/Options

(1) CD Ripper tab
Click to display the main tab of Audio CD Ripper.
(2) About tab
Click to display the support information for Audio CD Ripper.
(3) (Eject and Load) button
Click to eject or load a CD/DVD drive.
(4) Choose Drive drop-down list and (Refresh) button
Click to select a desired drive and refresh the disc.
(5) Output Format drop-down list and (Settings) button
Click to select output format. There are various options available in the drop-down list, and MP3 is selected by default.
Click (Settings) button to display a popup, as shown below:

There are four settings for music file formats which you can change if necessary: Bit rate, Frequency, Volume and Channels.
Bit rate is the average number of bits that one second of audio data will consume. Higher bit rate means bigger file size and generally better audio quality while lower bit rate means lower file size but lower audio quality. It is usually expressed as kilobits per second (kb/s). 128 kb/s is selected by default.
Frequency refers to how frequently the analog signal is measured during the sampling process. It is measured in Hertz (Hz). The more frequently the signal is sampled, the better the approximation to the original sound. However, the higher the sample rate the more memory is required to store the samples. 44100 Hz is selected by default.
The Volume drop-down list allows you to select a percentage of the original volume to rip audio files. 100% is selected by default.
The Channels drop-down list allows you to select the channels to rip audio files. There are two options available: 1 (Mono) and 2 (Stereo) (the default).
(6) Additional Information area
Enables you to enter additional information of the audio CD, including Artist, Genre, Album and Year. You can leave these textboxes as blank.
(7) Track List
Displays a list of tracks in the your CD. There are four columns available: Name, Length, Audio Track and Output Format.
(8) Output Folder drop-down list and (Browse) button
Click to set the path for the audio files.
(9) Built-in Player
Enables you to audition the selected track.
(10) (Rip) button
Click to start the ripping process.

To use Audio CD Ripper, please go through the following steps:

1:

Start the Audio CD Ripper function.

2:

From the Choose Drive drop-down list ((4)), select a CD/DVD drive with a music CD in it.

Click (Refresh) button to refresh the disc in the drive.

3:

Select the tracks you want to rip in the track list.
After you selected a CD/DVD drive with an audio CD in it, a track list ((7)) appears with all of the tracks checked by default. If you don't want to rip some of the tracks, clear the checkboxes accordingly. You can audition the tracks with the built-in player to determine the tracks you want to rip¡£

To use the built-in player ((9)):
Select the desired track in the track list, and then play it with the following buttons and sliders:
(Track) slider: Move this to jump from one part of the track to another.
(Play) button: Play the track.
(Pause) button: Pause or unpause the track.
(Stop) button: Stop the track.
(Volume) slider: Move it to adjust the volume.

4:

From the Output Format drop-down list((5)), select the desired output format.

To set Bit rate, Frequency, Volume or Channels for the audio files, click (Settings) button.
The following pop-up appears.

Make selections as necessary, and then click OK.

5:

Set additional information ((6)) for the audio files if necessary. You can leave these textboxes as blank.

6:

In the Output Folder textbox ((8)), set the folder to output the audio files.

You can also click (Browse) button to display the pop-up below, and then select a folder.

After you selected the required folder, click OK. The path of the folder will be displayed in the Output Folder textbox.

7:

Click Rip ((10)) to start the ripping process.

A progress bar appears during the ripping process.

The following pop-up appears when the ripping process is complete.

Click OK to finish the ripping process.