TABLE OF CONTENTS
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About CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper
About MThree Development / Contact Info
How to get the latest version/updates of CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper

Getting Started with CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper step-by-step
Overview of key terms, explanation of individual features

Troubleshooting / Common Fixes to Common Problems
- Missing MSVBVM60.DLL or MSCOMCTL.OCX
- Other Common Errors

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- How do I add tracks to the file list for conversion?
- Where are the converted files outputted?
- How long does it take to Rip my CDs?
- Why do my CDs play when I start the ripper?
- What is adware? Is my privacy safe?

About CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper
CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper is your complete solution for converting your audio CDs to the WAV or MP3 file formats. This process is also called digital audio extraction, or "ripping". CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper is one of the most powerful conversion tools on the Internet, and makes ripping custom digital music from CDs a snap. You can rip to WAV for burning custom mixes, or rip to 15 different choices of MP3 bitrates. When ripping to MP3, files are encoded on the fly, with no temp file made. The Ripper uses the newest, fastest and highest quality ripping engine available. CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper features an intuitive WinZip style interface, with CD controls for previewing and playing your CD tracks. The Ripper creates a very small memory footprint, so you can smoothly multitask during conversions. Best of all, this software is free, and will never expire.

About MThree Development
MThree Development is one of the leading software publishers for the growing market for MP3 utilities. Founded in 2001, over a million users have already found our MP3 and audio tools powerful yet easy to use. We are committed to providing software at no charge to our users, and to cover our costs of development we have ad-support in our titles. Users can also purchase ad-free versions of our software. Read more about us and our market-leading products, get downloadable updates and support, recent news, screenshots and more at www.mthreedev.com.

Contact Us
Please send questions, feedback, suggestions and bug reports to the following address:
general@mthreedev.com
Please send sales or business inquiries to the following address:
busdev@mthreedev.com

Obtaining Updates to CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper
To download the latest version of our CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper visit: http://www.mthreedev.com/ for updates and new releases. Also, our site will be filled with new programs and upcoming projects. Check back often for the latest in our software. Check out our other current titles WAV to MP3 Encoder and MP3 to WAV Decoder today!

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Getting Started with CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper
1. Insert an Audio CD into your CD drive. Then start the program.

2. If your CD tracks do not appear on the filelist, click "Read CD". When your tracks appear, click "Select All" to highlight all of them for ripping, or select only the tracks you want to rip by checking the correct boxes.

3. At this point you may:
- Preview your CD Audio by using the CD controls
- Choose your Ripping Properties from the Options Menu.
- Select (or deselect) individual tracks for ripping
- Set your Output Directory for converted files.

4. Now choose "Rip"
This will bring up the ripping dialog. Press "Begin" to start the ripping process. All selected CD tracks in the large pane will be extracted to the WAV or MP3 file format. If you didn't select your Output directory, you will be prompted to do so before ripping.

5. Play/Share your MP3s or Burn your CDs
If you chose to burn to MP3, you're ready to go! If you chose to rip to WAV your extracted files are now ready to be burned onto CDs. Use your favorite CD burning program you own that accomplishes this. MThree Development recommends www.download.com or www.tucows.com for a large selection of CD Burning software.

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Read CD
Click this button on the bottom-right of the window to read tracks from a CD you have inserted. After you click it the tracks will show up in the filelist.

Mute / CD Controls
When you start CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper it will spin your CD drive so as to read the CD tracks. You will start to hear music play, but you can check the "Mute" box to mute this. Also, you can use the CD Controls (from left to right) Play, Pause, Stop, Open CD Tray, Close CD Tray.

Select All
This button will select or "check" all songs on the audio CD in the filelist for ripping. If you want to rip entire CDs, click this button before you choose to "Rip".

Clear All
Clears/deselects all the tracks that are selected for ripping in in the filelist (unchecks all the boxes).

Rip
This button will open the ripping dialog. Once you are sure you are ready to rip, hit Begin in this new window to start extracting your files. If you have not already selected your output directory before clicking "Rip" a dialog will pop-up asking you where you'd like to save your extracted files. CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper uses the fastest and most efficient Digital Audio Extraction Engine available. For more info about our engine, email us.

Output
This chooses where you want your ripped MP3 or WAV files to be placed. Choose a directory where it will be easy to find your files. If you have not selected this directory, it will pop-up and ask you where you want to save ripped files when you click "Rip".

Options Menu > Change Ripping Properties...
To change the format that you want to Rip in, click on this menu. You can select to rip to WAV or MP3. Choose your MP3 bitrate from the pulldown menu- the higher the bitrate, the better the quality of the MP3, but the larger the outputted file will be. The default is ripping to WAV.

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Troubleshooting and Common Errors
- Missing file errors (Runtime 339) MSVBVM60.DLL or MSCOMCTL.OCX
If you experience missing dll or OCX errors, such as Runtime error 339, the fix is simple. MThree software requires certain system components to run correctly (Visual Basic 6 Runtime files). These necessary files are published by Microsoft. Go to www.mthreedev.com/support.html to download these necessary files. Run the downloaded installers and your problems will be fixed.

- Other Common Errors
My CD is not reading correctly, or my drive is not being detected.
Chances are, your ASPI layer is not up to date. This means that the drivers that your computer uses to read your CD drive need to be updated. CD to WAV/MP3 Ripper includes the latest ASPI layer in its installer. If you have problems, try re-installing the Ripper, and when you are prompted to install ASPI update, select Yes and follow the instructions.

Ripping Process Gets Stuck, or quits in the middle of a track
This can happen if the CD you are ripping has inconsistencies or scratches in it that impede your drive from reading it correctly. Make sure your CDs are as scratch and dust-free as possible before attempting to Rip. Our ripper uses jitter-correction but can not avoid every error.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- How do I add tracks to the file-list for conversion?
Make sure you have an Audio CD in your drive before starting the Ripper. If your CD tracks do not appear, click "Read CD". You can then select all or some of the tracks to convert by checking the boxes next to them.

- Where are the converted files outputted?
If you click on the Output button, you will be prompted to select an output directory. Alternately, if you select tracks and click Rip without defining an output directory, the prompt will appear and you may select the directory.

- When I click "Rip" , then "Begin", I see a bunch of numbers... How long will it take to Rip CDs?
The speed of ripping is dependent on many factors. Bitrate, encoding type, speed of processor, amount of free memory, OS, size of CD tracks, and speed of your CD Drive. These can all contribute to different levels of performance. Typically our Ripper is extremely fast- for example ripping on a 32x CD-ROM drive occurs at 20x. No temp file is made when ripping to MP3- encoding is done on the fly.

- Why do my CDs play when I start the ripper?
To be able to read the CD tracks from your CD, our program must spin your CD in the drive. This plays the CD, but you can click the "Mute" box to mute the music. You can also click "Stop" once your tracks have been read.

- What is Adware? Is my privacy guaranteed.
Yes! Your privacy is guaranteed by us and our adware partners at all times. When you installed MP3 to WAV Decoder Free you will have seen "License Agreement" screens which briefly describe to you the adware that can be installed or opted-out of, and what it does. None of our partners compromise your privacy or capture any personally-identifiable information when serving your ads (any information that is collected is agreed to explicitly by you.) We encourage users to install ad-support or purchase registered versions to offset our development and hosting costs. The more users contribute, the more updates and great titles we can bring you. Take a look at our privacy statement at www.mthreedev.com/privacy.html
If you would prefer a version of our software without ad support, go to www.mthreedev.com/purchase.html to purchase an ad-free registered copy. Registered users get free upgrades for an entire major version and priority technical support 7 days a week.
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