10. CD-Ripping

Converting your CDs into MP3-files is very easy. You only need to adjust the settings of Playcenter 2 once. From this time on you only need to put a CD in your CD-drive and Playcenter 2 accesses CDDB over the Internet (you should obviously be connected) for the right artist/album/track information. Then you can choose to either rip directly to the Jukebox or to your hard drive. Should you want to rip straight to the Jukebox the software is giving you the opportunity to leave a copy of the MP3-files on your local hard drive as well. Due to the CDDB-access, each song will have the proper MP3/ID3-tag, so that you don't need to worry about tidiness. The ripping process depends on your CD-drive and your CPU, but with a reasonably fast system a CD can be ripped within about 5-8 minutes.