konradh
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Is CDex Safe?
I was going to download this to extract files from a CD as WAVs or MP3s, but is it safe?
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
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John
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 14, 13 5:05 PM
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Sonar can extract audio from an audio CD.
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slartabartfast
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 14, 13 5:27 PM
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John
Sonar can extract audio from an audio CD.
So will Windows Media Player.
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John
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 14, 13 5:34 PM
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I don't believe Media Player will create a wave file.
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
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konradh
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 14, 13 7:09 PM
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Thanks for the feedback. By the way, I had no idea Sonar would do this. I feel REALLY stupid now! I can just import from a CD into an audio track. In fact, this is better than ripping wit another tool since what I am trying to do is put several short CD tracks together for something. 
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TerraSin
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 15, 13 2:04 AM
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I actually had no idea either. :|
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 15, 13 2:33 AM
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I'm glad that was useful for you.
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 15, 13 3:32 AM
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Hi Konradh, CDex is very good for ripping and converting. Very easy to use. I use this program many years and never had a problem with virus or other bad things. You can download it from here: http://www.chip.de/downloads/CDex_12997142.html Cheers, Tomas
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ston
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 15, 13 8:23 AM
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I use CDex all the time, I really like it.
Thanks for the tip re: Sonar though, never knew it could do that!
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jerrypettit
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 15, 13 1:00 PM
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Been using CDex for years without incident.
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TerraSin
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 15, 13 1:03 PM
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☄ Helpfulby BobF November 30, 15 9:43 AM
I will say if you're using cdex to rip to mp3, you might want to look at something like Exact Audio Copy instead.Cdex has been out of development for years and is a bit outdated when it comes to modern compression.
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SteveStrummerUK
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
September 15, 13 3:19 PM
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Been using CDex for years without incident.
Same here, Cdex is an excellent (and very sophisticated) bit of software for mp3 conversions Konrad. In particular, the Variable Bitrate conversions are incredible.
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
November 29, 15 11:25 PM
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CDex no longer seems to be safe!
I installed it a few days ago and had to jump through many hoops during install to not install the bundled adware.
Unfortunately it still installed something called AkamaiHD.
Here's a link on how to uninstall this malware in case you made the same mistake I did. The guys that screwed up CDex are really bad people.
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ston
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
November 30, 15 4:22 AM
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The additional, annoying garbage which will be installed depends on where you get CD Ex from (e.g. filehippo, cdex.mu, download.cnet.com, major-geeks, free-codecs yadda yadda ad infinitum). Some places are significantly more annoying than others (steer well clear of cnet.com's downloads).
The installer from cdex.mu does come bundled with some of this crap (e.g. 'Search More Now', some horrible Yahoo desktop search bollox), but the installer does clearly indicate which extra packages it will install and you can decline all of them. Seems to be the case with most if not all free utility software downloads these days, unfortunately.
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
November 30, 15 6:27 AM
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☄ Helpfulby SteveStrummerUK November 30, 15 9:53 AM
CDex is great for CD ripping. One of my favorite features is that it can retrieve album and song names from online databases. Together with LAME it's all I need to rip CDs to MP3s or WAVs.
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
November 30, 15 9:29 AM
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I use Audiograbber. As long as you have an MP3 encoder, such as LAME, it will rip to MP3 or wav. It will also rip Karaoke CD+G discs. I have an old (paid) copy from when it was shareware. Its free now. Works on XP to Win 10. Like the others you have to be observant when downloading or installing to avoid the bloatware. http://www.audiograbber.org/
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Re: Is CDex Safe?
November 30, 15 9:32 AM
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TerraSin
I will say if you're using cdex to rip to mp3, you might want to look at something like Exact Audio Copy instead.Cdex has been out of development for years and is a bit outdated when it comes to modern compression.
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