CD-DVD Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v2.23, by Dr. Herong Yang
Checking MP3 Files Generated by Windows Media Player
This section provides a tutorial on how to validate MP3 music files generated by Windows Media Player.
If you followed the previous tutorial, you should have MP3 music files ripped off from a music CD. Here is what I did to validate them:
1. Using Windows Explorer to locate the second MP3 music file: C:\temp\mp3\Unknown Artist\Unknown Album\02-Track 2.mp3.
2. Click right mouse button on this file, and select properties. The properties dialog box shows up. The general tab displays:
File name: 02-Track 2.mp3 Type of file: MP3 Format Sound Location: C:\temp\mp3\Unknown Artist\Unknown Album Size: 7,080,145 bytes
3. Click the Summary tab. It displays:
Artist: Album Title: Unknown Album Year: Track Number: 2 Genre: Other Lyrics: Title: Track 2 Comments: Protected: No Duration: 0:03:41 Bit Rate: 256 kbps Channels: 2 (stereo) Audio sample rate: 44 KHz
4. Double click on the file name: 02-Track 2.mp3. Windows Media Player will be started to play this music.
If the MP3 file plays well to the end, Windows Media Player did a good job of ripping off music tracks from the audio CD. It generated MP3 files with compressed audio data.
Table of Contents
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Format
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Players
►Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Rip Music
Rip Music to MP3 with Windows Media Player
►Checking MP3 Files Generated by Windows Media Player
Rip Music to WMA with Windows Media Player
Checking WMA Files Generated by Windows Media Player
Rip Music to WAV Files with FreeRIP
Checking WAV Files Generated by FreeRIP
Rip Music to MP3 Files with FreeRIP
Checking MP3 Files Generated by FreeRIP
Rip Music to WMA Files with FreeRIP
Checking WMA Files Generated by FreeRIP
MP3, MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, Encoding Format
DVD (Digital Video Disc) Standard Format
TOC (Table Of Contents) on CDs
IsoBuster - A Nice CD GUI Tool
vStrip - Rip and Manipulate DVD VOB Files
mpgtx - Manipulating MPEG Files