Is it possible to rip tracks from a CD using Winamp?
Not using the normal Nullsoft CD / Line-in Plugin, no it isn’t, because using this plugin Winamp doesn’t actually read in the sound from the CD when ‘playing’ CDs. Like Windows CD Player, Winamp simply tells your CD drive to play in audio format and which track to play, and the sound then goes via the audio cable which connects your CD drive to your sound card – this can be simply verifified by disconnecting this cable… if you do, you won’t hear any sound when you ‘play’ a CD in Winamp. To create WAV files from an audio CD you need to use software designed for ripping.
