For use on Windows platforms I use Free MP3 Rip from mgshareware.com.
My Settings are:
In CD | Options menu option
on the General Tab, select Default Encoding Format MP3.
on the Output Path Tab, I choose for Path Extension and File Name Extension (3 – Both)
on the Encoding Tab, I choose a 192 Min bitrate.
Then simply load a CD, Select All songs (with the green tick), and then Rip to Default Format (the CD icon).
Let’s say you’re building a reference table from source data, e.g. a silver medallion table from a primary source. In this example I am using a file of random locations on the globe extracted from OpenStreetMap (OSM) as my primary source.
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