CDex 1.51

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Publisher's description of CDex

From Albert L. Faber: CDex is an application that records audio tracks from CDs and saves them to a disk as regular WAV files or as encoded sound files. This program features an MP3 decoder (MPEG 1/2/3-based) and a new LAME encoder, and has built-in support to generate OGG Vorbis files. CDex is available in English, German, Italian, and Spanish. This latest release includes better support of USB drives when using Native NT SCSI library option and various bug fixes.

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Editor's review of CDex

While most commercial audio software leans toward all-in-one suites, freeware CDex focuses instead on performing one main task as efficiently as possible. Extracting digital music files from CDs becomes simple, quick, and painless. CDex also offers enough advanced options for converting between formats to satisfy the serious digital music fan.

The main interface is very clean, with a CD track listing, album information, and buttons that perform major functions such as ripping, converting, CDDB lookup, and configuration. CDex includes 12 different compressed file encoders, including MP3, AAC, WMA, APE, and OGG, and also supports any external encoders.

The Profile feature stores personal configuration settings, and a bare-bones media player is a welcome inclusion. Because the program has a lot of configuration options, new users may feel intimidated. Basic functions are easily mastered, however, and well-written help files will guide anyone through the more advanced options.

The installation includes support for English, Spanish, German, and Italian languages, and many more are available from the Web site. Indeed, by all rights, the free and easy CDex should go global.

User reviews of CDex

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  CDex

  Great Program!

  by: William Lineberger on 10-Nov-2006 02:38:23 AM

  Pros: This program is fantasic! I tried CD'n'Go but couldn't get that program to recognize my CD drive -- CDex had no problems with this at all. I figured out how to use it in about 30 seconds -- I am very happy.

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  CDex

  No, this newer version doesn't get me off :P

  by: -fibreoptic- on 20-Feb-2005 08:41:34 AM

  Cons: Didn't detect my Sony cdrw or my MSI dvd rom. I've gone back to using cdex 1.50 beta 10 which works perfectly. cdex was better when it didn't have an install file.

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  CDex

  SUPER

  by: Platy Hill Huckabee on 09-Nov-2006 11:42:02 PM

  Pros: This program works excellent on WIN98SE... not sure what the other ppl that gave it a thumbs down were talking about. Perhaps their PC is just bad.

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  CDex

  Ok

  by: panka on 06-Feb-2005 01:30:14 AM

  Pros: Features are good. Works ok.

  Cons: Slow CD ripping. Quite bad interface.

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  CDex 1.51 Crashes with WinXP Media Center Edition

  by: Gah on 05-Mar-2006 01:24:19 PM

  Pros: I am a long time CDex user. Never had a problem with it. Loved the program - no hate here. It(use-to) do everything I wanted and needed to copy CDs.

  Those days are gone unless I can find an old version of the program.

  Cons: I just got a new computer with WinXP Media Center. It constantly crashes if I'm extracting from a CD or even if I am doing analog recording of my cassettes. I have a 1GB of RAM and a boatload of space. My guess is that NT substitute driver (or whatever) is wonking up the works for MPC users.

  It may also be in conflict with other software on my system (Compaq/HP has Macrovision embedded into the system to stop copying certain activities) Just speculation.

  Anyway, it pains me to offer the two star salute. I had to remove CDex. The program did not work/function. I am using Switch 1.05 from NCH Swift Sound to copy my CDs and I have to find another to transfer my LPs. Dark days indeed.

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