Is there any commercial zookeeper like service?

Service that converts traditional CD's to mp3 files.

• I would like to know if there is a service that will convert your regular old fashioned compact discs into mp3 files for you. When I say old fasioned-- I mean regular music compact discs that have been around for years; the kind one buys in a music store. I want a service that converts these CD's into new CD's that have mp3 files on them that is the music from the CD provided. To re-phrase, a service that you give them your CD's, in return they gve you new cds with mp3 files on them that is all the music that you provided to them with your 'old style' CD's. Very important note: I am not looking for equipment to do this. I am well aware of products that do this. Please do not answer this question with products that do this. The answer I am looking for is a commercial service that does this task for you. In other words-- you mail them 150 CD's, they mail you back your CD's and new CD's with the music converted to mp3 files. I would like to know if this type of commerial service exists anywhere, at any price. If it does exists, please cite several places where this service is offered.

• Answer:

  RipDigital is the online service that converts your CD collection into an MP3 library Website: http://www.ripdigital.com/index.htm Pay Service Turns CDs into MP3s ?RipDigital is another sign that music is steadily going digital... For about a dollar a disc, the company converts entire CD collections to MP3 files, all nicely organized by artist and album. Instead of downloading MP3s from file-trading networks and ripping them to CDs, customers are more interested in converting their CD archives into MP3s.? http://www.ripdigital.com/press.htm Price list http://www.ripdigital.com/index.htm Order here http://www.ripdigital.com/order.htm Large volume orders http://www.ripdigital.com/order_big.htm Phone: 877-759-3914 Fax: 877-759-3914 Mail: 150 West 22nd Street 5th Floor New York, NY 10011 http://www.ripdigital.com/about.htm Sales Inquiries http://www.ripdigital.com/inquiries_sales.htm Description of this service rom Beststuff.com: ?The answer to every digital music fan?s burning question ? how to turn their entire CD collection into digital music files without wasting endless hours ? is here. Manhattan-based RipDigital simplifies the switch to digital music with a service that converts your CDs into MP3 files for about a dollar a CD, in just a few days. Here?s how it works: box up your CDs (RipDigital supplies the box, packing materials and pre-paid shipping label with insurance for $10/CD), send them to RipDigital, and a few days later you will receive data DVDs with your entire music collection in CD-quality sound organized by artist and album, along with your CDs. Customers can also receive their music pre-loaded on a portable hard drive sold directly by the company.? Beststuff.com http://www.beststuff.com/articles/6325/ ?For a price, you can hire a service to do the grunt work for you. RipDigital will mail a spindle that you load with CD's, which you ship back. In about a week, you'll get your CD's back, plus one or more discs that contain all of your music in MP3. It costs a little more than one dollar per CD. You can also pay extra for all your music to be loaded onto a new external hard drive.? Minnesota Public Radio: March 2004 http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2004/03/15.shtml Search criteria: CD to MP3 service CD?s to MP3 service I hope you find this helpful! Best regards, Bobbie7