When yu rip any audio file from any commercially available program you are stealing the work done by the people who made the files - DON'T.
Use your audio editor and choose Save As. You can convert audio files into other forms, but MIDI files cannot be converted to audio files.
Download and install a free audio converter.
These are Sony ATRAC3 audio files. You will need Sonicstage software to convert the files to other formats.
No. Encoding is when you create or convert the audio file. Distribution is just called distribution, and if you distribute other people's works, that is called piracy.
Microsoft's audio file type is .wma (Windows Media Audio). However most Microsoft platforms will support other popular types of audio files.
That just means that the files on the CD will be copied to a directory of your choice and then converted to a different audio format other than cda, (which means CD Audio)
Audio Converter Extractor Max is an easy to use tool to convert audio files to various audio formats and extract audio from video files to various audio formats. The program can also rip audio CD tracks to the supported formats.
Winamp is a media player for your computer. You download it so that you can listen to audio files on your computer, not just in the form of music, but other audio files, such as ones of people talking, making noises, etc.
A link or a hyperlink.
Download and install a free audio converter. Lots available online. Simply Google: free audio converter and choose one.
It contains files that other computer access via network connection. Everything from HTML files to audio or video files. The server also controls administer functions of a website.
You can use Audacity, a free, open source program that allows splitting (and joining) of audio files, among other sound editing features.