Ripping CDs? What format and application?

[nyxanna]

I want to rip my old music CDs and I want the format to be as lossless as possible.
Can someone recommend me an application and tell me which format I need to use?

 

[smorizio]

download winamp it free to rip your music. you need to download a few audio codacs for it.
http/www.free-codecs.com/download/k_lite_codec_pack.htm
http/www.free-codecs.com/download/Lame_Encoder.htm
http/www.free-codecs.com/download/Vorbis_Ogg_ACM.htm
these are three of the bigger audio compressors for mp3.