Finally managed to find a mp3 encoder that was not such a huge hassle... In that regard Macintosh is superior... Finding something to simply convert tracks from a CD to mp3 and not offer to cook me breakfast and massage my feet as well, ack!
It was fun though, after I downloaded it, I realised that the software designer was Finnish! Yay!
So, now I am happily making my own in-computer song lists...