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#91
10-07-2006, 07:21 PM
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Windows Media Player has an easy-to-use interface, which can allow anyone to play digital media files, organize digital media, burn music CDs, rip CD music, sync digital media files to a portable music player, and shop for media content. I’ve been using the player to backup all my CDs to the hard drive, and so far it hasn’t disappoint me. Through the years, I have collected well over 300 CDs, mostly Salsa and Merengue, and just yesterday I decide to “rip” them to my computer. So far I have to say that the process has been very smooth and I have been satisfied with the results. Once I have ripped them to my hard drive, my next step is to make custom CDs of my favorites songs. Once I accomplish that, I’ll post my experience on this site. Right now I just want to post the experience I had so far with ripping my CDs to my hard drive. First of all, there is a difference between ripping a CD and burning a CD. Basically, the term “rip” is the process of copying digital media audio CD, while “burn” refers to the process of copying files to a CD. To rip my CDs, the first thing I did was to decide where to rip my CDs to. Although Media Player can use its default folder (the Music folder in ur HD), I am using a spare 80GB HD. The HD was actually installed in an enclosure, but I removed it from the enclosure and installed it directly to my PC; less wires outside my PC to worry about. Once I took care of that, I click on Start and Windows Media Player (WMP). Since this was the first time I used WMP, it began its setup process; u have two setup choices…Express or Customize. I chose the latter to make sure I had exactly what I wanted and nothing else. Once I had completed the setup I went to WMP Taskbar, located at the top of WMP window, and right-click on an empty area and click to check mark Show Classic Menus…this menu is hidden by default. I then click on Tools, Options and open the Rip Music tab. On the “Rip music to this location” I chose “Change”, went to “Computer” and selected the HD I had just installed and pressed OK. I pressed the “File name” button and selected “Album”, “Track number” and “Song title” and pressed OK. For format, I selected the default, “Windows Media Audio”. I check marked “Rip rip CD when inserted” and “Always”. I also checked “Eject CD when ripping is complete and selcted the "Best Quality" for Audio quality. I inserted my first CD; Media Player went to the Internet and downloaded the CD information, including singer and information about the album, track number, songs title, length for each song, composer and other info. Then the program started to rip the music to the HD automatically. Once ripping was completed, the CD was ejected. I inserted another CD and the same process began automatically. After I ripped about 10 CDs, I went to the HD where the files were stored. WPM had organized the CDs by singer and albums…one folder for every singer. So far I can say I had “Una experiencia religiosa” or “A religious experience” (the title of one of the songs I ripped to the HD). I have ripped over 40 CDs and all is well.  Happy computing.Last edited by felix8406 : 10-07-2006 at 08:14 PM.       |
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10-07-2006, 10:22 PM
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Just wanted to provide a quick glance of what the music folder where I ripped the CDs looks like (see attachment). Widows Vista allows for different views for each folder. I just opened the folder and used the down-arrow on the View menu to select how I wanted to view my folders. ..I just slid the bar on the left. I also opted to “Group” each folder by name. ..as u can see on the attachment, folders are group in alphabetical order. The particular attachment shows that alphabetical index I through P has 23 files. U can also see that with the selected view, I can readily see the album cover, making the selection of a particular album much easier. For info on ripping music, see previous post (Windows Media Player) |
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#93
10-08-2006, 01:24 AM
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Although, as of now, we are dealing with a Beta version of vista, it won’t be long before we can begin to decide whether or not we want to upgrade our Windows XP operating system. I know some people had already made that decision, but for others the decision to upgrade is not that simple. Before heading to you favor computer store, there are a few things to keep in mind. For example, you won’t be able to upgrade WinXP Professional to Vista Home Basic or Home Premium. Also, an upgrade from WinXP x64 to Vista will not be available…no matter which version of Vista you decide to get. Both of these conditions will require a clean install. (See attachment for more info) Happy computing! |
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#94
10-08-2006, 01:37 AM
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| Cool: Might I ask for your source for this information out of interest? Also I don't think for the home user that having an upgrade for there system is that important me myself I just wipe whenever. |
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10-08-2006, 03:59 AM
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#96
10-08-2006, 08:59 PM
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| Found it as well (but thanks for posting the above to the post) however this did make me jump up! quote from above link: "Notes: If you are currently using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional x64, you are eligible for an upgrade copy to a corresponding or better edition of Windows Vista, but a clean install is required." So therefore if I am reading this right all we need is Win2000 Pro (Or WinXP Pro x64 (65bit)) to get a free upgrade copy of Vista? |
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10-08-2006, 10:20 PM
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10-08-2006, 10:23 PM
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| Sorry thought it said "free upgrade copy" |
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10-09-2006, 03:25 AM
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After I ripped over 80 of my CDs to the HD, I tried to use Windows Media Player to play the files. I right click the folder, which I named CD backup, but did not find the menu titled “Play with Media Player”. So I went to the folder’s Properties (right click, then clicked “properties”). I went to the “Customize” tab, and under “Use this folder type as template:” I selected “Music icons”. I also placed a check mark for “Also apply this template to all subfolders”, and then pressed OK. I right click again and this time the “Play with Media Player” menu was active for the folder. I clicked on it and the music began to play, just like that. Once the music began to play, I went to the Play menu and selected “Shuffle” for music mode. Then I went to the “View” menu and clicked on “Enhancement” and selected “Show enhancements”. Here I got access to some options; e.g. Play Speed Settings, Quiet Mode, SRS WOW Effects (must download, $14.00-didn’t go for it), Video Settings, Color Chooser, Crossfading and Auto Volume Leveling, Graphic Equalizer and Media Link for E-Mail. I turned on auto volume leveling to maintain the sound level for each track the same throughout playback mode. I also turn on the crossfeeding and set the overlap to 0.0 seconds…this allows WMP to play each track in succession, with no pause in between. The Graphic Equalizer can be customized or u can choose a predetermine mode… I chose the predetermine “Dance” mode. I left all other options as defaulted and began to enjoy the music. The music sounded crisp and pleasant. I have an older set of 30-watt PC speakers with a subwoofer, not top of the line, but the sound is excellent for my bedroom. I did burn a CD with WMP; I will post my experience with that later. Happy computing! |
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