Tom, I agree with you, but there is a sort of logic to it. If you are playing a CD, the CD is not what is "Now Playing" because it takes precedence over your libraries.
What happened is that you chose the WinAmp option to "Autoplay" when you put in a CD. You can choose what Windows 7 does automatically with all kinds of media. If you bring up the Start Menu, type Autoplay into the Edit box and then use the UP and DOWN ARROW to see what was found. You should see a couple of Autoplay options that will help you. You should be able to find out what will be done when a CD is inserted and see that your current choice is Winamp. You can change that to Windows Media Player, or I think there is an option to have it ask you what you want done. You should be able to close WinAmp and open Windows Media Player as well, but you might have to select Audio CD or something, I have not tried that. Also, when I just experimented, I could not get the "rip" button to show, but I think it is because I already ripped the CD I put in and it is getting too late for me to think clearly. <smile> I have ripped a CD within the past week, though, by turning on "rip CD Automatically" so that is another option that works. It is in the "Tools" "options" and on the "Rip Music" tab. I'm curious about the "Rip" button now, though. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 00:29:08 -0500, Tom Kaufman wrote: >Hello Steve and list: I think I saw that "now playing" thing, but it didn't >sound like this was what I wanted! Would be nice if these programs would >say it how they mean it! Before, there was a definite "start rip" button >(or something that clearly indicated that this is what you wanted to do if >you wanted to rip) in case you missed it before, am running Jaws 15 with >Windows Home Premium. When I first put the CD in, it gave me choices; one >of those was "play CD using Winamp. At the time, I wanted to hear the CD, >so this is what I chose; problem is that, now when I put the CD in, it just >brings up Winamp and starts playing! There seems to be no way to get around >it; at least not as far as I can tell! But thanks for your explanation and >will try to put your instructions to use! >Tom Kaufman >-----Original Message----- >From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve >Jacobson >Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 6:28 PM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: Re: Ripping CDs With Windows Media >Tom, >You can rip them in the version of Windows Media Player that I use, and I >think it is the latest. You can rip from the "Now Playing" window which is >accessed with CONTROL-3, or is probably the window that >has focus if Windows Media Player starts automatically when you put in a CD. >Some screen readers don't read the controls, though. Another approach is to >go to the Tools and Options menu and choose the >rip tab. You can choose which format you want them ripped to there, and you >can also check a box that will rip a cd automatically when you start Windows >Media Player. >Unfortunately, how a lot of this works depends upon your "autoplay" settings >and even your screen reader, but it's worth exploring before you get another >program. If your screen reader doesn't read the >controls on the now playing window, NVDA should work. >Best regards, >Steve Jacobson >On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:37:22 -0500, Tom Kaufman wrote: >>Hello list: Is it still possible, using Windows Media Player to rip a CD? >>I've just tried to rip my first one with this new computer, using Windows >>Media Player! However I see nothing that says "Rip" in the menus! I am >>running Windows 7 (64 bit) running Jaws 15; is it still possible to do >this? >>Or will I need to use another program to rip my CDs? >>Tom Kaufman
