Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Hey, won't Soundtaxi convert .RAX to .MP3? When I was using a Windows machine a while ago it seemed to work. On Jan 24, 2008, at 5:39 PM, Blackwell, Clifford wrote: > Hello Chris, > > Sorry that things are not going so smoothly. > > First, there is no way, that I know of, to convert directly > from .RAX to > .mp3. I recently saw a post about a program call All Music Converter > that seems to be able to "crack" the protection, but the poster said > that the results were not satisfactory in that there were gaps and > clicks. What I do is burn my .rax tracks to cd in Real Player. If I > want them downconverted to .mp3, I use Real Plaer to rip/save the > tracks. In Preferences under the Tool menu, I make sure they will > save > to .mp3 and choose the highest bit rate. I could get by with a lower > one, but I believe that I can hear the difference at 128 kbps. The > ripped files take up more space, but my ears are happy! If you can > live > with a lower bit rate, you can select that. > > As for you second question, my answer is what I do in response to your > first question. I don't know why your converter program won't read > the > tracks from the disk or from your hard drive. I guess as far as the > hard drive file, how did you get the files from the cd to the hard > drive? Copying and pasting will not give you a positive result. You > would need to rip the tracks from your cd to the file on your hard > drive. You can rip them in .wav or .mp3 or any of several other > formats. > > If Real Player doesn't come up when you put the cd into the drive, > navigate to Real Player, go to Tools and down arrow to CD. Right > arrow > and then down arrow to the Save Tracks option for the drive with the > cd > in it. Hit enter. A menu will come up to allow you to set and select > several options. I think there's an "ok" button at the end of the > selections. Depending upon how you have things set in Preferences and > in the dialogue, your disk drive will pop the drive open when > ripping is > complete or you'll hear the completion sound you have set in Windows. > > Your tracks will be ripped to a folder in My Documents. If several > different tracks it will probably be in a folder called Various or > Various Artists. The album will probably be called "compilation > album". > > If you need more help, please let me know. > > Clifford > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:37 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody > > Hi Clifford, > > I'm sure glad I saved your e-mails. > > I have copied a bunch of stuff from the real player store and I > grouped > it all together in a file, which I have successfully burned to cd. > Now > I have two questions. > > First of all, do I have to move them to cd before converting them from > RAX to MP3? > > Next, I'm using Alive mp3 converter and when I select the cd drive, it > gives me the name of the cd, but when I go to view the files it says > zero items and I cannot get the list of songs to add to the converter > program. I know they are on the cd because it plays. Also I > thought I > would be smart and go to the file on the computer where I had copied > them all and see if I could convert them from there, but I got the > same > result. It allowed me to go to the file on the C drive, but when I > tried to view the list of songs it gave me zero items again. > > Do you have any idea how I can get these converted to mp3? > > Thanks much. > > Kris > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Good morning, Chris. I am still using 10.5. I haven't felt the need to move to the new version 11 yet. When you open "Preferences", you are in a tree view. Start on "General" and then arrow down slowly to "CD". It should be right after the "MY Library" option. When you get to the "CD" item it will say "closed". Right arrow once to open the item. If you Hear "cd Burner" back arrow once.. Tab down through the options. There's a selection for "Prompt to save tracks". Make sure that's checked. Right after that, there is a list of the different formats to which you can save. The next tab puts you in a Quality selection box. Once you've made your selections, tab down to the ok button. With those modifications, when you put a disk in the drive, Real Player should come up and ask you if you want to save the tracks and if you say yes, will "rip" them according to your selectins. Hope this helps. If you are still having trouble, contact me off list and perhaps we can arrange to make contact by phone. Good luck. Clifford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody Hi Clifford, Where in preferences are you finding anything about burning in mp3? I have looked and looked but I'm not seeing it. Also, what version of RealPlayer are you using. I have upgraded to the latest version and I'm wondering if that was such a good idea but I don't know how to revert back to RealPlayer 10 or whatever it was. Someday I am going to get these files converted to mp3--maybe in this lifetime if I'm lucky. Thanks. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Hi Clifford, Where in preferences are you finding anything about burning in mp3? I have looked and looked but I'm not seeing it. Also, what version of RealPlayer are you using. I have upgraded to the latest version and I'm wondering if that was such a good idea but I don't know how to revert back to RealPlayer 10 or whatever it was. Someday I am going to get these files converted to mp3--maybe in this lifetime if I'm lucky. Thanks. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Hello Chris, Sorry that things are not going so smoothly. First, there is no way, that I know of, to convert directly from .RAX to .mp3. I recently saw a post about a program call All Music Converter that seems to be able to "crack" the protection, but the poster said that the results were not satisfactory in that there were gaps and clicks. What I do is burn my .rax tracks to cd in Real Player. If I want them downconverted to .mp3, I use Real Plaer to rip/save the tracks. In Preferences under the Tool menu, I make sure they will save to .mp3 and choose the highest bit rate. I could get by with a lower one, but I believe that I can hear the difference at 128 kbps. The ripped files take up more space, but my ears are happy! If you can live with a lower bit rate, you can select that. As for you second question, my answer is what I do in response to your first question. I don't know why your converter program won't read the tracks from the disk or from your hard drive. I guess as far as the hard drive file, how did you get the files from the cd to the hard drive? Copying and pasting will not give you a positive result. You would need to rip the tracks from your cd to the file on your hard drive. You can rip them in .wav or .mp3 or any of several other formats. If Real Player doesn't come up when you put the cd into the drive, navigate to Real Player, go to Tools and down arrow to CD. Right arrow and then down arrow to the Save Tracks option for the drive with the cd in it. Hit enter. A menu will come up to allow you to set and select several options. I think there's an "ok" button at the end of the selections. Depending upon how you have things set in Preferences and in the dialogue, your disk drive will pop the drive open when ripping is complete or you'll hear the completion sound you have set in Windows. Your tracks will be ripped to a folder in My Documents. If several different tracks it will probably be in a folder called Various or Various Artists. The album will probably be called "compilation album". If you need more help, please let me know. Clifford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:37 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody Hi Clifford, I'm sure glad I saved your e-mails. I have copied a bunch of stuff from the real player store and I grouped it all together in a file, which I have successfully burned to cd. Now I have two questions. First of all, do I have to move them to cd before converting them from RAX to MP3? Next, I'm using Alive mp3 converter and when I select the cd drive, it gives me the name of the cd, but when I go to view the files it says zero items and I cannot get the list of songs to add to the converter program. I know they are on the cd because it plays. Also I thought I would be smart and go to the file on the computer where I had copied them all and see if I could convert them from there, but I got the same result. It allowed me to go to the file on the C drive, but when I tried to view the list of songs it gave me zero items again. Do you have any idea how I can get these converted to mp3? Thanks much. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Hi Clifford, I'm sure glad I saved your e-mails. I have copied a bunch of stuff from the real player store and I grouped it all together in a file, which I have successfully burned to cd. Now I have two questions. First of all, do I have to move them to cd before converting them from RAX to MP3? Next, I'm using Alive mp3 converter and when I select the cd drive, it gives me the name of the cd, but when I go to view the files it says zero items and I cannot get the list of songs to add to the converter program. I know they are on the cd because it plays. Also I thought I would be smart and go to the file on the computer where I had copied them all and see if I could convert them from there, but I got the same result. It allowed me to go to the file on the C drive, but when I tried to view the list of songs it gave me zero items again. Do you have any idea how I can get these converted to mp3? Thanks much. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Chris, I do add all my tracks to the library so Real Player knows where to find them. For new clips, this is done automatically by the program, I think. When I make a compilation type disk, I either create a folder into which I copy and paste tracks in "My Documents" or just add them individually in the order I want them using the highlight, applications key and arrow down to "burn in Real Player" method that I described earlier. If you have more questions, let me know. Good luck. Clifford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 4:39 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody Hey, Clifford, It worked! I uninstalled rhapsody and set preferences to real player and I didn't get the unwanted clips when I opened real player. So, then I went to music store and got the screen to search for music. I think this should work. Now I just need to get my list created. Do you put your songs in your library since you said add to favorites was not so easy. Or, do you just make a play list? Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Hey, Clifford, It worked! I uninstalled rhapsody and set preferences to real player and I didn't get the unwanted clips when I opened real player. So, then I went to music store and got the screen to search for music. I think this should work. Now I just need to get my list created. Do you put your songs in your library since you said add to favorites was not so easy. Or, do you just make a play list? Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Chris, I don't really know. I feel pretty sure that you can remove Rapsody without affecting use of Real Player or its music store. I guess I'd go ahead and if there's a problem, reload. Good luck. Clifford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:54 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody Hi Clifford, Thanks. I have one more question. Can I uninstall rhapsody and, if I do will real player still be able to use the music store. I found 3 songs I've been looking for so that part works really well. But for some reason rhapsody keeps wanting to load for me and I don't want it to. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Hi Clifford, Thanks. I have one more question. Can I uninstall rhapsody and, if I do will real player still be able to use the music store. I found 3 songs I've been looking for so that part works really well. But for some reason rhapsody keeps wanting to load for me and I don't want it to. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Chris, When in Real Player, to go the Tools menu, alt+T and arrow up or down, to Preferences. The first item in perferences is how to what page you want Real Player to open. I think you have to tab down once and then arrow through several selections. Then tabe to "ok" and hit enter". I think I have mine set to "Real Player only no browser". You can have it open to the Music Store or the Cd Burner or several other things. As for adding tracks to burn several on a disk. I find it easiest to select my first track as I think you know how to do now. After the CD Burner comes up, I alt/tab back to where I have my music, select another track hit the applications key and arrow down to burn in Real Player. It places that track after the first. I repeat until I have as many tracks as I want or will fit on the disk. Another way to do this is to create a new folder in My Documents with what ever name you want. Copy and paste the tracks you want to burn to this folder. Once you have all the tracks in the order you want (you may need to append numbers before the track name to get the order to stick) do a control+a to select all, hit the applications key, arrow down to the Burn in Real Player buttone, hit it and you will have all the tracks ready for burning once the burner opens up. There is another more complicated way to do this using the add tracks function from the edit menu, but I don't advise that unless absolutely necessary! Hope this helps. Clifford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:50 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody Hi Clifford, Well, I followed your advice and used the real player music store. You are right it is much easier. Now I have two more problems though. First of all, when I bring up real player it automatically goes out to the internet and plays me about 30 seconds of clips that I'm not interested. I don't know how to turn this feature off. Secondly, if I go into the CD burner how do I locate and add songs to my list to burn. I want to get several songs in a list to burn all at once because I don't want to waste a CD with just a couple of song on it. Thanks much. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Hi Clifford, Well, I followed your advice and used the real player music store. You are right it is much easier. Now I have two more problems though. First of all, when I bring up real player it automatically goes out to the internet and plays me about 30 seconds of clips that I'm not interested. I don't know how to turn this feature off. Secondly, if I go into the CD burner how do I locate and add songs to my list to burn. I want to get several songs in a list to burn all at once because I don't want to waste a CD with just a couple of song on it. Thanks much. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Yeah, I'm with you guys. I'm not a fan of subscription services anyhow. The way I get to the real music store is to go to real.com, I use JAWS, so I press insert plus F7 and press the letter R five times or until I hear Real music store, and then it's not hard to register, if I recall. Just another way to get there. Peace, Kathy Listen to Kathy and Fred on the Web at http://www.live365.com/stations/cityslackers/ http://www.fredkate.libsyn.com - Original Message - From: "Blackwell, Clifford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 5:05 PM Subject: RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody > Chris, > > Bring up Real Player then hit alt+v to bring up the View menu. Arrow > down to Music Store and hit enter. That will bring up the Real Music > Store and you can register and purchase music. > > They are highly related systems, but I've found the Real Player Music > Store much easier to use. > > Let me know if you need more help. > > Clifford > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:29 PM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody > > Hi Clifford, > > When I go to real.com they talk about rhapsody, and when I go to > rhapsody they refer to real. I'm wondering if they work together and > that perhaps it doesn't make any difference which one you use. > > Having said that, however, the only thing I seem to be able to get into > on rhapsody is the screen where it has all the explanations of what > everything is. But I can't seem to actually bring up the music guide or > the my account to set up my genres and search for specific music. If I > ever get things set up properly, it might be alright. But right now > it's a real pain. > > Kris > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.14/912 - Release Date: 7/22/2007 > 7:02 PM > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Chris, Bring up Real Player then hit alt+v to bring up the View menu. Arrow down to Music Store and hit enter. That will bring up the Real Music Store and you can register and purchase music. They are highly related systems, but I've found the Real Player Music Store much easier to use. Let me know if you need more help. Clifford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:29 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody Hi Clifford, When I go to real.com they talk about rhapsody, and when I go to rhapsody they refer to real. I'm wondering if they work together and that perhaps it doesn't make any difference which one you use. Having said that, however, the only thing I seem to be able to get into on rhapsody is the screen where it has all the explanations of what everything is. But I can't seem to actually bring up the music guide or the my account to set up my genres and search for specific music. If I ever get things set up properly, it might be alright. But right now it's a real pain. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
You can use rhapsody but not all of it, for example, I was never able to burn directly using rhapsody but I used the cd burner in realplayer instead. It's the same with transferring songs to a mp3 player, but again you can easily use realplayer. It isn't easy to use rhapsody. It requires a lot of use of the virtual cursor so called in jfw or mouse keys in window-eyes. I used it for years until I couldn't justify the cost per month any more. - Original Message - From: "Kris Hickerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody > Hi Clifford, > > When I go to real.com they talk about rhapsody, and when I go to rhapsody > they refer to real. I'm wondering if they work together and that perhaps > it > doesn't make any difference which one you use. > > Having said that, however, the only thing I seem to be able to get into on > rhapsody is the screen where it has all the explanations of what > everything > is. But I can't seem to actually bring up the music guide or the my > account > to set up my genres and search for specific music. If I ever get things > set > up properly, it might be alright. But right now it's a real pain. > > Kris > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Hi Clifford, When I go to real.com they talk about rhapsody, and when I go to rhapsody they refer to real. I'm wondering if they work together and that perhaps it doesn't make any difference which one you use. Having said that, however, the only thing I seem to be able to get into on rhapsody is the screen where it has all the explanations of what everything is. But I can't seem to actually bring up the music guide or the my account to set up my genres and search for specific music. If I ever get things set up properly, it might be alright. But right now it's a real pain. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Hi, Clifford and list. I occasionally use the Real music store and can download my rax viles (the greedy proprietory form of a Real file) from Realplayer into an MP3 player such as the Creative Zen Plus and the Ilo which I boght on-line from Walmart awhile back. Haven't tried with the Zen Stone, but there's no reason to think it won't work. Seems like there's some weird unhoy alliance between Real.com and the Windows media folks because I think when I transfer my rax files to my portable player, they have a wma extension tot hem, digital rights protected, of course. In any case, I find it easy to transfer my rax files to a device using real player; easier than using the dreaded Windows Media Player which I have to use when I buy files from passalong.com which selss songs in wma/drm format and sometimes in mp3 format. Are you as exhausted as I am writing about this? hahahaha. Can't wait for this drm nightmare to be over! Peace, Kathy Listen to Kathy and Fred on the Web at http://www.live365.com/stations/cityslackers/ http://www.fredkate.libsyn.com - Original Message - From: "Blackwell, Clifford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:05 PM Subject: RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody > Chris, > > One downside to Real Music Player and Rapsody is that your tracks come > in a proprietary format identified as .rax. Someone on this list or > perhaps it was on another list, indicated that actually the .rax file > isn't a real music file, but is a pointer to a site on the internet > where the music streams from/through. > > If you want to "use" your purchased file, you will need to use the > burner in Real Player to burn the .rax file to a music cd. It's not the > easiest device to use, but it isn't the worst either. Once you have the > music on a playable cd, you can re-rip the music to whatever format you > wish. However, as this is a compression after decompression of a > compressed file, you may have some loss of quality. > > You should also be able to transfer your .rax files to many different > .mp3 players including most Ipods directly from Real Player. I haven't > had a lot of luck doing this, but I haven't spent a lot of time trying > to figure it out either. > > If you go the Real Music Store route, it is probably worth paying the > one time fee for the plus version of Real Player. There is a very good > normalization feature and the ability to print jewel case inserts and > some other features that come in the plus version. I think it cousts > around $19.99. > > Please let me know if you have other questions. > > Clifford > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 12:15 PM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody > > Thank you! I'll check that out. > > I already have a large collection of lp's, 45's and cd's. However, > there are a few songs I'd like to have, but don't want the entire CD. > > Thanks again. > Kris > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.14/912 - Release Date: 7/22/2007 > 7:02 PM > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody
Chris, One downside to Real Music Player and Rapsody is that your tracks come in a proprietary format identified as .rax. Someone on this list or perhaps it was on another list, indicated that actually the .rax file isn't a real music file, but is a pointer to a site on the internet where the music streams from/through. If you want to "use" your purchased file, you will need to use the burner in Real Player to burn the .rax file to a music cd. It's not the easiest device to use, but it isn't the worst either. Once you have the music on a playable cd, you can re-rip the music to whatever format you wish. However, as this is a compression after decompression of a compressed file, you may have some loss of quality. You should also be able to transfer your .rax files to many different .mp3 players including most Ipods directly from Real Player. I haven't had a lot of luck doing this, but I haven't spent a lot of time trying to figure it out either. If you go the Real Music Store route, it is probably worth paying the one time fee for the plus version of Real Player. There is a very good normalization feature and the ability to print jewel case inserts and some other features that come in the plus version. I think it cousts around $19.99. Please let me know if you have other questions. Clifford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 12:15 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: Frustrated with Rhapsody Thank you! I'll check that out. I already have a large collection of lp's, 45's and cd's. However, there are a few songs I'd like to have, but don't want the entire CD. Thanks again. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thank you! I'll check that out. I already have a large collection of lp's, 45's and cd's. However, there are a few songs I'd like to have, but don't want the entire CD. Thanks again. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Frustrated with Rhapsody
If you're only looking for a small numbers of tracks per year, sign up to the Real Music Store at Real.com It uses the same propietary format as Rapsody and you can buy individual tracks or albums. Price is generally $.99 per track and $9.99 an album though a couple of times a year they seem to have sales and cut the price by around 20%. Clifford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Hickerson Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:46 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Frustrated with Rhapsody Hi All, I have established my user id and password with Rhapsody, but now I want to select the service I would like and am having a great deal of trouble with that. Also, I find searching for artists or songs very difficult whether I use the jaws or pc cursor. I would take a subscription, but I probably only need around a dozen downloads a year so I would rather pay as I go. Is that possible with Rhapsody? Can anyone give me any tips for making this service more accessable? Thanks much. Kris Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
