Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]
There is an option to rearange ripped tracks in folders using settings from the ripping settings. Rearrange music in rip music folder, using rip music settings. It is checked by default. Don't know where ripped files go when this isn't checked. Bob P.S. WMP12 is very difficult for me to navigate with Jaws. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 3:38 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi Tom and all. Not sure what to tell you. I had a cd that i ripped that had 17 tracks out of 20. I found the 3 tracks in a different folder called unknown. I organize my ripping method by artists directory, then album directory. I have found a few stray tracks in other places in these folders. WMP also moved things around when i had the option to find missing information. For example, I had a song that was on a compilation. WMP took the song and made a new directory and put that one track in there. When I saw the directory of the album name, and I knew I didn't own that album. Sure enough when I went to see what was inside the directory it was my missing track sitting there by itself with a totally different album name in the tag. So my advice, not the greatest, is too look around your music directory that all your wmp stuff goes in to. If it's a big mess try sorting your files by last date modified. This will tel lyou what folders have had changes made to them in the most recent to the oldest. Again not sure if i'm helping here or just making you pull out your hair. good luck bb - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] In my case, I also use Windows Media only to rip music; I then go to My Documents; then My Music; that's where my stuff usually will go if I've ripped music to my computer. Once I find it, I then move it to wherever I want it; typically to my external drive. But I still don't know why that CD I ripped last night doesn't have all the tracks! Will have to investigate further! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] I hate the wmp library and I only use wmp to rip music. I then use windows explorer to see where my files have gone. hth bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] The problem is that I very seldom boot my Windows PC anymore, but going from memory, I think you should be able to click on the library view and then view by artist or album to look for those stray tracks. Note that you can also use other media players like Winamp or FooBar to look through your library, if those interfaces are easier to use. Even Windows Explorer should do the trick. I need to do some ripping on my Windows PC anyway, so I'll take a look and see if I can offer up any better tips than that. On 13/06/12 00:59, Tom Kaufman wrote: Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP library! I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps! I kind of like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do it! So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most appreciated! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended
Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]
Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP library! I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps! I kind of like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do it! So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most appreciated! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended up getting loaded in the library under another artist or album? I've had this happen to me with different CD rippers, and I usually just edit the MP3 tags myself to straighten it out. On 12/06/12 19:42, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: I have tried twice to rip a CD, using Windows Media Player to my computer. Both times, it omitted three of the tracks! My question is, Why? As far as I can tell, I got no error message! There is no reason that I can see as to why it's not ripping _all_ of the tracks on this CD (it's a commercial CD; one I got from Timelife Music. So what is the deal? I don't want to have to go through the agony of ripping it again, for as I'm sure that some of you know, once you've ripped something using Windows Media player (I forgot to mention; am using WMP 11 and running Jaws 13) anyhow, when you rip a CD using this player, it _will not_ let you rip it again until you first remove it from the library! BTW-can someone tell me the most direct root to get to the Windows Media library; then to get to what I might want to remove and delete it? Many thanks! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]
The problem is that I very seldom boot my Windows PC anymore, but going from memory, I think you should be able to click on the library view and then view by artist or album to look for those stray tracks. Note that you can also use other media players like Winamp or FooBar to look through your library, if those interfaces are easier to use. Even Windows Explorer should do the trick. I need to do some ripping on my Windows PC anyway, so I'll take a look and see if I can offer up any better tips than that. On 13/06/12 00:59, Tom Kaufman wrote: Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP library! I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps! I kind of like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do it! So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most appreciated! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended up getting loaded in the library under another artist or album? I've had this happen to me with different CD rippers, and I usually just edit the MP3 tags myself to straighten it out. On 12/06/12 19:42, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: I have tried twice to rip a CD, using Windows Media Player to my computer. Both times, it omitted three of the tracks! My question is, Why? As far as I can tell, I got no error message! There is no reason that I can see as to why it's not ripping _all_ of the tracks on this CD (it's a commercial CD; one I got from Timelife Music. So what is the deal? I don't want to have to go through the agony of ripping it again, for as I'm sure that some of you know, once you've ripped something using Windows Media player (I forgot to mention; am using WMP 11 and running Jaws 13) anyhow, when you rip a CD using this player, it _will not_ let you rip it again until you first remove it from the library! BTW-can someone tell me the most direct root to get to the Windows Media library; then to get to what I might want to remove and delete it? Many thanks! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]
Tom, For locating tracks in WMP, a tip I got from David Biales' manual is to switch between the library (on the one hand) and all the other options (on the other) with control-tab. Another way of saying this is if you find yourself overwhelmed by all the tab sequencing, as I do, just press control-tab and you should be at the start of the library. Keep tabbing from there perhaps three times, and a list should appear. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:00 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP library! I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps! I kind of like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do it! So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most appreciated! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended up getting loaded in the library under another artist or album? I've had this happen to me with different CD rippers, and I usually just edit the MP3 tags myself to straighten it out. On 12/06/12 19:42, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: I have tried twice to rip a CD, using Windows Media Player to my computer. Both times, it omitted three of the tracks! My question is, Why? As far as I can tell, I got no error message! There is no reason that I can see as to why it's not ripping _all_ of the tracks on this CD (it's a commercial CD; one I got from Timelife Music. So what is the deal? I don't want to have to go through the agony of ripping it again, for as I'm sure that some of you know, once you've ripped something using Windows Media player (I forgot to mention; am using WMP 11 and running Jaws 13) anyhow, when you rip a CD using this player, it _will not_ let you rip it again until you first remove it from the library! BTW-can someone tell me the most direct root to get to the Windows Media library; then to get to what I might want to remove and delete it? Many thanks! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]
I hate the wmp library and I only use wmp to rip music. I then use windows explorer to see where my files have gone. hth bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] The problem is that I very seldom boot my Windows PC anymore, but going from memory, I think you should be able to click on the library view and then view by artist or album to look for those stray tracks. Note that you can also use other media players like Winamp or FooBar to look through your library, if those interfaces are easier to use. Even Windows Explorer should do the trick. I need to do some ripping on my Windows PC anyway, so I'll take a look and see if I can offer up any better tips than that. On 13/06/12 00:59, Tom Kaufman wrote: Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP library! I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps! I kind of like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do it! So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most appreciated! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended up getting loaded in the library under another artist or album? I've had this happen to me with different CD rippers, and I usually just edit the MP3 tags myself to straighten it out. On 12/06/12 19:42, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: I have tried twice to rip a CD, using Windows Media Player to my computer. Both times, it omitted three of the tracks! My question is, Why? As far as I can tell, I got no error message! There is no reason that I can see as to why it's not ripping _all_ of the tracks on this CD (it's a commercial CD; one I got from Timelife Music. So what is the deal? I don't want to have to go through the agony of ripping it again, for as I'm sure that some of you know, once you've ripped something using Windows Media player (I forgot to mention; am using WMP 11 and running Jaws 13) anyhow, when you rip a CD using this player, it _will not_ let you rip it again until you first remove it from the library! BTW-can someone tell me the most direct root to get to the Windows Media library; then to get to what I might want to remove and delete it? Many thanks! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]
In my case, I also use Windows Media only to rip music; I then go to My Documents; then My Music; that's where my stuff usually will go if I've ripped music to my computer. Once I find it, I then move it to wherever I want it; typically to my external drive. But I still don't know why that CD I ripped last night doesn't have all the tracks! Will have to investigate further! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] I hate the wmp library and I only use wmp to rip music. I then use windows explorer to see where my files have gone. hth bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] The problem is that I very seldom boot my Windows PC anymore, but going from memory, I think you should be able to click on the library view and then view by artist or album to look for those stray tracks. Note that you can also use other media players like Winamp or FooBar to look through your library, if those interfaces are easier to use. Even Windows Explorer should do the trick. I need to do some ripping on my Windows PC anyway, so I'll take a look and see if I can offer up any better tips than that. On 13/06/12 00:59, Tom Kaufman wrote: Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP library! I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps! I kind of like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do it! So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most appreciated! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended up getting loaded in the library under another artist or album? I've had this happen to me with different CD rippers, and I usually just edit the MP3 tags myself to straighten it out. On 12/06/12 19:42, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: I have tried twice to rip a CD, using Windows Media Player to my computer. Both times, it omitted three of the tracks! My question is, Why? As far as I can tell, I got no error message! There is no reason that I can see as to why it's not ripping _all_ of the tracks on this CD (it's a commercial CD; one I got from Timelife Music. So what is the deal? I don't want to have to go through the agony of ripping it again, for as I'm sure that some of you know, once you've ripped something using Windows Media player (I forgot to mention; am using WMP 11 and running Jaws 13) anyhow, when you rip a CD using this player, it _will not_ let you rip it again until you first remove it from the library! BTW-can someone tell me the most direct root to get to the Windows Media library; then to get to what I might want to remove and delete it? Many thanks! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]
Hi Tom and all. Not sure what to tell you. I had a cd that i ripped that had 17 tracks out of 20. I found the 3 tracks in a different folder called unknown. I organize my ripping method by artists directory, then album directory. I have found a few stray tracks in other places in these folders. WMP also moved things around when i had the option to find missing information. For example, I had a song that was on a compilation. WMP took the song and made a new directory and put that one track in there. When I saw the directory of the album name, and I knew I didn't own that album. Sure enough when I went to see what was inside the directory it was my missing track sitting there by itself with a totally different album name in the tag. So my advice, not the greatest, is too look around your music directory that all your wmp stuff goes in to. If it's a big mess try sorting your files by last date modified. This will tel lyou what folders have had changes made to them in the most recent to the oldest. Again not sure if i'm helping here or just making you pull out your hair. good luck bb - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] In my case, I also use Windows Media only to rip music; I then go to My Documents; then My Music; that's where my stuff usually will go if I've ripped music to my computer. Once I find it, I then move it to wherever I want it; typically to my external drive. But I still don't know why that CD I ripped last night doesn't have all the tracks! Will have to investigate further! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] I hate the wmp library and I only use wmp to rip music. I then use windows explorer to see where my files have gone. hth bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] The problem is that I very seldom boot my Windows PC anymore, but going from memory, I think you should be able to click on the library view and then view by artist or album to look for those stray tracks. Note that you can also use other media players like Winamp or FooBar to look through your library, if those interfaces are easier to use. Even Windows Explorer should do the trick. I need to do some ripping on my Windows PC anyway, so I'll take a look and see if I can offer up any better tips than that. On 13/06/12 00:59, Tom Kaufman wrote: Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP library! I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps! I kind of like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do it! So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most appreciated! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended up getting loaded in the library under another artist or album? I've had this happen to me with different CD rippers, and I usually just edit the MP3 tags myself to straighten it out. On 12/06/12 19:42, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: I have tried twice to rip a CD, using Windows Media Player to my computer. Both times, it omitted three of the tracks! My question is, Why? As far as I can tell, I got no error message! There is no reason that I can see as to why it's not ripping _all_ of the tracks on this CD (it's a commercial CD; one I got from
Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]
Brett and list: Based on what knowledge I have (and granted, it's not a lot) I've searched for one of the missing tracks from this particular CD, using the Windows Search utility; it came up empty! So I must conclude that (for whatever reason) those three tracks did not get ripped..and I still have no idea as to why! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:38 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi Tom and all. Not sure what to tell you. I had a cd that i ripped that had 17 tracks out of 20. I found the 3 tracks in a different folder called unknown. I organize my ripping method by artists directory, then album directory. I have found a few stray tracks in other places in these folders. WMP also moved things around when i had the option to find missing information. For example, I had a song that was on a compilation. WMP took the song and made a new directory and put that one track in there. When I saw the directory of the album name, and I knew I didn't own that album. Sure enough when I went to see what was inside the directory it was my missing track sitting there by itself with a totally different album name in the tag. So my advice, not the greatest, is too look around your music directory that all your wmp stuff goes in to. If it's a big mess try sorting your files by last date modified. This will tel lyou what folders have had changes made to them in the most recent to the oldest. Again not sure if i'm helping here or just making you pull out your hair. good luck bb - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] In my case, I also use Windows Media only to rip music; I then go to My Documents; then My Music; that's where my stuff usually will go if I've ripped music to my computer. Once I find it, I then move it to wherever I want it; typically to my external drive. But I still don't know why that CD I ripped last night doesn't have all the tracks! Will have to investigate further! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] I hate the wmp library and I only use wmp to rip music. I then use windows explorer to see where my files have gone. hth bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] The problem is that I very seldom boot my Windows PC anymore, but going from memory, I think you should be able to click on the library view and then view by artist or album to look for those stray tracks. Note that you can also use other media players like Winamp or FooBar to look through your library, if those interfaces are easier to use. Even Windows Explorer should do the trick. I need to do some ripping on my Windows PC anyway, so I'll take a look and see if I can offer up any better tips than that. On 13/06/12 00:59, Tom Kaufman wrote: Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP library! I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps! I kind of like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do it! So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most appreciated! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it
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But I do thank you for trying to help; forgot to say that before! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:38 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi Tom and all. Not sure what to tell you. I had a cd that i ripped that had 17 tracks out of 20. I found the 3 tracks in a different folder called unknown. I organize my ripping method by artists directory, then album directory. I have found a few stray tracks in other places in these folders. WMP also moved things around when i had the option to find missing information. For example, I had a song that was on a compilation. WMP took the song and made a new directory and put that one track in there. When I saw the directory of the album name, and I knew I didn't own that album. Sure enough when I went to see what was inside the directory it was my missing track sitting there by itself with a totally different album name in the tag. So my advice, not the greatest, is too look around your music directory that all your wmp stuff goes in to. If it's a big mess try sorting your files by last date modified. This will tel lyou what folders have had changes made to them in the most recent to the oldest. Again not sure if i'm helping here or just making you pull out your hair. good luck bb - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] In my case, I also use Windows Media only to rip music; I then go to My Documents; then My Music; that's where my stuff usually will go if I've ripped music to my computer. Once I find it, I then move it to wherever I want it; typically to my external drive. But I still don't know why that CD I ripped last night doesn't have all the tracks! Will have to investigate further! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] I hate the wmp library and I only use wmp to rip music. I then use windows explorer to see where my files have gone. hth bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] The problem is that I very seldom boot my Windows PC anymore, but going from memory, I think you should be able to click on the library view and then view by artist or album to look for those stray tracks. Note that you can also use other media players like Winamp or FooBar to look through your library, if those interfaces are easier to use. Even Windows Explorer should do the trick. I need to do some ripping on my Windows PC anyway, so I'll take a look and see if I can offer up any better tips than that. On 13/06/12 00:59, Tom Kaufman wrote: Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP library! I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps! I kind of like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do it! So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most appreciated! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended up getting loaded in the library under another artist or album? I've had this happen to me with different CD rippers, and I usually just edit the MP3 tags myself to straighten it out. On 12/06/12 19:42, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello
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Hi Tom et al. Ok. One more shot at this thing and I will step off. If the track is miss labeled it might not even have the title or artist correct. In one of the examples I gave last message. My 17 tracks were ripped perfectly. There were 3 tracks I had to hunt down. I finally found them in other places 1 of them was labeled as track 1 for the title and the artist was unknown. WMP didn't no what to do with it. Like all ms products it tried to think for me and put it in the unknown folder under an album folder called unknown album followd by a random number or maybe it was the current date. There were a few tracks there from a few different discs btw. So why did this happen? Well when I removed the cd from my library and atempted to rip it again i used the search for cd information on the context menu of the cd name. I was presented with an edit box to either search or a place to manually type in any information. I did a search and sure enough my album was listed 4 different ways. Only 1 of these listings had the same number of tracks mine did, which again was 20, the other album listings only had 17 tracks. So, armed with this information I hope it helps you im one way or another. Another option of course is to use the search for information and go to the edit link to manually edit the track names and such. Then re-rip the cd with your new info added. The good thing about wmp, not to say anything about any other program is that it's fast, usually makes a good rip, puts proper tags (when it can find them) and names the files accordingly. Again I know many other programs do this too but For now I'm sticking with wmp. And again I will stress, no program I have found yet can tag mp3s like winamp. I am amazed sometimes how with little information that sucker can tell you what it is. Good luck and I'll shut up now. bb - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:52 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] But I do thank you for trying to help; forgot to say that before! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:38 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi Tom and all. Not sure what to tell you. I had a cd that i ripped that had 17 tracks out of 20. I found the 3 tracks in a different folder called unknown. I organize my ripping method by artists directory, then album directory. I have found a few stray tracks in other places in these folders. WMP also moved things around when i had the option to find missing information. For example, I had a song that was on a compilation. WMP took the song and made a new directory and put that one track in there. When I saw the directory of the album name, and I knew I didn't own that album. Sure enough when I went to see what was inside the directory it was my missing track sitting there by itself with a totally different album name in the tag. So my advice, not the greatest, is too look around your music directory that all your wmp stuff goes in to. If it's a big mess try sorting your files by last date modified. This will tel lyou what folders have had changes made to them in the most recent to the oldest. Again not sure if i'm helping here or just making you pull out your hair. good luck bb - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] In my case, I also use Windows Media only to rip music; I then go to My Documents; then My Music; that's where my stuff usually will go if I've ripped music to my computer. Once I find it, I then move it to wherever I want it; typically to my external drive. But I still don't know why that CD I ripped last night doesn't have all the tracks! Will have to investigate further! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] I hate the wmp library and I only use wmp to rip music. I then use windows explorer to see where my files have gone. hth bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:20 AM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] The problem is that I very seldom boot my Windows PC anymore, but going from memory, I think you should be able to click on the library view and then view by artist or album to look for those stray tracks. Note that you can also
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The only other thing I'd suggest is trying to rerip it with another CD ripper, and see if that has any better luck. I know I use WMP first, but if WMP has any problems then I try CDEX to see if that does any better. For example, the other day I ripped a Gaelic Storm CD, and WMP didn't come up with the tags, so I ripped it with CDEX, which didn't have any problems finding the right tag information. On 13/06/12 19:23, Brett Boyer wrote: Hi Tom et al. Ok. One more shot at this thing and I will step off. If the track is miss labeled it might not even have the title or artist correct. In one of the examples I gave last message. My 17 tracks were ripped perfectly. There were 3 tracks I had to hunt down. I finally found them in other places 1 of them was labeled as track 1 for the title and the artist was unknown. WMP didn't no what to do with it. Like all ms products it tried to think for me and put it in the unknown folder under an album folder called unknown album followd by a random number or maybe it was the current date. There were a few tracks there from a few different discs btw. So why did this happen? Well when I removed the cd from my library and atempted to rip it again i used the search for cd information on the context menu of the cd name. I was presented with an edit box to either search or a place to manually type in any information. I did a search and sure enough my album was listed 4 different ways. Only 1 of these listings had the same number of tracks mine did, which again was 20, the other album listings only had 17 tracks. So, armed with this information I hope it helps you im one way or another. Another option of course is to use the search for information and go to the edit link to manually edit the track names and such. Then re-rip the cd with your new info added. The good thing about wmp, not to say anything about any other program is that it's fast, usually makes a good rip, puts proper tags (when it can find them) and names the files accordingly. Again I know many other programs do this too but For now I'm sticking with wmp. And again I will stress, no program I have found yet can tag mp3s like winamp. I am amazed sometimes how with little information that sucker can tell you what it is. Good luck and I'll shut up now. bb - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:52 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] But I do thank you for trying to help; forgot to say that before! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:38 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Hi Tom and all. Not sure what to tell you. I had a cd that i ripped that had 17 tracks out of 20. I found the 3 tracks in a different folder called unknown. I organize my ripping method by artists directory, then album directory. I have found a few stray tracks in other places in these folders. WMP also moved things around when i had the option to find missing information. For example, I had a song that was on a compilation. WMP took the song and made a new directory and put that one track in there. When I saw the directory of the album name, and I knew I didn't own that album. Sure enough when I went to see what was inside the directory it was my missing track sitting there by itself with a totally different album name in the tag. So my advice, not the greatest, is too look around your music directory that all your wmp stuff goes in to. If it's a big mess try sorting your files by last date modified. This will tel lyou what folders have had changes made to them in the most recent to the oldest. Again not sure if i'm helping here or just making you pull out your hair. good luck bb - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] In my case, I also use Windows Media only to rip music; I then go to My Documents; then My Music; that's where my stuff usually will go if I've ripped music to my computer. Once I find it, I then move it to wherever I want it; typically to my external drive. But I still don't know why that CD I ripped last night doesn't have all the tracks! Will have to investigate further! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] I hate the wmp library and I only use wmp to rip music. I then use windows explorer to see where my files have gone. hth bb
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Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if there is one. that or the various, or the unknown artist. When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because track lists are different or the number of tracks are different. One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp. bb - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)] Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended up getting loaded in the library under another artist or album? I've had this happen to me with different CD rippers, and I usually just edit the MP3 tags myself to straighten it out. On 12/06/12 19:42, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: I have tried twice to rip a CD, using Windows Media Player to my computer. Both times, it omitted three of the tracks! My question is, Why? As far as I can tell, I got no error message! There is no reason that I can see as to why it's not ripping _all_ of the tracks on this CD (it's a commercial CD; one I got from Timelife Music. So what is the deal? I don't want to have to go through the agony of ripping it again, for as I'm sure that some of you know, once you've ripped something using Windows Media player (I forgot to mention; am using WMP 11 and running Jaws 13) anyhow, when you rip a CD using this player, it _will not_ let you rip it again until you first remove it from the library! BTW-can someone tell me the most direct root to get to the Windows Media library; then to get to what I might want to remove and delete it? Many thanks! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
