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Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive
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Tom Kaufman
Hello list: Don't know as I can provide enough information here, but will
try: recently, the CD-DVD drive on my Dell desk top died on me! So I called my computer guy, who in turn came and took a look; he said, sure enough, that the CD-DVD Burner drive had died, but that he could get me a new one in a few days! Unfortunately, the Coronavirus screwed everything up (still have not heard from the computer guy) in the meantime, I was told that Amazon had USB CD-DVD drives that would do the same thing! So with the help of a good friend of mine, I found one on Amazon (is a Dell, but don't remember the model number) is supposed to be able to play CDs, burn CDs and rip.the whole thing! I got the new CD-DVD drive a couple of days ago; this afternoon, a friend of mine who helps take care of my yard came by to cut the grass; he had this CD that he wanted me to listen to! So I decided I'd put this new drive through its paces and see what it'd do; I put the CD into the drive and.Winamp did come up and the CD started to play! So here's where the "fun" begins: I decided I'd rip it to my computer! I brought up Cdex, expecting to see the tracks to be ripped and.nothing! Zero! What am I supposed to do to make Cdex understand that I want to rip this CD? Am I forgetting something? As best as I remember, when I used to rip CDs with the original drive that was in the computer, I could just pop that bad boy in there, bring up Cdex and it was ready to rock and roll; not so with this new CD-DVD drive! Did I buy the wrong thing? I was surely thinking that this little USB Drive would do what I needed; it said that it would burn and rip! So what am I missing here? If someone can give me instruction here, I'd sure appreciate it! Tom Kaufman |
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Hamit Campos
Do you have another CD you've tried before Thom? I'd tri that first. Just because that seems strange that the CD won't show like it's supposed to. Maybe it's 1 of those lame as in stupid anti coppy tricks. But let us know if a trusted CD does the same.
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On 5/16/2020 5:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
Hello list: Don't know as I can provide enough information here, but will --
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Tom Kaufman
Hamit: Okay...will give that a try; had actually thought of that; all I know is, usually when I put a CD in (then bring up Cdex) it'll populate itself with the tracks that are on the CD! But you may be on to something!
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Tom -----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 5:46 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive Do you have another CD you've tried before Thom? I'd tri that first. Just because that seems strange that the CD won't show like it's supposed to. Maybe it's 1 of those lame as in stupid anti coppy tricks. But let us know if a trusted CD does the same. On 5/16/2020 5:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: Don't know as I can provide enough information here, but will-- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Hamit Campos
Yeah Tom cause that's how it should be. I just find this new one odd. Maybe Dell bent the knee to the music guys.
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On 5/16/2020 5:48 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
Hamit: Okay...will give that a try; had actually thought of that; all I know is, usually when I put a CD in (then bring up Cdex) it'll populate itself with the tracks that are on the CD! But you may be on to something! --
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Tom Kaufman
I don't know; I tried a second CD...no soap! Cdex comes up empty!
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Tom Kaufman -----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 5:50 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive Yeah Tom cause that's how it should be. I just find this new one odd. Maybe Dell bent the knee to the music guys. On 5/16/2020 5:48 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hamit: Okay...will give that a try; had actually thought of that; all I know is, usually when I put a CD in (then bring up Cdex) it'll populate itself with the tracks that are on the CD! But you may be on to something!-- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Laz
I believe the problem is that you need to point CDEx to the external
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CD drive as you're no longer using the internal CD drive. Laz On 5/16/20, Tom Kaufman <tomcat53@...> wrote:
I don't know; I tried a second CD...no soap! Cdex comes up empty! --
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Tom Kaufman
LAZ: Pardon my ignorance, but can you (or someone) tell me how I "point Cdex" to my external CD-DVD drive?
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Thanks, Tom Kaufman -----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Laz Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 6:34 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive I believe the problem is that you need to point CDEx to the external CD drive as you're no longer using the internal CD drive. Laz On 5/16/20, Tom Kaufman <tomcat53@...> wrote: I don't know; I tried a second CD...no soap! Cdex comes up empty! -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: laz@... Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr |
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Laz
It's been a while since I looked at the settings but it's in there somewhere.
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Stay well, Laz On 5/16/20, Tom Kaufman <tomcat53@...> wrote:
LAZ: Pardon my ignorance, but can you (or someone) tell me how I "point --
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Smiling?
Open up CDex.
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Press F4 for settings. Arrow to CD Drive Settings and tab through to select the actual drive you wish. Tab to OK. -----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 14:42 To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive Hello list: Don't know as I can provide enough information here, but will try: recently, the CD-DVD drive on my Dell desk top died on me! So I called my computer guy, who in turn came and took a look; he said, sure enough, that the CD-DVD Burner drive had died, but that he could get me a new one in a few days! Unfortunately, the Coronavirus screwed everything up (still have not heard from the computer guy) in the meantime, I was told that Amazon had USB CD-DVD drives that would do the same thing! So with the help of a good friend of mine, I found one on Amazon (is a Dell, but don't remember the model number) is supposed to be able to play CDs, burn CDs and rip.the whole thing! I got the new CD-DVD drive a couple of days ago; this afternoon, a friend of mine who helps take care of my yard came by to cut the grass; he had this CD that he wanted me to listen to! So I decided I'd put this new drive through its paces and see what it'd do; I put the CD into the drive and.Winamp did come up and the CD started to play! So here's where the "fun" begins: I decided I'd rip it to my computer! I brought up Cdex, expecting to see the tracks to be ripped and.nothing! Zero! What am I supposed to do to make Cdex understand that I want to rip this CD? Am I forgetting something? As best as I remember, when I used to rip CDs with the original drive that was in the computer, I could just pop that bad boy in there, bring up Cdex and it was ready to rock and roll; not so with this new CD-DVD drive! Did I buy the wrong thing? I was surely thinking that this little USB Drive would do what I needed; it said that it would burn and rip! So what am I missing here? If someone can give me instruction here, I'd sure appreciate it! Tom Kaufman |
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Tom Kaufman
Smiling: Yes Sir...that did the trick! Now this particular CD that I am
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ripping; apparently the source that it reads from doesn't have a match for it, for it's not giving me track info! But am guessing that this lies in the fault of the CD! But at least I am on the right track now! Thanks! Tom Kaufman -----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Smiling? Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 7:11 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive Open up CDex. Press F4 for settings. Arrow to CD Drive Settings and tab through to select the actual drive you wish. Tab to OK. -----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 14:42 To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive Hello list: Don't know as I can provide enough information here, but will try: recently, the CD-DVD drive on my Dell desk top died on me! So I called my computer guy, who in turn came and took a look; he said, sure enough, that the CD-DVD Burner drive had died, but that he could get me a new one in a few days! Unfortunately, the Coronavirus screwed everything up (still have not heard from the computer guy) in the meantime, I was told that Amazon had USB CD-DVD drives that would do the same thing! So with the help of a good friend of mine, I found one on Amazon (is a Dell, but don't remember the model number) is supposed to be able to play CDs, burn CDs and rip.the whole thing! I got the new CD-DVD drive a couple of days ago; this afternoon, a friend of mine who helps take care of my yard came by to cut the grass; he had this CD that he wanted me to listen to! So I decided I'd put this new drive through its paces and see what it'd do; I put the CD into the drive and.Winamp did come up and the CD started to play! So here's where the "fun" begins: I decided I'd rip it to my computer! I brought up Cdex, expecting to see the tracks to be ripped and.nothing! Zero! What am I supposed to do to make Cdex understand that I want to rip this CD? Am I forgetting something? As best as I remember, when I used to rip CDs with the original drive that was in the computer, I could just pop that bad boy in there, bring up Cdex and it was ready to rock and roll; not so with this new CD-DVD drive! Did I buy the wrong thing? I was surely thinking that this little USB Drive would do what I needed; it said that it would burn and rip! So what am I missing here? If someone can give me instruction here, I'd sure appreciate it! Tom Kaufman |
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Joe Paton
Tom,
If you still have problems, you might disable the on-board drive in device manager. Then Cdex should find the drive having if necessary, made adjustments in cdx settings. If you still have problems, |
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Tom Kaufman
Hello Joe and list: Thanks; think I've got it solved! But while I'm writing, the CD I ripped did not give me track info! So do I need to re-do anything, seeing as how I'm using the external drive now?
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Tom Kaufman -----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Joe Paton Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2020 7:57 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive Tom, If you still have problems, you might disable the on-board drive in device manager. Then Cdex should find the drive having if necessary, made adjustments in cdx settings. If you still have problems, |
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