David, These are the instructions that were on the helpful hints page of JFW-lite but it's been my experience that they are no longer completely accurate with the latest version of CD ex that is available for download on the programs page. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "david the wild-thing" <d.h.whitehead@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:33 PM Subject: Re: JFW AND CDEX Download CDEx from the programs page and install the program. You can run CDEx from your programs menu or the desktop icon. There are a few things you need to do the first time you use the program.press f4 Then ctrl+tab until it says file name tab.The first 2 tabs on the page allow You to select what kinds of play lists to keep, m3u and pls.The next 2 tabs are for the folder where You want to put wav files to be compressed and where the resulting compressed files will be stored. For example on my system they both arec:\My Music.Now ctrl+tab to the Encoder tab. The only item we will look at here is the encoder.tab until You are on a combo box of the available encoders. use the arrow keys to select the encoder You wish. For a beginner I suggest using the lame encoder, which is the first on the list.You can optimize the performance of this or any of the encoders but UYou must do it with the jaws cursor, in the lower part of this dialog box.next ctrl+tab to CDDBtab 2 times and fill in Your email address.then tab until You get to an ok button and press enter.Now We are ready to start ripping music.place a cd in Your cd ROM drive, and if it starts playing just abort the player.Start cdex if You don't already have it running.Cdex will check cddb for the cd' content and will fill in the artist, album title, and track names.select the tracks You want from the listview .Then press f8 to extract to a wav file, or f9 to extract to Your chosen encoder. -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx