Hi Jim, Assuming its an Audio-CD, and the tracks are in the native CDDA format, then yes, one would need to rip them into MP3 to play on such a device. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Doherty To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:33 PM Subject: [access-uk] Do I need to? Hi List, I want to copy music from a CD to an mp3 player, do I need to rip the CD first then move that ripped folder to the mp3 player or can I just copy the tracks from the CD to the mp3 player. Your help will be very welcomed. Running win7, jaws12. Thanks in advance. Jim