Hi Eleanor, Sorry to hear you were unwell. The link is in the middle of the email from Brian who is using Susan's email to answer a query re CDEX in an earlier email. You should delete the > sign from before the link in the copied message attached hereunder or use the link in the original email by Brian. Happy new year Aedan. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 10 January 2014 15:52 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: cdx I am a little confused Aeden so please forgive me, I have been very ill for the past 4 weeks. You say Hi Brian and thank Brian for a link and below your e-mail of thanks is an e-mail from Susan Bourke. I have a Windows 8.1 machine and would love the correct link so would you be very kind as to blearly label it and send it again to the list? Many thanks. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aedan O'Meara" <aedanomeara@xxxxxxxxx> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:49 AM Subject: [vip_students] Re: cdx > HI Brian, > Many thanks for this. I always used CDEX until I went to win8.1 when I > downloaded cDEX 170Beta as recommended. This version was a disaster. I > ripped a cd for a friend in a hurry and afterwards I couldn't find any > tracks anywhere on my PC. There was nothing in the set folder: program > files\cdex\music . I subsequently deleted the program in haste. I couldn't > find this 151 version so many thanks for this link and I now have it > installed in my win8.1 > Happy new year > Aedan. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Bourke > Sent: 09 January 2014 16:28 > To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [vip_students] Re: cdx > > Hi all, > > > > Here is a little tutorial which I wrote for the program CDEX. I hope it is > helpful to some of you. If you have any questions, feel free to put them > out > > on the list and I'll do my best to answer them. > > > > Brian. > > > > What is CDEX > > > > CDEX is software that is used to rip (extract) music tracks from a CD to > your hard drive on your pc. These tracks can then be transferred to a > portable > > media device, such as an mp3 player, or burned to another CD to make a > compilation. They can be extracted in the form of WAV or MP3 files. > > > > Installing CDEX > > > > You can get cdex from > > > > http://www.jfwlite.com/cdex_151.exe > > > > 1. download and save the file to a location on your hard drive. > > > > 2. go to the place where the file is stored, and press enter on it. > > > > 3. this begins the install process for the cdex software. > > > > On the first screen, press the next button. Note, you can use your jaws > curser if you wish to read the screen. > > > > Next, cdex will ask you for the location to which you would like to > install > the software. It will create its own directory in your start menu and on > your > > hard disk, so if you are happy with this, press next. > > > > Note, you can choose a different file location if you wish. > > > > 4. After pressing next, the files will install and the installation is > complete. > > > > It will ask if you wish to read the readme file. > > > > Cdex is now installed and should appear within your programs group on > your > start menu. > > > > Using CDEX to extract tracks. > > > > List of 8 items > > 1. You can run CDEX from your programs menus or the icon on your desktop. > > > > 2. 2. Once the program is loaded, press the key conbination of f4 to enter > the configuration dialogue. > > > > 3. 3. ctrl Tab until it says filename tab. > > > > 4. 4. Here you can specify the folder you want WAV files to be compressed > as > > well as the folder where you want tracks to be stored after ripping. > > > > 5. Example, c:\documents and settings\brian\my documents\my music\MP3\ > > > > 6. 6. Ctrl plus tab to the encoder tab. You will land on a combo box which > allows the selection of available encoders for MP3 tracks. It is advised > to > select > > the Lame Encoder, which is the first on the list. > > > > 7. 7. Next do a ctrl plus tab to the remote CDDB tab. You must check > the > > box for auto connect to remote CDDB and press ok to close the dialogue. > > > > 8. We are now ready to begin ripping tracks. > > > > list end > > > > Extracting Tracks from a CD > > > > List of 7 items > > 1. Place a CD in your CD ROM drive, and if it starts playing just abort > the > player. > > > > 2. 2. Start CDEX if you don't already have it running. > > > > 3. CDDB (Compac Disk Database) will grab all necessary information about > the > > particular CD you have inserted, such as the Album Title, track names and > the > > artist. However, for this to happen, you must be connected to the internet > when the program is launched and the CD is inserted. > > > > 4. 4. You will be able to see a list of the tracks on the CD in a list > view > format. > > > > 5. 5. Holding down the ctrl key, use the up and down arrow to move through > this list, using the space bar to select the tracks you wish to rip. Note, > when > > using the up and down arrow, JAWS will say "selected or not selected". > > > > 6. 6. After the necessary tracks are selected, use the f8 key combination > to > > extract to WAV files or f9 to extract to MP3. > > > > 7. Your chosen tracks are then placed in your chosen location. > > > > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > SPAMfighter has removed 1894 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > Do you have a slow PC? 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