Hi Paul & Joan Ann,
Now I'm probably just being a little woolly this wet and miserable
Wednesday
in January but only just one or two questions please.
The tutorial is wonderful to have and well put together but could you let
me
know at what point media player opens or needs to be open?
I have two other players installed so how can I be sure that it is media
player that opens for me?
Many thanks.
All the best,
Tony Sweeney. an----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Traynor" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 9:55 AM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: copying cd's
Hi Susan,
Below are a couple of articles which you can read that maybe will prove
useful to you and which were posted to our list here some time back. One
deals with copying files from a CD to your hard drive and then you can
transfer them to something like a pen drive etc for portability. The
other
article which was submitted by Joan Ann Brossnan and is excellent in that
it
tells you how to use windows media player 10 to cpy and produce an audio
CD.
(Article 1)
I suggest the first thing you need to do is download a little program
called
"CDex1.07"
from
the web. I have pasted in the direct download below and by direct
download
I
mean that when you paste it into your internet browser and hit the enter
key
the file should begin to download shortly afterwards. It may ask you if
you
wish to "save or run it". Tab to the run button and press the enter key
and
after it has finished downloading itself to your computer it will begin
to
install, asking you a few simple questions which you will just mostly
answer
"next" too. http://www.whitestick.co.uk/progs/cdex170beta2.exe
Now after this program has been installed you need to place in the CD
drive
of your computer the audio CD you wish to copy tracks from.
Tip: In order to stop the CD auto loading after you insert it into the CD
drive, just press and hold down the "shift key" for about 20 seconds
after
you close the door of the CD drive. Next, follow the below instructions
to
copy tracks from your CD to the computer. Step 1. Go into the programs
menu
and arrow down to CDex 1.7 then right arrow and press the enter key on
the
icon called "CDEX. Step 2. Wait for a few moments and CDex will open up
and
will have a list of all the tracks which are contained on your CD. Step
3.
You can select all of the tracks by pressing keys "control + letter A",
or
you can select some of the tracks using the "control key held down and
down
arrowing through the list, hitting the spacebar on any track you wish to
have copied.
Note: It is important to hold down the "control key" while you are doing
this process. Step 4. After you have selected all or some of the tracks
and
you want to begin the copy process, just press "F9" and CDex will begin
copying the tracks into a folder on your computer. The location of the
files
will be in the following folder; My documents/my music/MP3/No artist/No
title. Here you will find the songs you copied which will now be in "MP3
format".
This makes them easier to carry around on say a pen drive or MP3 player.
Hope this helps.
Link to the CDex program is:
http://gosoftware.org/cdex/cdex_170b2_enu.exe
Note: When you go to the link above you may hear a little bleep sound.
This
is internet explorer warning you that you have to tell it if you really
want to download this program. To do this with the file or any file you
are
downloading from the web where you get this warning sound
1. Press the keystrokes: "left alt + N".
2. a menu will pop up and the first choice in it is to "download file".
3. Press enter on this coice and shortly after the file should begin to
download.
(Article 2, submitted by "Joan Ann Brossnan")
Using windows Media Player 10 to copy music.
name it something like, files to burn.
This folder can be created in My Documents, or wherever you want to have
it.
2. Now, select a group of files that you want to make into an audio cd,
and
copy them to the folder you just created.
3. Once copying is complete, close the folder, and highlight it, then
press
alt + enter to open the properties of that folder.
4. When the properties dialogue opens, route Jaws to Pc, and then start
reading upward one line at a time. You should come to the point where the
size of the folder is given.
5. If the size of the folder is less than 650mb, you may add files up to
that number. If the size is larger than 650mb, you will need to remove
some
files until the size is 650mb, or a little less.
Note: While it is possible to burn a slightly larger compilation than
650mb,
I wouldn't recommend doing this with Media Player, since it is not as
advanced as other burning software.
6. Once you have achieved the proper size, it is time to start the burn
process. Close the properties of the folder, and then open the folder.
7. Press control + A, to select all files in the folder, and copy them to
the clipboard.
8. Now, go to My Computer, and select your cd burner, and press enter to
open it.
9. When the burner opens, Jaws will say, list view, zero items. Paste
your
files here, and wait for the copying to finish.
10. When copying has finished, place a CDR disk in the drive, and close
the
drawer. If a dialogue pops up, and prompts you to choose an action,tab to
the cancel button and press the spacebar.
11. Focus should be returned to the cd drive, if not, then alt tab, until
you return to the cd drive.
12. Now, open the file menu, and arrow to, write these files to cd, and
press enter. This will open the cd writing wizard.
13. Here you have an oppourtunity to name your cd, so do so. After you
have
typed a name for the cd, tab once.
14. You will land on a checkbox, which should read, close the wizard
after
the files have been written, if this is not checked press the spacebar to
check it.
15. Tab to the next button, and press the spacebar. In this dialogue, you
will be presented with 2 radio buttons, and the first one should be
checked.
Make
an audio cd for standard cd players.
You can also choose to make a data CD.
16. Tab to the next button, and press the spacebar, here's where the fun
begins.
17. Windows Media Player should now be open, and you will be asked if you
wish to search for files. Tab to the no button, and press the spacebar.
18. Tab until you come to the, burn button, and press the spacebar.
19. Tab again until you come to the, start burn button, and press the
spacebar. This will start the burn process.
20. When burning is complete, the cd will be ejected, then just close the
drawer.
21. Return to the cd drive in, my computer, and press enter to open it,
then
you will see the files there that were burned to the cd. Open the file
menu,
and select delete temporary files, and press enter. You will get a
confirmation dialogue, so just press the spacebar on the, yes, button.
You
are done.
Note: If you want to burn another cd with the same files, repeat steps 12
thru 19 outlined above. Hope this helps Joan Ann.
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