[Wolverine40]

I've ripped some of my cds (all legal cds I have bought) onto my laptop, when I first played them on here, I had to download a licence. I've copied some of these tracks to my MP3 player, PDA & phone but all say they can't play them.

Any suggestions of what I'm doing wrong?

[mphenterprises]

Hi Wolverine. Welcome to PCWorld. :-)




Okay, you have provided some good information. However, there is still some information you need to provide:

- In what format did you rip these tracks? (.mp3, .wav or .wave, .cda, etc.)

- What are the manufacturer and model numbers of your:
1) MP3 player
2) PDA
3) Cell Phone

- Have you verified that all of the above can play digital audio in the format that you ripped the tracks?




I do not think this is a legality issue. I think this is just a question of compatibility. Please answer the questions and we can take it from there.

[Wolverine40]

The tracks have all been recorded as WMA, all 3 items I have tried to use have played music in this format before. I did try ripping as MP3 but had the same problem.

The phone is a Nokia E50, PDA is Mitac P550, MP3 is a really cheap thing, no idea what make.

[mphenterprises]

It seems like you have covered all of your bases. The only thing I can think of is the application that you use to rip the tracks. This is a long shot but it is worth a shot.

- What application do you use?

- Have you recently switched from another application?

- Have you tried another application?

[Wolverine40]

I used windows media player to rip the tracks, I'll try using another format & get back to you.

Many thanks.

[smax013]

Wolverine40 said:

I used windows media player to rip the tracks, I'll try using another format & get back to you.

Many thanks.

I would suggest trying MusicMatch or iTunes (both free...just be careful to switch iTunes from AAC to MP3 for ripping). It could be a Micro$oft DRM (digital rights management) issue, but I am so sure. It should work with Windoze Media Player if the CDs are not copyprotected. If it will not work with MusicMatch or iTunes, then it is a "bigger" issue. If it does work with them (or something else), then it is likely a Micro$oft issue.

[LincolnSpector]

Windows Media Player can rip with DRM and without. Some versions default to ripping with. In the ToolsOptions dialog box, on the Rip Music tab, there's an option to Copy protect music. Best to uncheck this before you rip anything.

I'm also wondering if any of the CDs have copy protection. They have to say so if they do. I don't remember off-hand what they say (I don't buy copy-protected CDs), but this could have something to do with it.

Lincoln

[Wolverine40]

The box "copy protect music" was ticked so I've changed that & will try again. I'll try again now and leave feedback.

Many thanks for the help.

[Wolverine40]

Just ripped one cd again using Real Player into MP3 format & it's worked fine.

Thanks to all for the help.

[mphenterprises]

With Pleasure :-)





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[LincolnSpector]

Wolverine40 said:

Just ripped one cd again using Real Player into MP3 format & it's worked fine.

Thanks to all for the help.

Thank you for giving me a chance to be helpful.



Lincoln