Ripping to MP3 in WMP11

[moose04]

Sorry guys this is probably a often asked question but some time searching hasn't yielded a obvious answer.

I have wmp11 and like the interface, whilst not a huge music listener i do like to have some of my cd's on my pc (about 1500 songs).

Previously i was using wma's through earlier versions of wmp but now want to rip to mp3's as i have a pda which can play mp3.

Is there an easy and free way to rip to mp3 within wmp11??

Would really appreciate someone clearing this up for me.

cheers in advance.
Andrew

[thefiddler]

yes open mp11 and go to tools options rip music then from the pull down menu select mp3 then apply [img]/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] menu in little mp icon top left corner right click

[moose04]

Hi,

have done this, however when i select rip i get an error

"Windows Media Player cannot rip one or more tracks from the CD"

when i follow the "web help" button i get the following page.
"Web Help"

It all seems to suggest i should be able to rip to mp3?? am i missing something

help please [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

cheers
andrew

[thefiddler]

that happend to me also but when i enabled copy protect my music it seemed to cure the problem sorry but thats the limit of my knowledge on wmp 11 .

[thefiddler]

Just found this on another forum try it may work as it did for the other person

Try this.

click the small arrow under sync, then select more options, then highlight audio Cd drive, click properties, then tick the "use error correction box" and apply. It worked for me.

[moose04]

tried this with no luck, in-fact when i select mp3 from the drop down menu the check box blanks out and i cannot select it.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated

cheers
andrew

[moose04]

tried checking the "use error correction" with no change??

any other thoughts [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[Mouse]

Just to check, does this happen with every CD you try to rip to .mp3?

I've just ripped a CD with WMP11 and had no issues regards to .mp3 format.

Let's look at a solution for you, first off try changing the bitrate to anything other than 128kbps, should do the trick without having to do anything more complex.

If not then try this solution:

Open the registry editor by typing regedit into the run dialog (Win+R), and off we'll go.

This one is recommended by Microsoft.

Browse over to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ Settings\MP3Encoding.

Double click LowrateSample, delete the value that's shown under Value data, and click okay.

2. If that doesn't work, try making sure that the PrefferredCodecPath key exists, and its value is C:\WINDOWS\system32\l3codecp.acm.


If you are not comfortable with editing your registry, which can be disastrous without backing up first, then you can try install and uninstall WMP, and if that still does not work, see if a downloaded Codec does the job.

Try installing the Codecs first before uninstalling WMP11

[moose04]

Mouse & Techead thank you very much!!!

Once again Webuser's comes to the rescue. Change the bit rate to 192 and away we go.

Thanks guys really appreciate the help.

cheers
Andrew

[Mouse]

Nice one!