any media player experts in the house ?

[nilrem]

Hi,
a long time ago i ripped all my cd's on to my pc (XPpro)using media player 10 but didn't rip them as mp3's.

My question is can i convert them from their present format to mp3 in media player without having to rip all the cd's over again ???

Cheers

 

[Zooropa]

Does that mean they're in wma format at the mo then m8

 

[Zooropa]

I found this free convertor but PLEASE have read as ive never used it b4 but i had a quick peep and it seems to convert most things

http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index_b.html?ref=google&ref2=c24mp3search&ref3=oldstyle_b

 

[nilrem]

yes m8 they are all wma at mo ...will give that a look

Cheers

 

[nilrem]

cheers for that m8 , next problem thats arisen is that it looks like media player has protected all my files so i cant convert them....is there a way around this ??

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[hatab]

yeah i think media player copyrights each track when u rip........i think u will need nero or such like as they will remove copyright bit.

 

[MA]

yeah i think media player copyrights each track when u rip........i think u will need nero or such like as they will remove copyright bit.

i dont think so m8. i use media player to 'legally backup' my CDs, and it has never copyrighted them (is copyrighted a word?).

 

[davidh]

try loading them back into media player the save as mp3

 

[nilrem]

Thanks for your help guys , it looks like media player keeps the copyright licenses intact so that although I can make copies of the tracks I already have on my hard drive I can't convert them to mp3....

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[hatab]

i dont think so m8. i use media player to 'legally backup' my CDs, and it has never copyrighted them (is copyrighted a word?).

unless u untick the box windows media player (latest version 10) by default now copyrights each track, weather u rip as wma or mp3, u can turn it off though.

if u have winamp even an old copy like 2.77 load up files into play list highlight track then right click and view file properties, u can see there for both wma/mp3 if the copyright bit is set.

 

[nilrem]

unless u untick the box windows media player (latest version 10) by default now copyrights each track, weather u rip as wma or mp3, u can turn it off though.

When u say turn it off is that for all discs that are done from then on or will it disable the copyright on all the discs I have already done ??

Sorry to keep this thread going but I don't really wanna rip every cd I own all over again

Cheers

 

[hatab]

no, if it was ripped with copyright on then its on, if u turn off in mediaplayer it then sets off as the setting for future rips.

if u dont want to rip all again then u need summat that can remove copyright bit set in the header.

winamp as far as i know will only report weather bit set or not i use 2.77 cos i like it its on version 5. summat now maybe u can remove bit with that on a track by track basis rather than re-rip cd's.

im sure sumbody uses latest winamp or similar

 

[nilrem]

think i've found something here if anyone else is interested

http://www.utdallas.edu/~jeremy.bryan.smith/software/mp3renamer.html


Cheers