Cd won't rip using Windows Media Player in windows 7

Anonymous
2010-03-20T06:51:09+00:00

I just got Windows 7 a few weeks ago and have had no trouble until now to rip cds.

It now however shows "windows media player cannot rip one or more tracks from the cd"

I have gone into TOOLS - OPTIONS - DEVICES - DRIVE , clicked Use error connection (both playback and rip are defaulted to digital) No change

I have gone to RIP MUSIC tab and tried to slide the Audio Quality bar and/or change the rip format, but when I do I get "the settings for ripping music could not be suppied" and they reset to original settings.

I have gone into Registry Editor and deleted the low rate MP3 encoding rate and still no change - it just keeps giving me the  "windows media player cannot rip one or more tracks from the cd".

any ideas??????????

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Anonymous
2010-04-11T00:41:53+00:00

Open WMP

Go into Tools - Options - Rip Music and see if you have a location the music is being ripped to. I didn't when I looked, it was blank.

then go to Organise - Manage Libraries - Music, there should be a music folder location here, if there isn't press "add" and add the music folder.

Now do the same for the other 3 libraries, Videos, Pictures and Recorded tv, all should have locations, delete the ones without a location.

try to rip again.

hopefully like me you will be off and running again.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-12-17T08:20:19+00:00

    Perfect - I previous used a removable drive as the location - that was the issue

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-25T18:43:55+00:00

    Open WMP

    Go into Tools - Options - Rip Music and see if you have a location the music is being ripped to. I didn't when I looked, it was blank.

    then go to Organise - Manage Libraries - Music, there should be a music folder location here, if there isn't press "add" and add the music folder.

    Now do the same for the other 3 libraries, Videos, Pictures and Recorded tv, all should have locations, delete the ones without a location.

    try to rip again.

    hopefully like me you will be off and running again.

    I had a location for each, so that is not the problem.  Still will not rip CD.   Any suggestions???

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-25T18:42:11+00:00

    Open WMP

    Go into Tools - Options - Rip Music and see if you have a location the music is being ripped to. I didn't when I looked, it was blank.

    then go to Organise - Manage Libraries - Music, there should be a music folder location here, if there isn't press "add" and add the music folder.

    Now do the same for the other 3 libraries, Videos, Pictures and Recorded tv, all should have locations, delete the ones without a location.

    try to rip again.

    hopefully like me you will be off and running again.

    Thank You, i was having the same issue, which started 2 days after i last used it and after i had recieved some Win7 updates. I ripped my discs to an external USB drive, then 2 days later, can't rip or change the location (subfolder category) and nothing was displayed in the destination field. Thanks again.

    This did not help me.  I had a folder listed for each.  Still doesn't work.  Any suggestions????

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-19T11:11:59+00:00

    Thank you. By following your instructions my media player is ripping fine again. Between step 3&4, I also unchecked the analogue box and checked the digital boxes. Great fix for a very perplexing problem  well done.

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