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
    2010-03-21T03:30:56+00:00

    Hi Shinmila,

    Thanks for that, but you will see from my first post, that I have already tried that approach and it did nothing.

    Going into Troubleshooting, it has detected that the media library is corrupted, so now I am stuck as to what I should do next.

    I did open up a new user account to see if WMP would work and it did, but I would still like to get my original one working properly again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-03-20T23:23:26+00:00

    Hi Schleke,

    The problem could be because the CD could be damaged or scratched. May be try out with a new CD. What say?

    If the error still shows up, configuring the following setting might help you in completing the rip.

    1. Open Windows Media Player.

    2. Go to Tools -> Options -> Devices.

    3. Select CD/DVD burner and chooseAdvanced.

    4. Place a checkmark on “Use error correction”.

    Once you’ve done that, try ripping the CD.

    More information on rip settings:

    Change settings for ripping music**http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Change-settings-for-ripping-music**

    Regards,

    Shinmila H - Microsoft Support

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