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??????????

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video

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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
    2013-03-25T17:54:14+00:00

    I just got a new hard drive and now cannot rip my music to this new empty library.  I was reading the Q&A (which is mostly greek to me, sorry).  My WMP screen does not have a Tools button, so I cannot even try this stuff.  What can I do now?

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-12-24T16:31:51+00:00

    This worked!!!! Thank you. I was losing my mind getting frustrated and now I'm ripping cds! Wooohooo! Thanks again!

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-09T20:01:49+00:00

    Wolf & Sparrowhawk: I suggest that you create a new question in this forum. Please include as much relevant details about the issue as possible.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-07T18:17:52+00:00

    I have the same problem. I tried the folder delete solution and the action could not be performed because it claimed the folder was open or being used, which it was not. I have numerous Word doc files as well that I cannot move or delete because of this. I would like to rip CDs with my WMP 12 (I have Windows 7, 64 bit), but I need another solution to try . . . PLEASE! Thank you, Wolf.

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