mp3? convert to that first? too many options?

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Mr. Grey

Having lived with Komputers since the days of 1.4 and 2.8
modem speeds, I now enjoy USB ports and the EZ life (?)
however
I seem to strike out attempting to copy and reorganized a
music CD to a CDR. I have read about converting to MP3
format (dont even own an mp3 device....) Than I read one
has to have a formatted CD first? So I format one
(somehow, its been several weeks to recover from all this)
and still nada.
Of course I have both WMP and Roxio ez CD5.... and then my
brain says 'all this stuff is not interchangeable' and you
cant jump from system A to B and back to A....

HELP!!!!!

sign me- "Its not easy being Green when you're Grey"
 
Mr. Grey said:
Having lived with Komputers since the days of 1.4 and 2.8
modem speeds, I now enjoy USB ports and the EZ life (?)
however
I seem to strike out attempting to copy and reorganized a
music CD to a CDR. I have read about converting to MP3
format (dont even own an mp3 device....) Than I read one
has to have a formatted CD first? So I format one
(somehow, its been several weeks to recover from all this)
and still nada.
Of course I have both WMP and Roxio ez CD5.... and then my
brain says 'all this stuff is not interchangeable' and you
cant jump from system A to B and back to A....

HELP!!!!!

sign me- "Its not easy being Green when you're Grey"
Click to expand...

You want to extract music tracks from a CD (or maybe more than one CD while
you're at it) and then burn them to CD-R in a sequence of your choosing.
Your version of EasyCD may or may not allow you to extract ("rip") music
from a CD. Check its Help file. If it does not, this freeware ripper will
most definitely do the job: http://www.cdex.n3.net/

When you rip the music to your hard drive you can rip into .wav format or
..mp3 format. Mp3 files take up a lot less space on your HD than wav files
do, which is why the format is so popular. EasyCD Creator can use either
wav files or mp3 files to burn the custom audio CD for you. And once you've
got those songs on your HD, WMP can play wav or mp3 files for you. So there
is some interchangeability. You'll see, once you get going.

More information about CD burning than you really need can be found here:
http://www.cdrfaq.org/

BTW, you do not need to format a blank CD-R prior to burning. Just pop it
into your burner and go.

Hope that helps,
Ian.
 
Your response certainly addresses my questions quite
nicely. May be a while before I retry, perhaps I have too
low a frustration/tolerance level since I apparently
believe all this PNP stuff (?) esp after finding a year
ago my new computer with WIN XP Home came replete with a
full of bugs operating system that needed a major DL to
be 'right'.
Yep, think that left a major imprint.
THANKS
Mr G.
It aint easy being Green and Grey.... [smiley face here]
 
mr Grey said:
Your response certainly addresses my questions quite
nicely. May be a while before I retry, perhaps I have too
low a frustration/tolerance level since I apparently
believe all this PNP stuff (?) esp after finding a year
ago my new computer with WIN XP Home came replete with a
full of bugs operating system that needed a major DL to
be 'right'.
Yep, think that left a major imprint.
THANKS
Mr G.
It aint easy being Green and Grey.... [smiley face here]
Click to expand...

Welcome to the "critical patch" club. The positive way of looking at it is
that at least Microsoft does fix things when a problem is discovered. Just
visit Windows Update for a moment every couple of weeks, keep your antivirus
up to date and your firewall on, and you're free to have fun with your
computer.

When you read any kind of tutorial about burning CDs it can sound like a
confusing process but it really isn't. There's just a slight learning
curve, followed by an immediate pay-off. Burning your first custom CD,
featuring only the songs you like and in the order you want to hear them,
will make you smile.

So don't put it off- try it today!!! And if you have any questions post
them in this group and someone will be able to help.

Regards,
Ian.
 
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