Well, the process is more straight forward.
I have tons of ram and a pretty fast processor, but WMP constantly hangs on
my system and I need to go into task manager to shut it down. I know it's
WMP because before it starts all is happy, and once it's gone, all is well
again. I'm not sure what's causing this, but it's a fairly consistent
occurrence for me.
Plus I don't find this version of WMP, version 11, to be as user friendly as
previous versions. I think there's a tutorial out there specifically
designed with keyboard commands and screen readers, but I've had good luck
with CDex, so that's what I'm sticking to for now.
As far as usability of CDex, You just download and use the accompanying
documentation to configure the program. It will also burn data CDs and a
few other types of files, but I haven't explored this further.
Then you put in a CD, start CDex, and it goes out to the net and finds the
CD in a huge data base. If there's more than one match, it shows you what
options are available. There's sometimes a data listing and a regular music
track listing.
You tell CDex which selection you want and it automatically fills in the
meta data with album name, artist, genre, release date and track listing.
these all appear in separate fields you can tab to and edit if necessary.
The tracks appear in a simple list view, so you can use arrow keys in
combination with control or shift to select the tracks you want or Control A
to select all tracks. Then you press F9 for MP3 or F10 for a wave copy and
the program does the rest.
Once in a great while, it can't find a match. This usually happens with
copies of CDs that aren't the original, like stuff you've burned on other
PCs.
A WOMAN'S MIND IS CLEANER THAN A MAN'S BECAUSE SHE CHANGES IT MORE OFTEN!
Lisa Belville
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Marie Medlar" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Burn CD with Media Player
Thanks Lisa. Why do you prefer this program. Is the ripping process
better? I don't really know what that means. When I used WMP to burn a
cd the other day I got static so I thought maybe I should unload Jaws and
then reload after ripping and burning. But after some analysis it had to
do with my CD drive itself. Whenever I played a cd on player I could hear
some static. So then I tried to burn a disk and the CD kept ejecting. I
went into My Computer and the D drive was not even part of the list of
drives. So I thought perhaps a virus or something but did not know. I
rebooted and then the D drive was listed and no more static. I burned
some CDs and all sounds fine.
I think I will download this software and give it a whirl. But honestly I
felt thrilled that I finally understood WMP. I just learned by trial and
error. I ruined so many CDS.
I usually don't use CDs much because I can copy songs in MP3 format on a
thumb drive, Cf or SD card. I can plug in NLS digital player with songs
into my radio or use my Dell PDA and plug into radio to hear music. I am
happy that I learned how to burn because I'll use CDs while travelling in
car.
Thanks again.
Ann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Belville" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Burn CD with Media Player
Ann,
I've not been that impressed with the CD ripping process in Windows Media
Player. I used to rip and burn CDs all of the time with WMP nine and
10, but the process was changed with the release of WMP 11.
you could try CDex. It's a shareware program that's easy to use and is
very customizable with JAWS.
You can find it and instructions for using it at
http://www.jaws-users.com/programs/.
Lisa
A WOMAN'S MIND IS CLEANER THAN A MAN'S BECAUSE SHE CHANGES IT MORE OFTEN!
Lisa Belville
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Marie Medlar" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Burn CD with Media Player
Hi David,
To test I want to burn only selected songs. So I tab to burn button and
press space bar. I tab to library list view and while holding down the
control key I arrow up and down to read my songs. I press the space bar
to select about 10 songs. I press application key and arrow down to add
to burn list and enter. All 10 songs are in basket ready to be burned.
Thanks I could not figure out how to do this. I will use your guide as
I need it.
Ann
desired songs.
On each song that I wish to include on CD, I press the
application key and arrow down to add to burn list and enter.
I then tab to basket window and my selected songs are in basket window.
The
hot key for add to basket is a. I tried alt+a and control+a but no
good.
So I guess I have to add 1 song at a time?
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bailes" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Burn CD with Media Player
Hi Ann,
just to point out that when burning with wmp 11, you don't have to use
drag and
drop - you can can use the add to burn list from the selected items
context
menu. See to the the burn page section of this guide to wmp 11 for
details:
http://bit.ly/cKZxVR
David.
original message:
Below are my directions; if incorrect please let me know. It took me
some
time
to figure how to copy songs from an audio CD, rip and then burn. I hope
this
helps someone.
Player, Windows XP, Jaws 11. Go to desktop, type w for windows media
player and
enter or go to Start menu, then programs, type w for windows Media
Player
and
enter Because Window Media Player (WMP) opens to wherever you left off
from last
time you opened,
tab to Windows Media Player button as our start entry point. On buttons
press
space bar twice to get context windows with a list of options.
Go to each button to check out settings. tab to rip button, press space
bar
twice, down arrow to eject after ripping and enter to check that CD
will eject when complete. press escape tab to burn button and space bar
twice
and enter on eject after burning press escape Now you will know when
ripping and
burning is completed because each time CD should eject
insert audio CD Song will begin press control+s to stop playing tab to
the
rip
button, press space bar twice, down arrow to rip record title D: and
enter
Ripping begins Alternatively you can press enter on start rip button
or
press
alt+s key Rip begins, Takes time to rip songs give it about 10 minutes
CD
ejects
tab to burn button press space bar twice Remove disk and enter a blank
CD
tab to
library tree view which is closed, right arrow to open down arrow to
select by
artist Tab to list view of artist down arrow to select the band you
wish
to rip
Alternatively you could have selected just added, by song, year...
After
selecting band use the Jaws drag and drop key control+insert+num pad
slash
tab
twice to basket list Use Jaws drag and drop key control+insert+num pad
slash to
drop songs in basket window control + a to highlight all songs in
basket
tab to
start burn button and enter burning begins and CD ejects when completed
Jaws
states Windows Media Player close button press space bar to close Done
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