Tom, I've written a couple of times but had to reconfirm my membership so don't know if they got through. Therefore, I'm sorry if I am repeating myself.
If you still want to figure this out, it is necessary to try to narrow down the problem. Either the CD information isn't available on CDEX's databases, something has gone wrong with your CDEX install, or something is interfering with connections. Since you have stated that you have seen a "rip" button in Windows Media Player, I'll assume that my concern that you might be using Window-Eyes and the button may not be detected was incorrect. Have you attempted to see if another CD you feel confident has worked can be ripped by CDEX with track information? If you can get CD information through CDEX for another CD, it would establish that CDEX is able to get information. This would point a finger at your particular set not being entered in the databases that CDEX is using. As others have said, this kind of thing can happen and doesn't always seem logical. If you can't get track information for any CD using CDEX, then clearly there is a problem with your configuration and it will be worth your time to try to track down the problem and resolve it. Second, I have seen the "rip" button not appear in Windows Media Player when Windows Media Player determines it can't rip a CD. This can happen if it thinks it already ripped the CD, or possibly if there is data rights management involved. I once had this happen when I did not realize that Windows Media Player had already successfully ripped a CD for me during a period whan I had the "rip automatically" box checked. I assume that you have probably double-checked to be sure the set hasn't already been ripped. Finally, I had read that you do not have a router, so that couldn't be an issue. Most cable and DSL modems have a router built in even if they only have one network connector. If there is wireless capability, there is almost certainly a router involved even if it is not a separate piece of hardware. These devices also usually have some sort of firewall as well, but this isn't something that should have just magically changed and therefore started causing you trouble. However, it might not hurt to try unplugging your cable or DSL modem if you have it and then plugging it back in to get everything to reboot, but only if there seems to be no other explanation. If, for example, you can get CDEX to rip even one other CD with track information, then you know there is no connectivity problem. If you have some other kind of connection that truly has no router or firewall, then obviously this paragraph is just wasting your time, although your computer probably has at least a Windows firewall. I hope something here is helpful. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:18:16 -0400, Tom Kaufman wrote: >Sounds to me like this Express Rip is something like CDEX in that it gives >you a couple of choices! As much as it troubles me, I fear that maybe this >Hank Williams Complete collection is one of those that CDEX just can't get >the information from! I had ripped it a long time ago (this was back before >I knew that CDEX could be told to title the tracks) so I decided I wanted to >have the track titles in, but hate to go through the trouble of typing them >in manually! This actually is why I left CDEX for a little while as I found >out that Windows Media would do this for you right out of the box! Aw but >this was Windows Media 11; it was much simpler to do back then! But then >WMP 12 comes along...and it's just not so "cut-and-dry!" I did rip a CD >with Windows Media the other day; it actually showed me the "rip >button"...but it won't show me that button with this particular CD >grhrhrhrhrhrhrhrhrowl! >Tom Kaufman >-----Original Message----- >From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Walter >Ramage >Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 2:49 AM >To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title >Tracks? >Hi. Not all data base will contain the information you might need. I've >just purchased the Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton 6 disc box set. This was >released on the 26th of May this year, I got it 2 weeks after the release. >However when ripping the discs with CDEX or Express Rip I could get no track >info and this was a Bear Family box set. I had to go on the web and find a >track list and enter the info manually. It is rather strange because I have >some very obscure CDs and the Data Base found that info without trouble. >You might find it of interest that Express Rip gives you the option of two >Data Bases and if one doesn't get the info, you can then try the other. >Walter. >-----Original Message----- >From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom >Kaufman >Sent: 26 June 2014 02:24 >To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title >Tracks? >It's from neither one of those. >Tom Kaufman >-----Original Message----- >From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary >Schindler >Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:10 PM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: Re: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title >Tracks? >If it is an MGM, Polygram label it should be referenced. if it is from Time >Life, or the mother's best recordings from Jett Williams I wouldn't be so >sure. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tom Kaufman" <tomca...@comcast.net> >To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:17 AM >Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title >Tracks? >Okay...so CDEX _doesn't_ used Gracenote; that's what I was wondering! So I >fail to understand why (aafter not having trouble with CDEX giving me the >track titles before) why it's doing so now! It well me be that this CD >Bboxed set hasn't been referenced, but it seems strange, for it's a Hank >Williams collection that was put out probably ten years ago (iI don't >remember the exact year it came out) but I thought surely it could be ripped >with the track information...but maybe not! >Tom Kaufman >-----Original Message----- >From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra >Grünauer >Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:25 AM >To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title >Tracks? >CDEx never used GraceNote. >You have to install Player.exe to get information from GraceNote that you >can also export to CDEx. >It is all described here: >The url for information and download is: >http://www.vuplayer.com/player.php >Alexandra >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >> Peter Scanlon >> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 12:53 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title >> Tracks? >> >> So if Winamp and CDex don't use Gracenote any more, which ripper/player >> does? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Byron Stephens >> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:34 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title >> Tracks? >> >> It could be your firewall is blocking the connection or it's a cd that's >not >> been referenced. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom Kaufman" <tomca...@comcast.net> >> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:30 AM >> Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title >> Tracks? >> >> >> Okay...here;'s the latest: I uninstalled CDEX; then installed a later >> version....same results! I DON'T UNDERSTAND! To the best of my >> knowledge, >> I am doing everything correctly (I have written my email where it's >> supposed >> to go) still..it says "audio track 1; track 1...I must be stupid or >> something, for it seems to work for everybody else! >> Tom Kaufman >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom >> Kaufman >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:14 PM >> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >> Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex >Title >> Tracks? >> >> I'm either down to that...or just trying to see what I can do with Windows >> Media; so far, no luck there as I cannot find something that says "srip CD >> (I have a set of instructions that tell me that control-3 will put me >where >> I need to be for ripping CDs with Windows Media. However I have been >> through all the tabs and there's absolutely nothing indicating to me that >I >> can rip a CD with this program either! Totally frustrated! >> Tom Kaufman >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >> Blackwell, Clifford >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:11 PM >> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >> Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex >Title >> Tracks? >> >> Maybe delete and reinstall? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom >> Kaufman >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 11:47 AM >> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >> Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex >Title >> Tracks? >> >> Well I'm either not understanding something, or it's just plain not >working; >> it _still_ gives me "audio track 1...and on and on and on; not what I >want! >> I don't understand why it used to work just fine, but now it's not! >> Tom Kaufman >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Chris >> Skarstad >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:03 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex >Title >> Tracks? >> >> If it doesn't grab them automaticly, go to your cddb sub menu and arrow >> down >> to freedb batch query and press enter. I bet you that'll do the trick. >> >> >> On 6/24/2014 11:54 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >> > Yup; that's what my CDEX used to do too! But that isn't what I found >> > yesterday afternoon (it said audio track 1 01 (and so it went like that) >I >> > wouldn't think that the information on this particular CD boxed set >would >> be >> > hard to get info for! >> > Tom Kaufman >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >> Chris >> > Skarstad >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:51 AM >> > To: PC Audio Discussion List >> > Subject: Re: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex >> Title >> > Tracks? >> > >> > When i ripped my last couple of cds about a month ago I didn't even >> > require the player program you guys are talking about. i just put the cd >> > in the drive, launched CDEX and just like magic, there they were, the >> > song titles properly in the right places. Then I just hit f9 and off it >> > went, ripping to 320 k mp3. Nice and fast. >> > >> > >> > On 6/24/2014 2:29 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >> >> So where do you get this "player" program from? I know it _did_ work >> not >> >> too terribly long ago, so I don't know what could be different! >> >> Tom Kaufman >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >> > Alexandra >> >> Grünauer >> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:47 AM >> >> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >> >> Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex >> > Title >> >> Tracks? >> >> >> >> ...get a programme there that's called "Player", download it, install >it. >> >> This very blindfriendly program will let you grab the information from >> >> Gracenote, then you could either rip to wav or ogg or export the >> > information >> >> in the player.ini from which cdex is able to read it so you can also >rip >> >> into whatever formats cdex supports, i.e. mp3. >> >> >> >> Alexandra >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >> Tom >> >>> Kaufman >> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:19 AM >> >>> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >> >>> Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex >> >> Title >> >>> Tracks? >> >>> >> >>> So what you're saying is, go to the Gracenote site and...and then >what? >> >>> Afraid it's just not sinking in! >> >>> Tom Kaufman >> >>> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >> >>> Alexandra Grünauer >> >>> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 6:07 PM >> >>> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >> >>> Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex >> >> Title >> >>> Tracks? >> >>> >> >>> CDEx doesn't use Gracenote by default, you have to install a different >> >>> program called player which you can find on the gracenote site and >this >> >> will >> >>> allow you to export information from Gracenote to CDEx and, yes, this >> >> still >> >>> works fine. GraceNote is far better than FreeCDDB, but both still >exist >> >> and >> >>> Gracenote complements the former. >> >>> >> >>> Take care >> >>> Alexandra >> >>> >> >>>> -----Original Message----- >> >>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >> >>>> Chris Skarstad >> >>>> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 11:42 PM >> >>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> >>>> Subject: Re: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex >> >>> Title >> >>>> Tracks? >> >>>> >> >>>> I ripped a cd just a few weeks ago using CDEX so yes, it is quite >> >>> definitely >> >>>> possible to have it grab the track titles from gracenote. >> >>>> speaking of which the proper spelling of that for future reference is >> >>>> g r >> >>> a c e >> >>>> n o t e. >> >>>> I'm guessing the cd collection being ripped wasn't available, some >> >>>> older titles and some audio books aren't referenced in there. so >> >>>> amazon or google may be your best bet for track titles, and you can >> >>>> always use something like mp3 tag to tag your files if that's >important >> >> to >> >>> you. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> On 6/23/2014 5:34 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >> >>>>> Hello list: I decided to rerip a CD collection; my goal was to have >> >>>>> it put the titles in for me, using Cdex. I have that "Remote CDDB >> >>>>> (or whatever that is) checked; still.it's giving me "audio track 1 >> >>>>> and so forth! I know that there has been an issue with Grassinite >> >>>>> (sorry about wrong spelling) has this affected Cdex? Is it no >> >>>>> longer possible to have Cdex put the titles of tracks in? If so, >> >>>>> then I'll have to go back to using Windows Media.something I'm not >> >>>>> real thrilled about as the current version isn't as "cut and dried" >> >>>>> as Windows Media >> >>>>> 11 was! Thanks for any info you can provide in advance! >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Tom Kaufman >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >--- >This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >protection is active. >http://www.avast.com >--- >This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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