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
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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra
Grünauer
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:47 AM
Hi all
I have no interest in the desktop client as it is inaccessible. I do
however have the iOS app on my iPhone 4s and it's quite accessible. So
am a Spotify user but only on the mobile platform. Just my £0.02 worth.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
I am actually having trouble using Spotifyfor the IPhone, as it will not let
me search for a song and just play it, I have to add it to my playlist, and
I can't guarantee that it will play the right song. The app I have is
Spotify Music, which is free. Am I using the right app?
-Original
Samuel Wilkins wrote:
I am actually having trouble using Spotifyfor the IPhone, as it will not let
me search for a song and just play it, I have to add it to my playlist, and
I can't guarantee that it will play the right song. The app I have is
Spotify Music, which is free. Am I using the
You are but it is a limmitation of the free account for Spotify. You
need to either pay premium or if you have an iPad get the iPad app. You
can then enjoy all the benefits of premium with the inclusion of ads
every few songs.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
Hi,
I googled as well as visiting gracenote's official site and found no
information regarding downloading this.
Might you have a link at which more information could be found?
thanks kindly for enlightening all of us.
Robin
-Original Message-
From: Alexandra Grünauer
Sent: Tuesday,
What do you mean by tagging here. Are you saying to add the track details
for songs like artists, album and title manually entered or automatically
looked up by a database to add this info for your tracks. If you are looking
for this sort of thing Replay Music has it built into its software
Does it use the Gracenote Database like Winamp used to?
-Original Message-
From: Petro Giannakopoulos
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:48 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: What program can I use to tag mp3 files?
What do you mean by tagging here. Are you saying to add the
Hi.
I moved the file with the info on Replay Music, so I'm writing a new message
about what I want to do and what I found out about the program.
By tagging a file, I'm wanting to get the title, artist, album and the year
the track came out. I looked at the Replay Music program, but it
It uses the rozie database. I may have speeled it wrong.
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From: Peter Scanlon sca...@tpg.com.au
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: What program can I use to tag mp3 files?
Does it use the Gracenote
Go to Replay Music's list view and press your context menu keyboard or
shift+F10 and choose import. Find the files you want and they will be added
to the Replay Music 6 list view. Arrow to one of your files in the list view
and press your context menu key and choose edit track. Look at the
But how can any programme tag a file if it has no information to work with?
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kevin
Minor
Sent: 24 June 2014 03:32 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: Tagging mp3 files.
Hi.
I moved the file
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,
Hi.
I tried Replay Music to tag a file. The file had Track 1 as the artist, and
I tried to tag the file. It didn't work. I'll see what iTunes does with
it. Thanks for the idea.
Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
kmino...@outlook.com
Did you tell it the genre?
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From: Kevin Minor kmino...@outlook.com
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 11:02 AM
Subject: I tried Replay Music, and it didn't work.
Hi.
I tried Replay Music to tag a file. The file had
Is there anyway you can send me that track by email to,
petro...@clear.net
so I can try it myself. Can you tell me the artist and genre for the song?
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From: Kevin Minor kmino...@outlook.com
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24,
I have the full version of Replay Music 6.
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Minor kmino...@outlook.com
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 11:02 AM
Subject: I tried Replay Music, and it didn't work.
Hi.
I tried Replay Music to tag a
For individual files, I think it might be difficult. For complete albums, I
think the music information sources compare the number of tracks, the length of
each track and the overall length of the album to suggest matches.
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio
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
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
Hi kevin,
I wonder if shisam has a desktop app?
Might be a long way around, if you are wanting to tag lots of music,
with no info on artist track or albums. Might be a start though.
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 09:32:13 -0400
Kevin Minor kmino...@outlook.com wrote:
Hi.
I moved the file with the
Thanks, Chris; will give it a try!
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
Hello Tom,
Although te web extract, below, may help to explain how this stuff works,
I doubt it will solve your problem.
So for your information, here it is.
I have not formatted the data below, jus located, cut and pasted the
info.
I at least found it interesting.
CDDB1 identifies CDs
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
Hi,
In preferences in the remote CD tab do you have the checkbox for auto
connect to remote cddb checked?
Robin
-Original Message-
From: Tom Kaufman
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:22 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It NoLonger Possible To Have
I do; it still isn't doing what I need it to do...which is to put in the
titles and so forth! I'd go back to Windows Media, but I'm not even seeing
a rip button in there!
Tom Kaufman
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robin
Frost
Sent:
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
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
Okay...here;'s the latest: I uninstalled CDEX; then installed a later
versionsame 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
I dunno if this helps but the version of CDEX I'm running is 1.70 beta 1.
So if you're running a different version you might try installing the
one I am and see if that doesn't work. If you're already running it, go
into your settings with f4, and in the remote cddb tab, set your server
to
Just downloaded and installed either 100 bata 1 or 2 (have to check aagain)
done all the things you said; next, I'll try a different CD and see what
that tells me! Thanks to all for listening to my ranting!
Tom Kaufman
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio
Under Local CDDB settings, I have the first, third and fourth items checked.
All other items are unchecked. Under Remote CDDB Settings, the only item
checked is Auto Connect. Are those what you have checked?
Failing this NCH software www.nch.com has a free ripper that works reasonably
well.
In my last email, I gave the wrong address for NCH. It's actually
www.nchsoftware.comhttp://www.nchsoftware.com.
Here's the link to the page with the ripper on it.
http://www.nch.com.au/rip/index.html
Tom,
Am I remembering correctly that you are using Window-Eyes? Window-Eyes has
some trouble with the rip button in
Windows Media Player, but there are some ways around the problem. The rip
button shows up on the Now Playing
screen which you can bring up by pressing CONTROL-3. However, if
Hi all,
I just googled it again and found out that the program I was referring to
isn't by gracenote. The other facts that I described are still valid, as
you can read on the homepage.
The url for information and download is:
http://www.vuplayer.com/player.php
The program is free and, although
Do a s3earch for free mp3 ripper. I have that, and it's very accessible. I
have no problems ither with CDex. I did have to manually enter in the tracks
from the latest ashes of ares record, but that's because it wasn't a part of
freedb.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Kaufman
Yup; looks like mine! So the next thing for me to do is to try a different
CD and see what results this brings me! It was all just so perfect just a
few short weeks ago!
Tom Kaufman
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Blackwell, Clifford
Hello Steve: Actually I am using Jaws; I've been all over that now
playing thing with Control-3, but see nothing about ripping in there!
Tom Kaufman
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Jacobson
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 2:38 PM
Okay folks, I have tried another CD (it's a CD that Paul Franklyn and Vince
Gill came out with last year) this Freed thing came up, but found no
match! So what now?
Tom Kaufman
In Windows Media Player, go to tools, options, control tab to Rip Music
Page. Tab to rip CD when inserted and check that box. You should be good
to go.
- Original Message -
From: Byron Stephens bstephens122...@shaw.ca
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday,
Hello Deb and list: Actually I was going to send a message, telling of how
I finally had success with ripping a CD with Windows Media (it seems that
when you tab and land on the seek slider, then you have to use the arrow
keys to find the rip button! Does this sound correct? Anyhow it has my
Okay folks.I have put the CD in (gonna try with Windows Media this time)
once again, I cannot find the rip button! Why must this be? I have done
exactly what I've been told to do (press control 3; I find play, mute, all
sorts of things.but no rip!
Tom Kaufman
In the media player, the rip button is immediately after the library menu
button as I tab through the selections. I don't use control 3 at all.
Can't imagine what's going on.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net
To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24,
Have you made certain that the Data is in the FreeCDDB? Have yo u had better
results with the CD at another time?
Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the program CDEx?
Pretty much done all of that; no soap! And now...I _cannot_ find a rip
button in Windows Media (am using Windows Media 12) if this helps. Still
frustrated!
Tom Kaufman
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra
Grünauer
Sent: Tuesday,
Hello again: I even checked the box that tells it to automatically rip when
you put the CD in.no soap! In fact, one time it just kicked the CD out! As
I said earlier, it just shouldn't be so hard; all I want to do is rip this
CD collection (and I'm reasonably sure it can't be that obscure!
Tom
And now all it wants to do is to just open my drive; what on earth am I
supposed to do now?
Tom Kaufman
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 3:51 PM
To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Trying Ripping
It sounds like you're not able to contact the free db server for some
reason. in the cddb menu of CDEX, there's another option that says read
from music brains, which is an alternative database that should have
similar info. I do believe this is 99 percent of the problem though,
for some
Chris: I have three things: Freed, Freed again...and then it says
localserver (nothing about music brains! That's all I've got, so guess I'm
just screwed!
Tom Kaufman
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Chris
Skarstad
Sent: Tuesday, June
Tom,
Can you play CDs in the drive you're trying to rip from?
Maybe your CD drive is bad?
The other Tom
Hi,
If this has already been addressed I apologize but I'm wondering if you've
attempted to play a cd to verify that the drive itself is reading cd's
properly.
Can you hear the audio from a cd?
Robin
-Original Message-
From: Tom Kaufman
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:14 PM
To: 'PC
Yup...sure can! Plays in Winamp...not that I think that really matters;
thanks for asking!
Tom Kaufman (the tom who doesn't moderate--smile!
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:30 PM
To:
Hello.
Surprised this doesn't seem to have been brought up already but the thread
is long and there are loads of messages so I might have missed it. I am
going to guess that the reason this no longer works is that the gracenet
database is no longer available to the programme. I believe a
TYes...this would stand to rreason if Gracenote was being used in the remote
connection. However (unless I'm missing something here) in my case, it
isn't! Here again...all of the servers that are listed (in my case, there
are three) but I suppose it's possible that they all use Gracenote
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
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
Hi, Alexandra,
My Sony unit works very well. I listened to quite a bit of music today with no
problems.
It's only when I began using my new laptop to burn disks that this problem
occurred.
I will see if my supplier can send me samples of other disks so I can find a
brand which will play. It
Listers,
Plese tell me the best way to copy my brother's music which is on his IPod,
one of THOSE THAT HAS A TOUCH SCREEN, I was thinking about just plugging the
IPod in to my computer which has ITunes on it, and coppiing the music THAT
WAY, AND when its finished downloding in to ITunes JUST
That's what you need to do. When you connect the player it esentially
becomes an external drive to your computer. Just make sure you copy rather
than move. Moving the files would transfer them to your pc. You want to
copy.
-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio
I have seen such things before, its probably the drive in the Dukebox,
not quite aligned or needs to be cleaned, but it may need a new drive it
that is possible.
Joe Giovanelli joeg...@earthlink.net wrote:
Hi, Alexandra,
My Sony unit works very well. I listened to quite a bit of music today
I think doing that would erase the music, unless you imported it to
Itunes first, or it would complain that the ipod is synced to another
computer's library, so be careful.
Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote:
That's what you need to do. When you connect the player it esentially
becomes an
Are you using CDR or CDRW discs. for whatever reason, your burning program
might not be finalizing them.
- Original Message -
From: Joe Giovanelli joeg...@earthlink.net
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: a cd problem
Hi, Alexandra,
My Sony
I don't think you can get the music off of his iPod by connecting it to your
computer. iTunes will complain that the iPod is synced to another library.
Your best bet, if you have access to a portable hard drive, would be to
connect it to his computer and copy the music from the iTunes Media
Do I recall correctly that some stand-alone players at one time required
special music CDs because the recording companies were trying to get a cut
from burning copies of CDs? Hope this isn't the case with the Sony.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
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From: Joe
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