a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

[Unregistered]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

no,i havent installed service pack 2 for xp

and the hints you gave doesn't work
any other ripping programms dooen't work too
i don't know what to do

[Spoon]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

Not all cd drives are able to rip cd audio.

[Unregistered]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

I found another program that worked.

[Matthias]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

Not all cd drives are able to rip cd audio.

which not?and what cd ripping program works although?
i have the problem yet
i haven't written the post above me

[Spoon]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

Old ones mainly.

[Unregistered]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

Old ones mainly.

i have 2 new ones

[xoas]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

Test 1:
Set up to rip a cd. Click on the arrow next to the button that says "Rip". Select "Rip To" from the menu and then select "Test Conversion (No Write)". Then click on the Rip button. Will the program test convert or not?

Test 2:
Take an audio file already on your computer. See if you can convert it to a different format. Does that work or not?

[Unregistered]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

test 1: no
test 2: yes

[ChristinaS]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

Does dMC (instead of dMC CD Audio Input) used from Windows Explorer work for any of your tracks on the CD?

Does Windows Media Player work with your CD rom to simply play the tracks? Any other media player?

[Matthias]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

yes,i can hear the cd in my cd rom...
and when i start dbpoweramp form explorer it doesn't work again

[ChristinaS]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

yes,i can hear the cd in my cd rom...
and when i start dbpoweramp form explorer it doesn't work again

I didn't ask if you can simply hear the CD in the CD rom. That can be done just with headphone plugged into the front of the cd-rom and totally bypasses all player programs.

I asked if Windows Media Player plays it. If it doesn't, and you're indeed pointed to the proper drive, then you may need possibly to install some drivers for your device.

Yours was the error referring to "scratched disk", correct?

I see your drives are both scsi drives. This may be an indicator of a setting you need to make for dMC (either dMC CD Audio Input or the explorer-driven dMC) to be able to read the cd. Or another driver is needed.

If Windows media Player can play it, then click on Tools > Devices and select the drive you have currently playing the CD and see what information appears there. Please make sure you are not mistaken in your drive selection. With 2 cd drives it's easy to be mixed up as to which is which.

Do you see the tracks listing in Explorer? What about in dMC CD Audio Input? In that case at least you are pointed to the correct drive. Otherwise use the Options button and select the correct drive. Also click Advanced. You have a bunch of different settings there, you'll have to try them all in order and see if you stumble onto the one that works.

Also if you have Powerpack click on the button (over on the far right of dMC Cd Audio Input screen, below Year) and see what you have there. Look in the area of Rip to RAM and tell us what you have. Try to vary settings and see what happens.

It's important to try with just one setting change at a time and go back to original settings if that doesn't work, otherwise it's going to be messy and very hard to figure out.

Please write back and tell us. You might consider registering so we don't get confused as to who's posting what problem.

[xoas]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

I am going to suggest that you revisit the Audio CD Input window, click on Options and look at the section called "Drive Options".

First set "Spinup for" to 5 seconds (I'm being very arbitrary here, I'm assuming that this will be long enough if this will make a difference).
Now see if you can rip from the drive you set.

If this does not help, go back to Audio CD Input>Options>Drive Options and lower the ripping speed (say to 8x or 12x).
Now see if you can rip from that drive.

Please let me know if either of these makes a difference (and if so, which).

Best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen

[matthias]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

no it doesnt't help...when i set it to 5 sec,it runs slower,but in the end it's the same...the same error came
could it be,that my cd rom drives aren't able to rip cds...because the SCSI or so
but i think i have ripped cds with this cd rom drives yet
matthias

[xoas]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

May I assume that you are able to play these cd's on your system (in Windows Media Player or any other player)?
What software came with your drives?
If this software is capable of ripping audio, can you do so?
Did these drives come with the computer or were they installed later?

If you cannot play a cd on these drives, I would consider either the device drivers or the actual installation of the drives as being the source of your difficulties. In Windows XP there should be a troubleshooter to help you evaluate and address problems with your drives and I suspect you should use this to see if that will help. Try going Start>Control Panel>Add Hardware. This will bring up the troubleshooting wizard for your drives. Take them one drive at a time.

Another possibility might be to uninstall and reinstall either your device drivers or the software that came with your drives (especially if these drives did not come with the computer originally). You might try checking to see if there are driver updates for each of your drives.

Best wishes and good luck.
Bill Mikkelsen

[ChristinaS]

Re: a big ripping-problem!!!!!!!

I don't know if this could help at all.

Click on My Computer; right-click on a cd rom drive > properties > hardware; find your cd drive in the list of hardware components; highlight it and click properties; what does it say under Digital CD Playback? Is that enabled? If so, disable it and try again - using that particular cd drive. If it made no difference, change it all back the way it was.