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I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

I still use CDex, even though it was created back in the Windows XP days. You must change the server, though, because it has changed, and you won't get the music database the way it is set now. Write me off-list if you'd like the details for the new server.

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

Bill:

Even though I haven’t ripped CD’s for a while with CD.EXE, I always found the program to be quite accessible with Jaws.

Can you give me instructions for finding the new CD.EXE server?

I’ll save them for future reference.

Thank you!

Tom Behler

I still use CDex, even though it was created back in the Windows XP days. You must change the server, though, because it has changed, and you won't get the music database the way it is set now. Write me off-list if you'd like the details for the new server.

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

Hi, Tom.

To Make CDex Work Again With The New Server,

1. Try to find CDex versions 151.exe, or 170b2_enu.exe. These are the versions that seem to work best.

2. Install, and open CDex.

3. Press ALT plus O for Options, then press ENTER on Settings.

4. Use CONTROL plus TAB to navigate to Remote Server Settings.

5. TAB to Add Site, and press ENTER.

6. TAB back to the address field, and put the following,

gnudb.gnudb.org

7. In the path, put,

/~cddb/cddb.cgi

8. Where the email address goes, put in a valid email address.

9. TAB to Submit, and press ENTER.

10. You will hear an error message telling you that it can't send email via http. Just ignore it.

11. TAB to OK, and press ENTER.

12. Put in a commercial CD that would be in the database, then start CDex. See if the tracks are titled. If they are, it's working. If it says unknown, it's still not working. Something wasn't done right.

Bill:

Even though I haven’t ripped CD’s for a while with CD.EXE, I always found the program to be quite accessible with Jaws.

Can you give me instructions for finding the new CD.EXE server?

I’ll save them for future reference.

Thank you!

Tom Behler

I still use CDex, even though it was created back in the Windows XP days. You must change the server, though, because it has changed, and you won't get the music database the way it is set now. Write me off-list if you'd like the details for the new server.

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

Windows Media Player does a fantastic job at this.  Over 300 CDs ripped and still going.

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

The only thing I don't like about Windows Media Player is that, you can only rip a CD once. If you ever need to rip it again, you must first turn off Windows Media Player, reset it, and install it again, before it will let you rip a CD a second time.

Windows Media Player does a fantastic job at this.  Over 300 CDs ripped and still going.

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

That is interesting.  I have never tried to rip a CD a second time, so I hadn't run into that situation.

The only thing I don't like about Windows Media Player is that, you can only rip a CD once. If you ever need to rip it again, you must first turn off Windows Media Player, reset it, and install it again, before it will let you rip a CD a second time.

 

Bill White

 

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From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Marty Hutchings
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 10:53 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: cd ripping program

 

Windows Media Player does a fantastic job at this.  Over 300 CDs ripped and still going.

On 4/24/2022 7:05 PM, Gery Gaubert wrote:

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

I suppose if you knew where WMP was keeping a record of which CDs were ripped,a nd deleted that record, you would probably be able to do it again.

You just have to find where that info is stored.

Certainly a reinstallation is a step too far that I wouldn’t be willing to go through – I would consider the need to do that to accomplish something a result of an intolerable bug.

That is interesting.  I have never tried to rip a CD a second time, so I hadn't run into that situation.

The only thing I don't like about Windows Media Player is that, you can only rip a CD once. If you ever need to rip it again, you must first turn off Windows Media Player, reset it, and install it again, before it will let you rip a CD a second time.

 

Bill White

 

billwhite92701@...

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Marty Hutchings
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 10:53 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: cd ripping program

 

Windows Media Player does a fantastic job at this.  Over 300 CDs ripped and still going.

On 4/24/2022 7:05 PM, Gery Gaubert wrote:

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

That is interesting.  I have never tried to rip a CD a second time, so I hadn't run into that situation.

The only thing I don't like about Windows Media Player is that, you can only rip a CD once. If you ever need to rip it again, you must first turn off Windows Media Player, reset it, and install it again, before it will let you rip a CD a second time.

 

Bill White

 

billwhite92701@...

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Marty Hutchings
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 10:53 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: cd ripping program

 

Windows Media Player does a fantastic job at this.  Over 300 CDs ripped and still going.

On 4/24/2022 7:05 PM, Gery Gaubert wrote:

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

Hi, Marty. Here's a couple of scenarios in which you might want to rip a CD more than once.

1. Suppose you ripped a CD for sharing on a media list, but didn't save the files after you were done sending them to the list. Then you needed to share them again in six months or so. You couldn't rip the CD again to get the files a second time.

2. Suppose you had ripped a CD, and ripped them in mp3 format. Then, later you needed them in wav or flac format. You couldn't rip the files again, to get them in an alternate format.

That is interesting.  I have never tried to rip a CD a second time, so I hadn't run into that situation.

The only thing I don't like about Windows Media Player is that, you can only rip a CD once. If you ever need to rip it again, you must first turn off Windows Media Player, reset it, and install it again, before it will let you rip a CD a second time.

 

Bill White

 

billwhite92701@...

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Marty Hutchings
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 10:53 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: cd ripping program

 

Windows Media Player does a fantastic job at this.  Over 300 CDs ripped and still going.

On 4/24/2022 7:05 PM, Gery Gaubert wrote:

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

Problem is, even if you knew where WMP kept the record of which CD's had been previously ripped, and you deleted that record, you wouldn't know what other settings or data was kept in that same record, and would be deleted, along with the record of previously ripped CD's.

I suppose if you knew where WMP was keeping a record of which CDs were ripped,a nd deleted that record, you would probably be able to do it again.

You just have to find where that info is stored.

Certainly a reinstallation is a step too far that I wouldn’t be willing to go through – I would consider the need to do that to accomplish something a result of an intolerable bug.

That is interesting.  I have never tried to rip a CD a second time, so I hadn't run into that situation.

The only thing I don't like about Windows Media Player is that, you can only rip a CD once. If you ever need to rip it again, you must first turn off Windows Media Player, reset it, and install it again, before it will let you rip a CD a second time.

 

Bill White

 

billwhite92701@...

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Marty Hutchings
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 10:53 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: cd ripping program

 

Windows Media Player does a fantastic job at this.  Over 300 CDs ripped and still going.

On 4/24/2022 7:05 PM, Gery Gaubert wrote:

I have some audio cd’s.  I would like to get them converted to .mp3.  Is there a preferred program that is jaws accessible to get this done?

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com

-- 

Thanks,

Lion Marty Hutchings

BOLD Secretary, Program Director and VIP Liaison

(262) 605-8981

mhutchings152730@...

www.wisconsinbold.com