I don't know; I tried a second CD...no soap! Cdex comes up empty! Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 5:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive Yeah Tom cause that's how it should be. I just find this new one odd. Maybe Dell bent the knee to the music guys. On 5/16/2020 5:48 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: > Hamit: Okay...will give that a try; had actually thought of that; all I know > is, usually when I put a CD in (then bring up Cdex) it'll populate itself > with the tracks that are on the CD! But you may be on to something! > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hamit > Campos > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 5:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD > Drive > > Do you have another CD you've tried before Thom? I'd tri that first. > Just because that seems strange that the CD won't show like it's > supposed to. Maybe it's 1 of those lame as in stupid anti coppy tricks. > But let us know if a trusted CD does the same. > > On 5/16/2020 5:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >> Hello list: Don't know as I can provide enough information here, but will >> try: recently, the CD-DVD drive on my Dell desk top died on me! So I called >> my computer guy, who in turn came and took a look; he said, sure enough, >> that the CD-DVD Burner drive had died, but that he could get me a new one in >> a few days! Unfortunately, the Coronavirus screwed everything up (still >> have not heard from the computer guy) in the meantime, I was told that >> Amazon had USB CD-DVD drives that would do the same thing! So with the help >> of a good friend of mine, I found one on Amazon (is a Dell, but don't >> remember the model number) is supposed to be able to play CDs, burn CDs and >> rip.the whole thing! I got the new CD-DVD drive a couple of days ago; this >> afternoon, a friend of mine who helps take care of my yard came by to cut >> the grass; he had this CD that he wanted me to listen to! So I decided I'd >> put this new drive through its paces and see what it'd do; I put the CD into >> the drive and.Winamp did come up and the CD started to play! So here's >> where the "fun" begins: I decided I'd rip it to my computer! I brought up >> Cdex, expecting to see the tracks to be ripped and.nothing! Zero! What am >> I supposed to do to make Cdex understand that I want to rip this CD? Am I >> forgetting something? As best as I remember, when I used to rip CDs with >> the original drive that was in the computer, I could just pop that bad boy >> in there, bring up Cdex and it was ready to rock and roll; not so with this >> new CD-DVD drive! Did I buy the wrong thing? I was surely thinking that >> this little USB Drive would do what I needed; it said that it would burn and >> rip! So what am I missing here? If someone can give me instruction here, >> I'd sure appreciate it! >> >> Tom Kaufman >> >> >> >> -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3256): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3256 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/74259016/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
