LAZ: Pardon my ignorance, but can you (or someone) tell me how I "point Cdex" to my external CD-DVD drive? Thanks, Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laz Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 6:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive I believe the problem is that you need to point CDEx to the external CD drive as you're no longer using the internal CD drive. Laz On 5/16/20, Tom Kaufman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: [email protected] Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3258): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3258 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
