PaultheITGuy
Technical User
Hello Everyone,
Any ideas on this?
I am using Windows Media Player 11 to rip my entire record collection as I find it to be quick and error free. I have done several hundred albums with about few hundred to go.
Here is how I was doing things until the error:
Putting the CD in and WMP gets the track info from CDDB (unless it is a rare album and I type the details in - either way the end result is the same). The I make a few amendments so my library is consistent (i.e. correcting spelling mistakes, capitalisation, genre, year etc). The I click 'Rip' and the tracks are created with ID3 tags fully complete and some hidden jpg files in the folder containing the album art.
I sat down at my machine today with a few hours to spare and thought I would put a movie on in the background and spend the time ripping some more CDs. But I have discovered the following.
WMP still gets the album info and art, and in the 'Rip' view all the correct data is displayed including the album art. However, once ripped none of this data is embedded into the file which forces WMP to file it under "Unknown Album" by "Unknown Artist". All the tracks have not title except for "Unknown" and there are no track numbers. In "View Details" mode in Windows Explorer not only are all these details missing but it suggestes the files have a Bit Rate of either "0" or the Bit Rate field shows as blank. It should be 192kbps.
The files seem to play fine and the quality is good, so I don't know what is going on.
System is:
XP Pro SP3
2..49 Ghz Dual Core
2GB Ram
Dell Optiplex 360
I have seen other site suggesting loss of connection to CDDB during the rip is the cause, but internet is working fine throughout the problem.
Nothing has changed on my machine since it worked - no Windows Updates or WMP11 Updates.
Any help would be most appreciated.
And "Use a different CD ripper" is not a viable option for me - my machine's install rights are locked by the IT administrator so it it the only ripper I have.
Any ideas on this?
I am using Windows Media Player 11 to rip my entire record collection as I find it to be quick and error free. I have done several hundred albums with about few hundred to go.
Here is how I was doing things until the error:
Putting the CD in and WMP gets the track info from CDDB (unless it is a rare album and I type the details in - either way the end result is the same). The I make a few amendments so my library is consistent (i.e. correcting spelling mistakes, capitalisation, genre, year etc). The I click 'Rip' and the tracks are created with ID3 tags fully complete and some hidden jpg files in the folder containing the album art.
I sat down at my machine today with a few hours to spare and thought I would put a movie on in the background and spend the time ripping some more CDs. But I have discovered the following.
WMP still gets the album info and art, and in the 'Rip' view all the correct data is displayed including the album art. However, once ripped none of this data is embedded into the file which forces WMP to file it under "Unknown Album" by "Unknown Artist". All the tracks have not title except for "Unknown" and there are no track numbers. In "View Details" mode in Windows Explorer not only are all these details missing but it suggestes the files have a Bit Rate of either "0" or the Bit Rate field shows as blank. It should be 192kbps.
The files seem to play fine and the quality is good, so I don't know what is going on.
System is:
XP Pro SP3
2..49 Ghz Dual Core
2GB Ram
Dell Optiplex 360
I have seen other site suggesting loss of connection to CDDB during the rip is the cause, but internet is working fine throughout the problem.
Nothing has changed on my machine since it worked - no Windows Updates or WMP11 Updates.
Any help would be most appreciated.
And "Use a different CD ripper" is not a viable option for me - my machine's install rights are locked by the IT administrator so it it the only ripper I have.