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Can only RIP CDs in Win Media Player

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by juomini

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Since I upgraded from Win ME to XP Home on my personal machine, I can only RIP CDs in Windows Media Player. I used to use RealOne and RealJukebox. I've tried several programs and they all act like there is no CD in the drive. Yet I can see the CDs in Explorer and when I double click on them RealOne is launched. And WMP sees the CD files just fine and records them. I'd be OK with this, but the song database that Microsft uses is not as complete as CDDB and is full of erros. And don't get me started on the "qualities" of WMP. I've written to Real's tech support, but they haven't had anything useful to say so far. Has anyone seen anything like this? I try not to be paranoid, but it suspicious that the only programme I can use to record from CDs is MS's own. Thanks, JiM

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by thechas

The built-in CD recorder in XP is a stripped down version of Adaptec / Roxio EasyCD Creator.

As such, it is very limited, and likely doesn't support the plug-ins for the Real software.

I would upgrade to the XP compatable version of the comercial CD-Burning software you were using before.
If you go with EasyCD Creator 5, download the 3 updates from Roxio's web site, and follow the instructions to the letter, or you will have problems.

For Nero, and other software, you may need to disable XP's built-in software. There should be a how-to on the web site for the software.

Chas

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