Unable to rip CD second time

[Jo6Pak]

i created a CD from an old mix tape and ripped it to a 192/mp3 via win7 ultimate and media player. wanted to rip a second time and media player wouldn't allow it. RIP is greyed out now and status = 'ripped to library'. Huh? this is NOT a commercial CD. i checked the rip settings and protection is not selected. how can i overcome this restriction? tried changing the destination path and file name/details, but still no-go. makes no sense, please help...

THANKS!

 

[madtownidiot]

deleting the contents of this file:C:\Users\[USERNAME HERE]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player\Transcoded Files Cache and deleting the files: C:\Users\[USERNAME HERE]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player\CurrentDatabase*.wmdb & localmls.wmdb clears most data from WMP12, and should allow you to rip the CD again without losing your music files, although WMP will have to rebuild your media library.. you'll have to restart your computer first, and enable "show hidden files" to get there

 

[Jo6Pak]

thanks man, but what is up with that? will this happen every time i want to re-rip a cd or is this instance just a one-off? how can this be prevented?

also, i don't keep music in 'libraries', as such. i created folders on another partition and keep them there. i DO rip to the desktop, however, which apparently IS a library and then move them elsewhere. how will the rebuilding of the library affect these files in their current locations (on the other partition)?

THANK YOU!

add'l info: i am the admin and it is the only acct on the machine.

 

[madtownidiot]

What I would recommend is not using WMP to rip CDs, because it's limited to wma and mp3 format.. I know there are better CD ripping and conversion programs for windows but I usually use Linux for editing or converting media, and I'm not sure which Windows apps to recommend..

If you use a 3rd party app to rip CDs to a lossless format like wav, ogg or flac, you can make as many versions as you want (such as a high quality 320KB/s mp3 version for playing in your car stereo and a low quality 96KB/s aac version for an IPOD) by copying the reference files to a different folder and converting them to whichever format you need, depending on the device you want to use, without losing any of the original CD quality sound from the reference files.. I have 4000+ CDs stored in wav format on a media server at home.. in .wav format its 3.6 TB, same music in mp3 on my laptop at work, 200 GB.

 

[Jo6Pak]

ordinarily i wouldn't use wmp, but it has been working well (thus far) for this particular project (archiving some old taped material). i don't need high quality and have been ripping these at a 192 rate. the original material is on magnetic tape (cassette), so they weren't high quality to begin with. stupid libraries...

 

[madtownidiot]

In that case you don't really need WMP.. I know there are better cd rip tools out there.. however the free ones are usually a neutered "trial" version of some "full" or "pro" version that is nothing more a $29.99 windows skin on something like Grip+Gnac, which are opensource (free) but only work in linux.

 

[Jo6Pak]

i know and i do have other programs i can use (on another machine), but now this has come down to me or windows and i hate being dominated my inanimate object...

 

[madtownidiot]

I hear that.. that's why I went into business for myself ..I no longer have to listen to some overeducated dimwit who thinks their fancy college degree makes them smarter than everyone else telling me I have to use this program for that problem, when I can usually think of a half a dozen ways to get the same thing done in less time

 

[Lee]

"iTunes."

 

[madtownidiot]

"iTunes."

That's even worse than WMP.. The current version of iTunes causes some windows 7 systems to crash and only rips to a version of the mp4/aac format that only works in iTunes and a very limited set of linux apps

 

[Lee]

I am using iTunes 8.2 and have been since Public Beta (1/1/2009) without a crash or problem. You can download older versions of iTunes by doing a google/bing search for old iTunes. iTunes 8.2 has been running for a year now without any problems. I do not care for the latest verison of iTunes, and it is not that they are buggy just to big.

If you have a copy of 7zip you can open the iTunes installer and remove/use only those applications you want to install; will look to see if I still have the tutorial for doing just that.

Here is a copy of the applications in the iTunes installer:

AppleAApplicationSupport
AppleMobileDeviceSupport64 (for 64 bit OSs)
AppleSoftwareUpdate
Bonjour64 (for 64 bit OSs)
iTunes64 (for 64 bit OSs)
QuickTime
SetupAdmin

You can pick and choose what you want to install without including all the applications listed.

Here is a link on how to install iTunes without all the crap.

 

[madtownidiot]

I am using iTunes 8.2 and have been since Public Beta (1/1/2009) without a crash or problem. You can download older versions of iTunes by doing a google/bing search for old iTunes. iTunes 8.2 has been running for a year now without any problems. I do not care for the latest verison of iTunes, and it is not that they are buggy just to big.

If you have a copy of 7zip you can open the iTunes installer and remove/use only those applications you want to install; will look to see if I still have the tutorial for doing just that.

that would be good to know, I use GTKpod to sync my iPod but my kids all use iTunes on their computers, which causes all sorts of problems

 

[Lee]

I edited my post with a link to the site for trimming down iTunes. See above.

 

[madtownidiot]

Already figured it out.. very good to know that can be done
thx

edit: reinstalled on my kids' computers using just the needed packages... BIG difference in performance vs running itunes with the bloat simply disabled
View attachment 102624

 

[SledgeDG]

No offense, but iTunes would be the last one I'd mention

Check out CDex small, fast flexible reliable and of course free check out the features HERE
If it's about replacing WMP as well I would have to suggest Media Monkey

-DG

 

[madtownidiot]

Actually, I tried only installing itunes 10, apple application support and quicktime, using the method lee suggested and it works nearly as well as using gtkpod to sync an ipod (64 minutes to add 120 GB of music to a 160GB ipod vs 56 min to do the same set of songs in gtkpod in linux, using the same computer connected to the same network drive) itunes 10 installed with the full set of bloat takes more than 2 hours to complete the same task.. probably because itunes installed minus the unnecessary packages doesn't get to phone home to check every song you're trying to put on your ipod..
As far as the OPs issue, I'm at a loss regarding suggestions for a good cd ripping app that isn't trialware or some neutered free version of a 29.99 app you can get for free in linux

 

[Jo6Pak]

No offense, but iTunes would be the last one I'd mention

Check out CDex small, fast flexible reliable and of course free check out the features HERE
If it's about replacing WMP as well I would have to suggest Media Monkey

-DG

i used that several years ago, then forgot about it. might try it again. checked the link you provided, but didn't see win7 on the sys reqs list. anything i should be aware of? is the lame encoder included in the package? THANKS!

 

[SledgeDG]

You're talking about CDex, right? of course the lame is part of the deal
Download for Windows NT series (7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, NT) and Windows 9x series (ME, 98, 95)

• Lame MP3 encoder
• Internal MP2 encoder
• APE lossles audio format
• Ogg Vorbis encoder
• The Windows MP3 encoder (Fraunhofer MP3 encoder)
• NTT VQF encoder
• FAAC encoder
• Windows WMA8 encoder

If you were talking about MM...there are no problems with W7 I'm aware of

@madtownidiot: MediaMonkey is probably the closest you could get to Amarok in the Windows world

-DG

 

[Lee]

The only problem with Media Monkey is if you don't buy the full version the burn and rip are crippled.

 

[madtownidiot]

lol... exactly why I had no comment to that suggestion