help a new mp3 player owner please...

artieanna

I recently bought a packard bell audiomove 256MB mp3 player and the instructions are pure useless...i usually play around with new stuff till i sus it out but this is a joke... and i have really dumb questions for anyone using mp3s but...
what do i need to do to get music on it from cds... and how.. do i use a ripper or a burner then what do i drag the files from there to the mp3 or do i need to use media player some way.. i have messed and tried with ZERO success.. mp3 is on my drive with the software... just not takin files for me. when converted to wav or mp3 files do i need to compress them. ffs im totally confused with this HELP!!!!

leche solara

You need to convert your CD files to MP3. Something like cdex will do the job. Download Cdex and when you put in your CD CDex will give you offer to convert to MP3. This compresses the files to about one tenth of what they were. When they are converted you copy them to whatever drive your MP3 player is showing as.

muckwarrior

artieanna wrote:

when converted to wav or mp3 files do i need to compress them.

Wav yes, mp3 no. Mp3 is already a compressed format so once you've got your tracks in mp3 format it should just be a matter of copy and pasting them to your mp3 player. To rip them from a cd to mp3 use winamp or something similar. Windows media player doesn't have an mp3 encoder built in (at least not when I checked last, which is a long time admitedly).

Karoma

cdex or xilisoft ripper (some people find xilisoft easier to use)
^ pop in Cd ..
( It's best that you're connected to the Internet at the time (CDDB = automatic naming of most albums) )
Select all (if not already selected)
Click on the button on the side - "extract tracks to COMPRESSED audio"
(C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\MP3\ is the default directory to save to - but you can change the compression rate & location in Settings-options in cdex)

(MP3 is compressed WAV..so no. The process: CD-> WAV -> MP3 -> copy to MP3 player)

Point me in the direction / upload a copy of the manual and I'll have a look if needed)

artieanna

really appreciate your replies will have a go and will post again in day or so of my sucess (hopefully) or failure (bloody well hope not)
thanx alot
artieanna

Bard

muckwarrior wrote:

Windows media player doesn't have an mp3 encoder built in (at least not when I checked last, which is a long time admitedly).

I thought version 10 did... ?

c - 13

Bard wrote:

I thought version 10 did... ?

It does - select "Rip" in the tabs at the top of the player

Crucifix

Isn't that WMA though?

c - 13

I think that you can set it to WMA too - It definatly does mp3 though because I do all my music with it.

Bard

Crucifix wrote:

Isn't that WMA though?

In version 10 you have a choice of formats.

Tools>Options>

Rip Music [Tab] > Format drop-down list

Gives you:

Windows Media Audio
Windows Media Audio (variable bit rate)
Windows Media Audio (Lossless)
mp3

muckwarrior

Like I said, tis a long time since i checked. Tis quite possible/probable that wmp10 supports mp3.

artieanna

Thanks a million guys for the help was sucessful and my mp3 is working like a dream. jeez i was beginning to think i had bought a dud.... yes media player version 10 does support mp3
one again thanks
artieanna