TSGL: I am starting to rip

[edLynn]

Tilman -

Thanks.

ED
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: I am starting to rip


> Hi ED,
>
> unfortunately I have no experience with what you are trying to do, so the
> following may not help much ;-/
>
> I would /1 try to find out whether WMP is actually ready + set to write a
> file, and/or /2 try to find any such file on the PC:
>
> - you said  "put the MP3 in both the Library and the new My Music folder".
> Does it mean you 'ripped' a record disc, and SAVED the new mp3 away to the
> places you mentioned? I'm not sure whether the library does actually hold
> files, and not just references to files on your machine?
>
> - if you aren't sure whether there IS any file on your disc as a result of
> the process: You could try to SEARCH for new files. Unfortunately I think
> Explorer can only show files written during the last day. My file manager
> lets me find files that were written during the last minute or such. You
> could anyway try to find ANY files written since yesterday in an area on
> your PC that might make sense, using explorer. Search for any files, 
> hidden
> etc. Alternatively you could get an different filemanager that allows more
> distinct searches. http://www.ghisler.com/ is what I use. It's shareware 
> and
> I did pay mine, but it may be tried forever with a decent nag screen only 
> at
> startup.
>
> Good luck
> Tilman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: edLynn
>  To: TechSupportGuys
>  Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 11:36 PM
>  Subject: TSGL: I am starting to rip
>
>
>  Hi-
>
>  I decided to replenish MY Music by ripping my collection, and I ran into 
> a
>  problem immediately.
>
>  I'm using XPPro, SP2, and windows Media Player 11,
>
>  I dutifully configured the 'player's to RIP to MP3, and put the MP3 in
> both
>  the Library and the new My Music folder, with the correct address.
>
>  Results: Nothing showed up in either place, and Search for "*.MP3" came 
> up
>  with NO Results Found. I did the whole thing over with the same answers.
>
>  Using Control Panel, I reverted to WMP10, but the same no results
> anywhere.
>
>  I reinstalled #11 directly from the Microsoft #1 site, and tried again.
> NG!
>
>  I did a virus scan with my up-to-date Panda, and spyware scans with
> AdAware,
>  Spybot, and MS Defender running. I was clean except for the  usual few
>  tracking cookies which I eliminated.
>
>  Am I the victim of a music plot, or what? I never used to have a WMP
>  problem, and with the fresh one in place, I am beginning to believe in 
> the
>  spirit world. Help before it's too la-a-ate.
>
>  ED
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