Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Copying CD's/Ipod Help Required

[Nattyboy]

Lets say..hyperthetically..erm..that friend wanted to copy some CD's (the stoopid ones with copy control) onto his PC so he could put them on his Ipod...is there a way round this ?? My mates got a works PC so has to be careful about what he downloads, and hes a bit of a numpty with pooters!

Help/advice appreciated...he's just gone to put some new CD's on his Ipod for his holidays tommorrow and having a nightmare.

I will endeavour to pass any information onto the appropriate person of course..ahem..

Nat

[sonic]

Not sure about the IPOD ITunes software, but if you simply put the CD in and load up the standard Windows Media Player, there is the facility to 'copy from CD'. Select that, copy the CD (gets put into a specific directory thats chosen in the options menu, or usually just get put in 'My Documents') and you have it on your hard drive.
Next is to load up the Itunes software and simply copy the new files over to the Ipod. There may be a facility to 'copy from CD' there but havent used it yet. Good luck!

[Nattyboy]

Thanks Sonic..how do I find windows media player (Ive got XP)..sorry if im sounding thick..!!

Nat

[sonic]

No probs, its the standard media player that comes with the XP package. Go to your start button (bottom left), 'All Programs' and it should be in that list. if all else fails, put in a CD and a box will appear asking you what you want to do with the disc, one of the options will be 'play using media player'. Select that and the program will open.
once open (if youve got the latest version) there will be a tab at the top saying 'Rip'. Or if youve got an older version it will be on the left saying 'copy audio from CD'. Your basically copying from the CD to your harddrive. Completely legal stuff as you can make as many copies of CDs you want as long as you own the original. therefore you can use the help files in media player if you get stuck as well.
Once youve copied them you can use Itunes to put them on your Ipod. Tell me how far you get and Ill help you along

[Guido]

Nat if you (sorry your mate) has ITunes (i.e. it comes with the iPod in the box) you simply stick you Cd in your drive and iTunes starts up automatically. In the top RH corner is an 'import' button. If you click this iTunes starts reading the CD into you 'archive'. Once read the songs can then be uploaded to your iPod though the USB lead (also supplied in the iPod box)

HTH.

Gc

[Rob B]

Nat,

If you're still struggling, give me a call. I've just tried your mobile, and funniely enough, it says you're on holiday.

Rgds, Rob

[sonic]

wahey, what Guido said, so you must have the ability to import using the Ipod software, should be straightforward after that.

[Nattyboy]

Thanks guys...just got back. Fantastic break in Mallorca apart from;

a) Outgoing flight cancelled and 14 hour delay for new plane/airline on way out (with 2 kids under the age of 4 thats not really an option - especially when id hyped my son up for his first meaningful plane flight !)

b) Been run off the road on arrival and bending the rim, exploding the tyre on my hire clio. Roads around north mallorca are shockingly narrow and badly maintained in te remote areas.

c) Not being able to get wheel of above (heat/sand just seemed to have welded the wheel to the hub!!)

d) 18 month old daughter pushing over two pool lights round the villa causing them to shatter everywhere - thought id cleaned it all up until I got a big spear shaped bit of glass embedded in my foot !

e) Son falling off wall short boundary wall and landing feet first into a cluster of cacti - spend 20 minutes picking the spines out of his heel/foot with him screaming in my ear ! Luckily I had my swiss army card and some precision tweezers to do it (if you havent got a swiss army card then get one - most useful thing youll ever own !!)

e) Litre bottle of bacardi imploding in my suit case - before we even checked the bags in on the way back !!)

f) Return flight cancelled and another delay while we were found another airline (Air Finland !??). Note to ones self; NEVER use excel airways again

Using Sonics method managed 1 album but the others are still a non starter due to teh copy protection...Rob..ill bell you when ive ploughed through my 396 work e-mails ..

Back to reality

Cheers
Nat

[antonye]

Copy protection on CD does my head in - for exactly this reason.

Far too many issues to discuss here, but if I got a CD which I couldn't rip to my MP3 player I'd take it back to the shop for a refund.

[Nattyboy]

I agree ant..but I tend to buy my CD's from CD Wow (based in Hong Kong).so returns would be a pain in the arse.

Nat