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unable to rip cd's in wmp 12 after win 7 install

Oct 31, 2009 5:18AM PDT

Is there anyone else out there having the same problem? please help.

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I'm having the same problem - can't rip using WMP 12 on Win7
Nov 10, 2009 3:45AM PST

I don't even see an option to rip Audio CD's using WMP 12 on Win 7 (Ultimate, in-place upgrade from Vista Ultimate)

I also don't see an option under AutoPlay settings to use WMP 12 to rip when a CD is inserted. It's not even grayed out, it's just not there as an option under Audio CD's AutoPlay settings. However I do see an option to use Zune for Ripping.

I wonder if uninstalling Zune might fix this problem? (I sync my Zune anyway using a different machine running Vista.)

This is only my 4th day or so after doing the in-place upgrade to Win 7.

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WMP 12 Automatic rip settings
Nov 10, 2009 4:04AM PST

Well I did at least find the setting that tells WMP 12 to automatically rip when a CD is inserted. It's under Tools - Options - Rip Music. (Press Ctrl-M while in WMP 12 to bring up the menu bar if it's not already there) I put a check in the box next to "Rip CD automatically" and at least now when I put in a CD in it rips. (I opted for Windows Media Audio Lossless for the format in the drop down dialogue above this.)

However I still don't see a tab in WMP for ripping but I do see an indication in the Organize Bar that it is ripping. Maybe when the ripping is finished I will see an option to rip in WMP 12's Organize Bar instead of as a tab like in the older WMP 11.

I also notice that there still isn't an AutoPlay setting option to have WMP12 automatically rip Audio CDs. Maybe this will correct itself with a restart. (I can't restart until much later this evening because I'm in the middle of a full system backup to Windows Home Server and don't want to interrupt it.)

I'll post later if any of the options change after a restart.

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Ripping
Dec 20, 2009 3:43AM PST

Yes, you can automatically rip all tracks when inserting a CD, but that's not very convenient. That's the typical Windows one-step forward and two-steps back.

In the Now Playing format there is an option to rip (upper right-hand corner), but again, this rips every track, gives no options, doesn't show progress, and doesn't state where they're being ripped to (you have to have set that previously).

Feels like we're back in 1985.