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    Posted: November 10 2005 at 16:11
I wish I could unintall WMP. I haven't used it once
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Yes, MP3 ripping is standard with Microsoft WMP 10.

If any of you don't fancy installing WMP 10 then there are a number of freeware and shareware alternatives (e.g. type free MP3 ripper into your favourite search engine). A friend of mine prefers to use RealPlayer, and the couple of times I've used it myself it seems fine. But I'm happy enough to stick with WMP 10.

The MP3 standard does not support gapless playback by nature (unless you rip an album as one long single MP3 file) but apparently the LAME MP3 encoder enables MP3 files to be ripped so that firmware in some models of players can remove the gaps: for example, see the following thread for information on how the open source Rockbox firmware plus LAME encoder can be used to create gapless playback of MP3 files on iRiver H1xx players:

http://www.misticriver.net/showthread.php?t=31543&highli ght=gapless

Oh, and by the way, unlike MP3, the Ogg Vorbis standard does support gapless tracks inherently.

 
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Here's some info on WMP10

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MP3 support. One of the big complaints in Media Player for Windows XP (MPXP) and Windows Media Player 9 Series was that Microsoft seemed to be pushing their own Windows Media formats over existing rival formats that had already penetrated the market. The big example here is MP3: Microsoft has always allowed users to play back songs encoded in this format but never offered a way for users to rip music in MP3 out of the box; instead you would have to purchase a $9.99 plug-in, from one of a few partners, which added this capability. Meanwhile, every other music player on the planet supports this functionality out of the box

Well, in WMP 10 the wait is finally over, though it has sort of a anticlimactic ring to it: You can now rip music to MP3 format from WMP 10 directly, without needing an add-on (Figure). There's just one problem: Microsoft's MP3 encoder only supports 128, 192, 256, and 320 Kbps MP3 ripping. Because I prefer to rip songs to 160 Kbps MP3 format, I still need to install a third party MP3 encoder. Hey, it's better than nothing, and it's certainly better than the crippled MP3 ripping in RealPlayer 10.5 Plus.

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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 17:59
Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:

Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:


Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:

who buys software anyway?


Good question. It's easier to just download it for free



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Well at least I surely hope that you haven't bought any Microsoft software ..

I only use one piece of Microsoft software, and that's Windows XP (inc. system tools and suchlike, but no more). Unfortunately they make it impossible to install either WMP or IE, so I still have those wasting space. And by impossible I mean difficult but possible, but I gave up in the end. An example of a particularly annoying part: if you delete any of the files, they reappear again
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This is MP10
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i've always stuck with mp9, where you can get the free nero burner (so that you fon't have gaps in your cdrs) here:

http://www.nero.com/en/wmp-plugin.php

don't know if they ever got around to doing one for mp10...
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Oh,actually nope!
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:

Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:

who buys software anyway?

Good question. It's easier to just download it for free

A.K.A "Theft"

Well at least I surely hope that you haven't bought any Microsoft software ..
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 16:12
Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

I have had conversation with Customer Services at Nero and they suggest I follow this link to get a free Lame MP3 Encoder:


<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLinkwindow,event,this" href="http://www.nero.com/us/How_do_I_register_fro_free_Powe rPack_Lame_Encoder.html"> http://www.nero.com/us/How_do<WBR>_I_register_fro_free_Po werPack<WBR>_Lame_Encoder.html </A>


This is all too cloak and dagger.Just give us the encoder you fools!


 

They can't, legally.
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Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:

Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:

who buys software anyway?

Good question. It's easier to just download it for free

A.K.A "Theft"
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Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:

who buys software anyway?

Good question. It's easier to just download it for free

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I have had conversation with Customer Services at Nero and they suggest I follow this link to get a free Lame MP3 Encoder:

http://www.nero.com/us/How_do_I_register_fro_free_PowerPack_Lame_Encoder.html

This is all too cloak and dagger.Just give us the encoder you fools!



 
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Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

I haven't installed Windows Media Player on this computer (well, it's here because Windows decide that I need it , but I haven't run the wizard), but on the last computer there was no MP3 option, only WMA. Are you sure the MP3 encoders didn't come with the computer you bought? Perhaps Microsoft added it since the last time my family bought a computer.

I think I d/l it from Microsoft's own site.My computer is 3 1/2 yrs old and I'm sure that WMP9 had Mp3 but WMp10,which I upgraded to didnt.

 
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Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

I haven't installed Windows Media Player on this computer (well, it's here because Windows decide that I need it , but I haven't run the wizard), but on the last computer there was no MP3 option, only WMA. Are you sure the MP3 encoders didn't come with the computer you bought? Perhaps Microsoft added it since the last time my family bought a computer.

No I have very old PC. Previous versions of WMP didn't have MP3, you had to buy it extra. Like Tony I have the function now. I don't know how, maybe I downloaded a crack. I don't think so though. What version you got?
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who buys software anyway?
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If you can extract the audio on your computer in any format, there are a hundred options to convert it to MP3, anyway
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I haven't installed Windows Media Player on this computer (well, it's here because Windows decide that I need it , but I haven't run the wizard), but on the last computer there was no MP3 option, only WMA. Are you sure the MP3 encoders didn't come with the computer you bought? Perhaps Microsoft added it since the last time my family bought a computer.
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^ Yeah,mines like that too!
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Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

And where do Microsoft provide MP3 compression free?

well I have one-cant remember where I got it but it was quite recently...

see

 
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 20 2005 at 12:31
Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Why?

Nero 7 is Ahead's new flagship product-it has enhanced features for authoring DVDs,making CDs etc. It is a great product.

So why am I telling you not to buy it?

If you wish to convert your files to MP3 you have to buy a plug in for US$20 !!!Angry

Historically,this facility was available free in all previous versions of Nero (you only had to pay for the MP3 Pro encoder).Now they expect you to pay for something that even Microsoft provides free!!

Dont touch it with a bargepole!

 

Not true Tony, previous  versions you also had to pay, but they gave you a limited free ammount to convert. I should know.....mine ran out!

Anyway, its possible to download a hack for this!Evil Smile
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