how to copy AUDIO media

OK. I downloaded windows media player when I was instructed
to upgrade. (something I rarely do)

I have used "Create CD" in the past... whatever "create cd"
is and it copied music cds very well. Tonight I tried to
copy a CD, but apparently not all the tracks recorded
according to the error message. This cd is a music/talk
audio if that matters.

Problem: Create CD didn't copy ALL of the tracks off my
original CD, so I switched to the windows media player
(newest build).... or rather, my computer switched me.

I don't know WTH I'm doing! This is CD-R, so what I'm
asking is HOW do I copy just the track that didn't make it
onto the CD and put it at the end, where it belongs????

HALP!

Media Player launched because once the copy operation was finished, Autoplay
kicked in. It has nothing to do with the copy failure. Seems to me that your
Copy program failed to detect the last song on the original CD. Or, possibly, it
just failed to write it correctly. You can try doing the copy operation again,
from the beginning, but I have my doubts it will work unless you try a different
Copy program altogether, or review the Help literature to see about doing the
copy in a more manual way.

No, you can't probably add anything to the CD, now. Once the Copy program
figures the job is done, it closes/finalizes the CD and it's now no longer
capable of accepting more cuts.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"sf" wrote in message
...

OK. I downloaded windows media player when I was instructed
to upgrade. (something I rarely do)

I have used "Create CD" in the past... whatever "create cd"
is and it copied music cds very well. Tonight I tried to
copy a CD, but apparently not all the tracks recorded
according to the error message. This cd is a music/talk
audio if that matters.

Problem: Create CD didn't copy ALL of the tracks off my
original CD, so I switched to the windows media player
(newest build).... or rather, my computer switched me.

I don't know WTH I'm doing! This is CD-R, so what I'm
asking is HOW do I copy just the track that didn't make it
onto the CD and put it at the end, where it belongs????

HALP!

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:25:46 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote:

Media Player launched because once the copy operation was finished, Autoplay
kicked in. It has nothing to do with the copy failure. Seems to me that your
Copy program failed to detect the last song on the original CD. Or, possibly, it
just failed to write it correctly. You can try doing the copy operation again,
from the beginning, but I have my doubts it will work unless you try a different
Copy program altogether, or review the Help literature to see about doing the
copy in a more manual way.

No, you can't probably add anything to the CD, now. Once the Copy program
figures the job is done, it closes/finalizes the CD and it's now no longer
capable of accepting more cuts.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

Thanks for the info, Gary. I know NOTHING about these
things. Do you have a program recommendation (preferably
free)?

This one is called "Easy CD Creator 4". I have no idea how
it appeared on my computer. It was probably the default
program for my CD-R, but I don't know for sure. My kids
decided to copy some music cds for the car and voila it was
there.

No, sf, I can't say as I do have any recommendations in his department. I
usually use Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum, just because I have a copy. "Copy"
has always worked fine for me--*except* when there was too much already
happening on the system, not enough free resources, memory, etc., or,
especially, the surfaces of either disk, origin or destination, were messed up.
I suggest that since it copied all but the last song, and properly finished the
job otherwise, the problem in this particular case is with the last track on the
originating CD.

Like I said, try making an entirely new copy. If you buy CD blanks the way you
should, in bulk, they cost pennies. Once you start burning CDs on a regular
basis, you'll find yourself getting used to the occasional coaster. Just make
sure you're wearing glasses before taking out your frustrations on these
worthless bits of plastic. I'm still nursing a deeply scratched eye after being
hit by flying, broken plastic last week. (No, not a CD--an old phone jack that
was refusing to allow itself to be removed from a wall in my "new" house. So, I
took a big hammer to it. While I succeeded in removing it from the wall, it cost
me two days and a couple hundred dollars.)

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"sf" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:25:46 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote:

Media Player launched because once the copy operation was finished,
Autoplay
kicked in. It has nothing to do with the copy failure. Seems to me that
your
Copy program failed to detect the last song on the original CD. Or,
possibly, it
just failed to write it correctly. You can try doing the copy operation
again,
from the beginning, but I have my doubts it will work unless you try a
different
Copy program altogether, or review the Help literature to see about doing
the
copy in a more manual way.

No, you can't probably add anything to the CD, now. Once the Copy program
figures the job is done, it closes/finalizes the CD and it's now no longer
capable of accepting more cuts.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

Thanks for the info, Gary. I know NOTHING about these
things. Do you have a program recommendation (preferably
free)?

This one is called "Easy CD Creator 4". I have no idea how
it appeared on my computer. It was probably the default
program for my CD-R, but I don't know for sure. My kids
decided to copy some music cds for the car and voila it was
there.

Wow, that eye cut sounds kinda bad, Gary. I presume it didn't go all the
way thru the cornea? What is the detailed prognosis (if you don't mind
sharing - I'm kinda into some of this stuff)? Will it totally heal, with
negligible scaring?

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

Like I said, try making an entirely new copy. If you buy CD blanks the way
you
should, in bulk, they cost pennies. Once you start burning CDs on a
regular
basis, you'll find yourself getting used to the occasional coaster. Just
make
sure you're wearing glasses before taking out your frustrations on these
worthless bits of plastic. I'm still nursing a deeply scratched eye after
being hit by flying, broken plastic last week. (No, not a CD--an old phone
jack that was refusing to allow itself to be removed from a wall in my
"new"
house. So, I took a big hammer to it. While I succeeded in removing it
from
the wall, it cost me two days and a couple hundred dollars.)

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:22:19 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote:

I'm still nursing a deeply scratched eye after being
hit by flying, broken plastic last week. (No, not a CD--an old phone jack that
was refusing to allow itself to be removed from a wall in my "new" house. So, I
took a big hammer to it. While I succeeded in removing it from the wall, it cost
me two days and a couple hundred dollars.)

OUCH! Hope you have a quick recovery... eye injuries are
not a laugh matter.

sf

Doc says it was a nice, straight, clean cut, which is amazing considering the
jaggedness of the pieces I collected afterwards. And no, it didn't get all the
way through the cornea, even though is was fairly deep. Didn't bleed, either.
Dowsed it with some strong antibacterial drops for a couple of days, and have
been using artificial tears several times a day since (this happened last
Thursday.) Still hurts if I press on the eyelid, and gets irritable as the day
wears on, plus I seem more sensitive to bright light. Otherwise, it will
apparently heal completely with no aftereffects. Of course, if I could avoid
computer work, dust and debris from ongoing demolitions, and strong fumes from
various caulking, sealers and paint, it would probably heal more quickly--but
those are the things I'm doing these days, and there's no way out of them, s.

Oh, and I was mistaken about the cost. Only $46 when I went in to pay the bill
today, prompting an exclamation from me that it was by far the least I or any of
my family had ever spent in that office!

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
Wow, that eye cut sounds kinda bad, Gary. I presume it didn't go all the
way thru the cornea? What is the detailed prognosis (if you don't mind
sharing - I'm kinda into some of this stuff)? Will it totally heal, with
negligible scaring?

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

Like I said, try making an entirely new copy. If you buy CD blanks the way
you
should, in bulk, they cost pennies. Once you start burning CDs on a
regular
basis, you'll find yourself getting used to the occasional coaster. Just
make
sure you're wearing glasses before taking out your frustrations on these
worthless bits of plastic. I'm still nursing a deeply scratched eye after
being hit by flying, broken plastic last week. (No, not a CD--an old phone
jack that was refusing to allow itself to be removed from a wall in my
"new"
house. So, I took a big hammer to it. While I succeeded in removing it
from
the wall, it cost me two days and a couple hundred dollars.)

OK, well that sounds encouraging, Gary. Too bad you can't give it a good
rest so it would have an easier and quicker time healing. You'd better
watch it with all those fumes, et al - I hope you're not taking too many
chances. I figured you might be using some artificial tears. Also
expected you might be taking some pain meds too. I think there was no
bleeding since the cornea doesn't have many blood vessels in it, as I
recall. (It can't, as it has to be transparent). The eye really is a
pretty amazing instrument.

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Doc says it was a nice, straight, clean cut, which is amazing considering
the
jaggedness of the pieces I collected afterwards. And no, it didn't get all
the
way through the cornea, even though is was fairly deep. Didn't bleed,
either.
Dowsed it with some strong antibacterial drops for a couple of days, and
have
been using artificial tears several times a day since (this happened last
Thursday.) Still hurts if I press on the eyelid, and gets irritable as the
day
wears on, plus I seem more sensitive to bright light. Otherwise, it will
apparently heal completely with no aftereffects. Of course, if I could
avoid
computer work, dust and debris from ongoing demolitions, and strong fumes
from
various caulking, sealers and paint, it would probably heal more
quickly--but
those are the things I'm doing these days, and there's no way out of them,
s.

Oh, and I was mistaken about the cost. Only $46 when I went in to pay the
bill
today, prompting an exclamation from me that it was by far the least I or
any
of my family had ever spent in that office!

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
Wow, that eye cut sounds kinda bad, Gary. I presume it didn't go all
the
way thru the cornea? What is the detailed prognosis (if you don't mind
sharing - I'm kinda into some of this stuff)? Will it totally heal,
with
negligible scaring?

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

Like I said, try making an entirely new copy. If you buy CD blanks the
way
you should, in bulk, they cost pennies. Once you start burning CDs on a
regular
basis, you'll find yourself getting used to the occasional coaster. Just
make sure you're wearing glasses before taking out your frustrations on
these worthless bits of plastic. I'm still nursing a deeply scratched
eye
after being hit by flying, broken plastic last week. (No, not a CD--an
old
phone jack that was refusing to allow itself to be removed from a wall
in
my "new" house. So, I took a big hammer to it. While I succeeded in
removing it
from
the wall, it cost me two days and a couple hundred dollars.)

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote
Just make
sure you're wearing glasses before taking out your frustrations on these
worthless bits of plastic. I'm still nursing a deeply scratched eye after being
hit by flying, broken plastic last week. (No, not a CD--an old phone jack that
was refusing to allow itself to be removed from a wall in my "new" house. So, I
took a big hammer to it. While I succeeded in removing it from the wall, it cost
me two days and a couple hundred dollars.)

Tis a shame to hear from one with knowledge in the trade, although it is easily
understandable how one let's a main safety rule/warning be overtaken by frustration.
Once the madness sets in, all bets/rules are off. I hope all heals well.

Got pics yet?


--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
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I was just idly passing time while waiting for some people to show up. Funny
thing, I had my glasses on until a few minutes before the incident, but they'd
fallen off when I was removing some baseboard, and when they'd done that the day
before, a lens had popped out--took me ten minutes to get it to pop back in. So
this time I left them off... Dumb...

Anyway, pictures... Yes. I already have "before" pics, showing much of the house
as we bought it. What demolition work needs to be done has been 80%
completed--gutting bathrooms, pulling carpets, removing wallboards and flooring
where rot exists--and we're going to start in rebuilding the parts of the
understructure that need it sometime in the next few days (that's pretty much
all of the rear half of the house, from the foundation concrete up to the wall
studs, and even the bottoms of a few of those.) I'll be taking a few dozen shots
of the current situation today, after I get a load of lumber unloaded and secure
the area against the first rains of the season, due in tomorrow. Might even find
time to get the pics organized, captioned, annotated and up on my website soon,
g. I've been spending the last several days rebuilding the bathroom in the
apartment over the detached garage--all done now except for some trim painting
and screwball window framing job--more on that when the photo album gets further
along, since it wouldn't make much sense without photo documentation.

What's turning out to be most difficult is finding a drywall contractor with
time to do our job. I do *not* relish having to do it myself. Though I've done a
fair amount of it in my lifetime, it ain't no fun and I got better things to do!

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message
...
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote
Just make
sure you're wearing glasses before taking out your frustrations on these
worthless bits of plastic. I'm still nursing a deeply scratched eye after
being
hit by flying, broken plastic last week. (No, not a CD--an old phone jack
that
was refusing to allow itself to be removed from a wall in my "new" house.
So, I
took a big hammer to it. While I succeeded in removing it from the wall, it
cost
me two days and a couple hundred dollars.)

Tis a shame to hear from one with knowledge in the trade, although it is
easily
understandable how one let's a main safety rule/warning be overtaken by
frustration.
Once the madness sets in, all bets/rules are off. I hope all heals well.

Got pics yet?


--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm