off topic but need soem techi help

[menegroth]

hey there folks, i got the Building 429 Space in between us expanded cd for christmas and have been trying too listen to it since then to no avail when i pop it in the comp it loads their website, try to explore the cd through my computer and it gives me an autoplay.cfg type file, and a bldg429 redirect shortcut to their website, there does nto appear to be any actual music on the cd been getting pretty frustrated with it, beginning to not care for this whole extended/expanded cd thigns they ahve been doing lately this is the 2nd or 3rd cd i have nto been able to find a way to listen to in the last year any advice on this or am i just being blind about somethign simple?

thanks again

josh

[Avodah]

No advice because I am tech. illiterate

Just wanted to say, "Space in between Us" is a great song!! I really like it.

ok...that's all.

[Gerioke]

Did you try exploring the CD for a wave file?

[RGR]

Menegroth,

Not sure what it's worth, and I'm certainly not going to be any help, lol, but I remember a few years ago Mercury released a Hank Williams CD with all of the expanded stuff and I remember distinctly hearing complaints about it as well on not playing right. Maybe it's something with that whole techology bad?

[Adarian]

Just a thought: Have you tried to play it in an ordinary CD player, instead of a computer, just to see if there is music on it?

[EricH]

Topic seemed mor appropriate here

[RGR]

Topic seemed mor appropriate here

Eric, go have your coffee, brother!

[Iryssa]

hey there folks, i got the Building 429 Space in between us expanded cd for christmas and have been trying too listen to it since then to no avail when i pop it in the comp it loads their website, try to explore the cd through my computer and it gives me an autoplay.cfg type file, and a bldg429 redirect shortcut to their website, there does nto appear to be any actual music on the cd been getting pretty frustrated with it, beginning to not care for this whole extended/expanded cd thigns they ahve been doing lately this is the 2nd or 3rd cd i have nto been able to find a way to listen to in the last year any advice on this or am i just being blind about somethign simple?

thanks again

josh

Okay...I'm not sure what all you know about using computers, so I'm just gonna put in as many details as I can. If I sound like I'm insulting your iintelligence, that's why...I'm not actually trying to do that.

Anyhow, I'm guessing you're running on Windows, right? (if not, don't bother reading the rest of this, 'cause I'm Mac illiterate) Do the following for Windows '98 or later (and possibly 95, but it's been a long time since I've used that, so I'm not sure):

Put CD into your drive.

When it stops loading things, find your way into "My Computer"...there will either be an icon on your desktop to get there, or it will be under your "Start" menu.

Once you're there, RIGHT click on the CD icon (under removable storage, usually the "D:" drive)

Click "Play" in the menu that pops up.

If you have Windows Media Player, that's what will open up. You can also access it by opening Windows Media Player first. (Note: I'll be giving instrucitons based on Windows Media Player version 10.0. To get the most recent version of Windows Media Player, click on the "Help" menu in the player and go down to "Check for Player Updates..." This will check the online update site for you and tell you if you need to update. If you do not have a previous version of Windows Media Player, you can download it here)

Anyway, it should start playing your CD right away.

If you want the files off of the CD and copied onto your computer:

Get into Windows Media Player (if you're not already there)

Near the top of the player there should be a tab that says "Rip" (it sounds bad, but it won't damage the CD, and it's not illegal to keep a copy on your computer for personal use).

Click that tab. It should show all the tracks on the CD, and, if you're connected to the internet, WMP will probably fill in the track names and all for you. If it doesn't do that automatically, click "Find Album Info" (top right corner of the player). You need to be connected to the internet for it to do it. Otherwise, you should enter the song titles and artist name manually now, to make finding the files easier later on.

Once that's done, click "Rip Music" (right next to "Find Album Info"), and it will copy all the files onto your computer.

If you want to see where the files are on your computer:

In Windows Media Player, click on the "Tools" menu, find the "Options" button under there, click on it. This will bring up a new window that has tabs at the top of it reading "Privacy, Player, Security" etc. Find the one that says "Rip Music." In that menu, you'll see a section that says "Rip music to this location." Simply follow the file names on your computer until you find where your music is. (Mine says "C:\Documents and Settings\[my account name]\My Documents\My Music"...since I already can get to "My Documents" from my desktop, I would just click on "My Documents," then look for the file called "My Music"...my music files would be in there, probably sorted in more files according to album)

I hope that helps.....if you need any more help, just let me know.

[Iryssa]

So...did this work for you?