MP3-player problem

[The Monkey]

I got this iAudio u2 MP3-player for X-mas, it seems to work fine with one exception. It can't play burned songs, but only ones that I have downloaded. It simply jumps over the songs when it is supposed to play it. This means that my only way to legally listen to songs is away. That wouldn't be such a problem, if I wouldn't have had such a bad connection, so that it takes ages to download a song. Any ideas?

 

[Jimmeh]

Burned songs? As in songs on a disc? Songs on a CD are saved in a track format. You need to rip your CD's using Windows Media Player. When you put the CD in your computer, it should come up with all the available options - one of em will be "rip from CD" using Windows Media Player. Choose that, and it'll convert them all to mp3's.

Hope this helps Unless I'm totally wrong

 

[Kommie]

Are the songs copyright-protected or whatever? Are they a supported format? Have you tried to update the firmware?

 

[The Monkey]

Burned songs? As in songs on a disc? Songs on a CD are saved in a track format. You need to rip your CD's using Windows Media Player. When you put the CD in your computer, it should come up with all the available options - one of em will be "rip from CD" using Windows Media Player. Choose that, and it'll convert them all to mp3's.

Hope this helps Unless I'm totally wrong

You don't use the term "burn" is english? Oh well, I have "converted" them to mp3-format, made them WM-files, but the palyer simly jumps over the songs when playing.

 

[Kommie]

What utility are you using to rip cd songs?

 

[kirovman]

You don't use the term "burn" is english? Oh well, I have "converted" them to mp3-format, made them WM-files, but the palyer simly jumps over the songs when playing.

In english burning music means you are copying it onto a CD.
I guess that's what you meant?

 

[The Monkey]

What utility are you using to rip cd songs?

Nero, but I ripped it to the computer about a year ago.

In english burning music means you are copying it onto a CD.
I guess that's what you meant?

Now that I think of it the swedish word for burn means the same as in wnglish, from computer to CD/DVD, but I usally say burn to both ways. :E Now that I think of it, this is probably a licence issue. Anybody know how to bypass that?

 

[Elkhound]

Not a clue. But you can try to convert the songs with goldwave or mediaMonkey.

 

[Jimmeh]

Hmm I've had no problem's ripping all the music from my CD collection. Have you tried converting them to mp3s?

EDIT: I just re-read what you said. I thought you said you converted them to WMA's for some reason

Well, I haven't a clue..

 

[The Monkey]

Hmm I've had no problem's ripping all the music from my CD collection. Have you tried converting them to mp3s?

It's not the ripping that's the problem, it's making them to work on the mp3-player. How do you convert them to mp3-files?

 

[Ren.182]

Re-ripp the musc using Windows Media player. Like someone has already said. If you have mp3 codecs too you can ripp them as mp3's and not just .wma's...

 

[The Monkey]

I've just done some "exploring", what does SMDI mean?

 

[Kommie]

sirenza microdevices
http://www.sirenza.com/
or if you mistyped
Secure digital music initiative
http://www.sdmi.org/
Those are the only two possibilities I can think of

You may have to re-rip your music and make sure you turn off copy protection and such
here are the steps in windows media player to do that
tools
options
then under rip music (if you have WMP v10)
uncheck copy protect