John, I don't mind writing you off list but I don't know what else to suggest and others on this list probably have more experience with dealing with unfinalized CD's than I do. It might help if you would explain what happens when you put the CD in. Do you get Autoplay options? Are you able to play the files on the CD with your computer? Are you seeing a Windows Explorer sort of list or are you seeing some other software coming up with the list? If you are not seeing a Windows Explorer list, have you tried opening Windows Explorer and finding the CD there to see if that allows you to copy? I mentioned that I use Window-Eyes, but I don't think this is a screen reader problem. If you have done the same thing with the same CD under Windows XP, it seems unlikely that it won't work under Windows 7, so it seems as though something extra is probably occurring of which we are not aware. While I'm all right at digging out facts, I don't consider myself an expert in this area, which is why I have kept this on the list for now. <smile>
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 09:48:12 -0400, john riehl wrote: >Steve, rather than tying up the list, can you e-mai me off-list? >These are unfinished CD's; I don't remember seeing a "copy" option when I >hit the context key. I want to copy all of the files from the CDs onto my >computer. > Thanks for all of your suggestions. >John > >From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve >Jacobson >Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 4:13 PM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: RE: copying audio cd's onto a computer > >John, >Strictly speaking, even though you have audio files on the CD, it is likely >a "data" CD since it is holding many MP3 files. An >audio CD has a fairly prescribed format and you can only get about 75 >minutes, give or take a few, on a CD. Normally you can >treat a data CD as you would treat an external file. >Are you trying to copy selected files, or do you want to copy the whole CD? >If you are saying the disk was not "finalized," I'm >not certain what the best approach would be. When you put the CD in, can >you look at the files with Windows Explorer? If you >can, try pressing the "applications" key, the one that brings up the context >menu, and check to see what options there are. can >you play the files on your computer? I am just trying to determine what >functionality is being affected by the disk not being >finalized. The next time you have a sighted person there, try to determine >if the problem is that you cannot select files to be >copied, or if the problem is with pasting it. Still, if you can select a >file and press ENTER to play it, then selecting the file >and seeing what the Applications key choices are might be helpful. I have >seen situations where there was a "copy" option in the >Application Key menu that worked when CONTROL-C did not work, for example, >although that is very rare. As you may know from the >GW Micro lists, I am also a Window-Eyes user. >Best regards, >Steve Jacobson >On Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:17:33 -0400, john riehl wrote: >>They are audio, mp3 cd's. I tried copying and pasting but that didn't work; >>apparently the discs weren't "finished". A sighted friend can drag and drop >>the files, but I don't know how to do that with Windoweyes. >> >> >>From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve >>Jacobson >>Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 2:12 PM >>To: PC Audio Discussion List >>Subject: Re: copying audio cd's onto a computer >> >>John, >>First, you need to determine if the old radio shows are stored as MP3 or >>other audio file types, or if the CD is an audio CD. If >>they are stored as MP3 files or files in some other format, then you should >>be able to cut and paste them and knowing exactly what >>you did and what happened would be helpful. If the CD contains MP3 files, >>than there would be many hours of programming on a >>single CD. >>If each CD contains only an hour or a little more of programming, then the >>CD is probably an Audio CD and you will need to "rip" >>the cd to your computer. Even Windows Media Player can do that but there >is >>other software as well. >>Best regards, >>Steve Jacobson >>On Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:11:15 -0400, john riehl wrote: >>>I've just purchased a number of old-time radio shows on cd. I want to copy >>>them onto my computer. I tried copying and pasting the files but that did >>>not work. >>>I have Nero burning Rom, but I can't find an option to copy a CD onto my >>>computer. I've done this with XP, but am now using Windows-7. Anybody got >>>any ideas? >>> >>> >>> >>>John riehl >>> >>>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature >>database 8872 (20131003) __________ >>The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>http://www.eset.com >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 8875 (20131004) __________ >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >http://www.eset.com >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
