Hi Vicsonians, OK, I have been having all kinds of email issues for the past few days so I don't know where the thread about ripping CDs and .cda files started, ended, or uhh, existed? Anyhoo, inserting a CD in to your drive and copying and pasting the .cda files on to your harddrive will not let you listen to the tracks once you've removed the CD. .cda files are representations of the tracks on the CD; they are not Audio Files. Copying them is not 'ripping'. So, the best thing ya can do is delete them. What ya need to do is 'rip' the CD with something like Windows Media Player, or Real Player, or CDEX, or one of those. You should choose from your program to rip to .wma or .mp3, choose your compression level, and you're in business. Far as I know, it's pretty handy to do in Windows Media Player, but I don't have that on this machine. All I have here is nasty work stuff. If whoever it was has any issues with ripping their CDs, get in touch and I'll try and figure out how to do it once I'm at home with Windows Media Player in front of me... or CDEX, ah jasus, ya know what I mean! Right, tea time. Best wishes, Tony ****************************************************** This document is strictly confidential and is intended for use by the addressee unless otherwise indicated. This email has been scanned by an external email security system. Allied Irish Banks AIB and AIB Group are registered business names of Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. is regulated by the Financial Regulator. Registered Office: Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Tel: + 353 1 6600311; Registered in Ireland: Registered No. 24173 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ****************************************************** =========================================================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org