Hi MC guys,
I have a lot of things that do not work properly considering CD ripping or I have questions about. Things seems to get worse with the latest versions. I made a big list and here we go:
Filling in CD info does not always accept the last track. The default name e.g. "track12" is submitted. Reenter the name and resubmit;
I have 3 CD drives. When the fill in CD info screen is given I can't see for which CD I am filling in info;
MC just crashes now and then and I can't reproduce it;
It takes VERY long to find info from the YADB server, if it finds the info at all;
I get the message "Failed to connect to YADB server" regularly and especially when the CD info is not in the database;
CD info is not always found the first time. Retrying a few times might result in getting the CD info;
The screen for filling in CD info is not always displayed. Why can't I force this. Off course the system needs to check first if the info is in the YADB server;
The "next track" button on my Logitech keyboard stops working after having much of the problems described here. Restarting MC is the solution;
My screen visualizations still freez when getting CD info;
Using 3D visualizations make my whole system CRASH within 2 minutes ;
Dragging the MC screen over other programs does not always give the correct view. Especially when getting CD info this goes wrong;
CD images are apperently not always downloaded. Either you see the system trying to download them and they are mostly not there. Or the system does not try it all, even if it got the CD info from YADB;
Where can I find the exact information about the copy modes which can be set in "Advanced ripping settings";
When opening a CD drive the info is not always updated, for instance a message like "CD drive is open". The former inserted CD name is stil there;
Why isn't the opening of a CD drive detected and the name of the CD refreshed automatically. I need to do this manually, why ??
The speed of ripping CD's differs VERY much from CD to CD. I understand that scratches can increase ripping time, but why the big difference in apparently good CD's.
Okay I think this is enough for now. I hope things can be solved or explained! JohnT, you helped me last time, hope you can do it again.
MarSies .....
My info is:
Media Center Registered 9.1.283 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2804 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 492 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)
Ripping / Drive X: Copy mode:ModeSecure CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive Y: Copy mode:ModeSecure CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive Z: Copy mode:ModeSecure CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: No / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive Y: PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM Addr: 2:1:0 Speed:52 MaxSpeed:52 BurnProof:Yes
Drive Z: PLEXTOR DVDR PX-504A Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:2 MaxSpeed:16 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None