> 2. Want to Rip Cd's directly to a portable drive and not the hard drive of my computer. How do I do this?
Click on "Tools" in the menu at the top of the MC window and then on "Options".
Click on File Location at the left side of the dialog window that appears.
Under the word "Audio" there are three options relevant to setting the location and names of ripped files.
The top option sets the base location. Files you rip will be stored in this folder or a sub-folder.
The next option sets a rule for naming the folder the ripped files go in. You can use fixed characters such as spaces, dashes or underscores but you normally use Tag values such as Artist and Album to create a folder name that reflects the contents of the file.
The third option sets a rule for creating the file name.
The complete file path would be
base location + folder name + file name
For example,
d:\music\Sinatra\The Capitol Years\Sinatra - The Capitol Years - Blue Skies
Bill
