Playing files from CD in Media Engine

**tczbu** · 03-25-2004, 10:41 AM

What's the best way to play files from a cd in Media Engine (off the hard drive not off the CD)
I tried to copy them to the hard drive using Windows Media Player, but Media Engine couldn't read them cuz they were *.wma format. I tried copying them straight off the cd...that didn't work.
Whats the best way to get them onto my computer so that Media Engine will recognize them.
Thanx!

-Tyson-

**jol** · 03-25-2004, 11:30 AM

I think that a cdrom reader will jump and skip as hell in a car, honestly

But some ripping software from cd o mp3 as a external app would do the job

**david_594** · 03-25-2004, 12:04 PM

the best way to do it would be to rip (encode) the music on to your computer. there are a ton of different formats out there, some better suited for different things. the most common is mp3, and very easy. If you really want quality then i would recommend a lossless format like FLAC, or OGG Vorbis, but with these format types you are going to be using more like 7 meg/minute as opposed to only like 1 meg/minute for mp3

if your using mediaengine you should be able to play the wma files in it. in the configuration for it, you just need to add wma as a suppported extension