About Rob Evans Expertise Questions on all aspects of Computers and Music production. Setting up and using a computer based recording studio. Sound editiing. Creating Music CD`s and DVD`s. Software for recording and mastering and all of the pitfalls that you will come across.
Experience 31 Years of playing guitar, bass & keyboard and as a vocalist, in many bands. I have a huge amount of knowledge on all aspects of music and music production. 15 years in IT has given me the necessary skills to apply the power of computers to music.
Publications Local Papers; Evening Mail, Sutton Coldfield Observer
Education/Credentials Graduate of London's Guitar Institute
Graduate of London's Musicians Institute
Studied all grades of music, classical and contemporary
HP Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE)
Accredited Platform Specialist (APS) Proliant BL30e Blade Servers , Rapid Deployment and Integration
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) ? NT4 Server in the Enterprise
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) ? Metaframe XP 1.0
Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE)
Accredited Compaq Technician (ACT) ? Proliant Server, NT Performance
and Integration, Systems Management
Wyse Terminals Winterm Sales Certification, General Information Certification
HP Sales Star Associate (HPSSA)
Toshiba Laptop and Desktop Accredited Technician (TPCMP-A/ii)
Have recently purchased a laptop with Windows Media player on it and have spent time loading all my CDs onto it. They're all stored as Windows Media Audio files. Is there a way to convert all these to MP3 files so that I can download them onto my phone (it's not able to play WMA files) or so that i can transfer them to an MP3 player when i eventually get round to buying one?
I noticed in the "options" menu in Windows media player that there is a "Copy Music" settings panel but it's greyed out in my version and so i can't even change this to the "MP3" option which i assume is there, for any future recordings to be done. To be honest, even if i could change it it this wouldn't help me with the 70 or so albums i've copied already, short of copying them all again.
Was wondering if you knew of any solution?
Answer Hi David,
Firstly you need to get the latest version of Media Player which is version 10. However, you must check that you get the version that is supported by your operating system.
If you are on v10, or once you have installed v10.
Go to this link http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/getmore/plugins.aspx?locale=4...
Here you can buy plugins that will allow you to select mp3 as the default file type when you rip a CD to your HDD. Any further questions, let me know.
Regards
Rob
