Using Creative MediaSource

Ripping Audio CD Tracks

Rather than manually entering track information, retrieve such audio CD information from CDDB before ripping tracks.

Change the default ripping format and bitrate for higher or lower quality audio. See MediaSource’s Help file for details

Only basic instructions on how to use MediaSource with your player are provided in this chapter — extensive instructions are found in the MediaSource Help file.

You can rip an audio CD’s tracks to your player, hard disk or PC Music Library. You can choose to rip an entire CD, or selected tracks from the audio CD.

To rip a CD

1.Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM drive.

2.If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button.

3.In the Sources window, select [e:] Audio CD (replace e: with your CD-ROM drive).

4.In the Task bar, click the Rip Now button.

To rip tracks from an audio CD

1.Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM drive.

2.If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button.

3.In the Sources window, select [e:] Audio CD (replace e: with your CD-ROM drive).

4.In the Content window, select the tracks to rip. Ctrl-click or Shift-click to select multiple tracks.

5.Drag the selected tracks to PC Music Library in the Source window. The Transfer Queue dialog box appears, showing the current ripping status.

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