When I log into my Limewire software, I cannot figure out how on earth to download the files into my CD-rw, after I had downloaded all the songs I wanted into my saved files.

Would someone be kind of enough to help this beleaguered chap?

do I need to transfer those files to my Windows Media Player app b4 ripping it to the CD, or can I simply transfer it straight from Limewire?
Robert

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Robert Uceda, MA

You'll need to put all of your songs into your WMP first before you can burn a CD. You can also try using Sonic RecordNow! or Nero to burn CD's as well.

thanks for getting back to me, 'Cyberstalker', and you know, that's the thing that's getting to me- I cannot figure out how to transfer my saved files (in Limeware) towards my WMP. Am I suppposed to hit the explore button? b/c that's how I noticed my shares appear on my 'shared files' category that appears to be transferrable to.....wmp?

any other suggestions? thanks again for getting back to me,
Rob-meister

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Robert Uceda, MA

I don't use WMP to burn songs so I'm not sure if this is right. Open up WMP and click on the Now Playing List. Go to Open Playlist>From File. I think you can then select the songs that you want to put into WMP.

Let me know if this worked or not.

I tried it but could not locate the 'open play list'. at any rate, i went ahead and attempted to download the selected music by clicking on 'explore' at limeware. At first it was stressful when it said 'does not fit'- 'change download speed, or close other applications'....which I did. Thanks for the suggestions.

I am saved for now! it was a pain to learn I could not add another song into the burn CD (which is not RW type). waht should I do w/this blank CD that has only one song?
Rob

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Robert Uceda, MA

To transfer files from LW to WMP:

Open WMP, from the toolbar top left of page click on file> add to library> By searching computer.
Then click browse> my computer> local disc(C)> Documents and Settings> your user name> Shared, then click ok, Then in the other box click search and it will add files from your shared folder to your WMP library

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!

lol lol lol, sorry there i had to laugh at the question asked, but i will explain easily for ppl that don't know how a computer works except how to turn it on and play patience. and even for ppl that don't know how to do either of this it will be easy to understand, sorry for the sarcasm.

well first off: i'll explain how to use the buildin cd burning ability of windows xp, if you don't have windows xp read over this to where i explain how to use nero, if you don't use nero, read it anyway since most burning software is made for ppl with the average iq of the american citizen, so that means it's easy to use and generally the same as all the others with minor differences, depending on creator of the software.

with windows xp what you want to do is the following:

search your HD (hard drive) for the files you want to burn to the cd-rw, you do this by going to the my computer icon on your desktop or in the start-menu, then you go to the HD where LW (limewire) is installed, probably in C:\programfiles, there look for the LimeWire folder, in this folder there will probably be a folder called: download. So the path to this folder is as followed: C:\programfiles\limewire\download you can just type this in at the windows explorer if that's easier for you (you can't do this with my computer since it doesn't have a path bar).


ohh wow it's pretty hard to explain something to ppl that you expect not to understand you anyway

anyways if your there, your at the place where all the completed downloads get to (it's what you would call the library in LW)

here you do the following: hold CTRL (it's a button on the keyboard) and click the files you want burned on the cd-rw, only click them once, do NOT double click. but do hold CTRL till you clicked the last file you want to burn on the cd-rw. do keep in mind you can't exceed the sice of the cd-rw in either filesize or music time how much this is is said on the box or spindle from wich you took the empty cd-rw ok now it's pretty easy from here on, you can see all the files you clicked are selected, now right-click once on one of the files that's selected, then you will see a menu come up, there you can select copy to (or whatever it's called in your language, i hope i translated it correctly from dutch) and there if you hover over this, another part of the menu will expand and you will see a few options, one of them will be to copy it to your cd-writher, probably the last option, click this with the left-button once. and the files you want copied will be put in a temporary space, so they can be burned to your cd-rw.

next you click away all the screens you have open, it shouldn't be to many but if there are just click them away. most of the times windows will prompt you that there are files waiting to be writhen to a cd-r(w) you can click this prompting and a screen will open with the files you just copied. ok now on the left side of the screen you see a few options, just click the option: burn these files to cd or whatever option looks most like my discription, as i said i have a dutch version of windows XP so i'm not 100% sure of the terms used in english or any other language you might have.

ohh man this is becoming a long story

then a wizard will turn up (no not a real one, they call a program that helps ppl to easily do things a wizard) wich will guide you trough the rest of the burning process, you can't do this wrong, i don't have to help you with this i hope, and if so just respond that you didn't understand any of this and i will clarify it for you.

now make sure there is an empty write-able disc in your cd-writer.
if there isn't the wizard will prompt you to this so don't worry, as i said you can't do anything wrong from here anymore, you might get a question about what kind of cd you want to make: normal or file cd, if you want to play it on a cd-player or walkman choose normal cd, if you want an mp3 cd choose file cd, note that if you are making an mp3 cd you can have more music on the same disc because if they are files its about how big the file is, if they are normal music files it's about the lenght of the numbers combined with a 2 second interval between each number. and your cd probably only can do up to 80minutes or less of music.

ok now i'm finished explaining how to burn with windows XP, tomorrow when i slept a bit more (since it's 4 in the morning over here i'll continue on about how to use 3rd party burning software like nero burning rom or easy cd creator and software like that to accomplish your question.

i hope this helps and i hope i didn't hurt your feelings with laughing about your question.

And what a smartarse you are, eveyone has to start somewhere.

Oh and by the way you may be a computer wiz but you cant freakin spell to well, but I suppose you cant be good at everthing now can you? lol

And robuceda7 dont let people like this put you off asking questions...

as always, I am amazed by the attention I received from all of you, no matter how vilified it might sound among you....there may be factions among us, but it's all in good fun. I need to digest all of the useful information for the next hour, so I will get back to all of you. I was having a nightmare over how to download this crazy software, which I find it annoying now when I can't download music and it says 'need more sources'....
Rob

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Robert Uceda, MA

i personally recommend that you go to the limewire options and choose the option that asks you where you would like all you downloaded files to go to..... which will be your windows media player coz i have been told that the other player stuffs your comp. all completed files will then be transfered straight to your media player ready to be lplayed or burned. if you plan to also burn off cd's then i suggest you go into internet options if i remember correctly and find where it asks about copying protected music and say yes by ticking the box.

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All my files are in my shared folder in my HD,all I do is (out of LW) is drag and drop them to WMP, it couldn't be easier.

that's a way too, but i have the experience that WMP screws up a lot of my discs by not burning correctly so i don't use it.

but afcourse who cares right

btw sorry for being anti-social in my last post ppl, not my intention to offend, and about my spelling, try spelling in dutch for a change, if you get as good at it as i'm at spelling english come back and we'll talk again.

Ok, sorry is in order but I get a bit pissed off when people talk or should I say type down at newbies, if it wasn't for this forum and the people that take the time to reply to all types of questions being stupid or not we wouldn't learn much..

Oh and no I cant speak Dutch let alone type it .....
Aussie Aussie Aussie Oy Oy Oy.....lol

ausie, i used to play a game on mIRC, trivia, it had a lot of "ausie slang" wich are pretty hard if your dutch and then have to figure out what the hell they mean hu huh