Windows Media Player 10 Guide: Adding Songs to Your Library and Burning CDs
 

Many people inquire about Windows Media Player…So here’s a guide! :idea:

This guide deals with WMP 10…different versions have different options. The newest version (as of now) is WMP 11…I have taken a look at it, and many of the options are very similar. The main thing Microsoft changed is the interface. It looks pretty cool, but doesn’t all new software? :wow:

How do I get music into my WMP library?

1. Open WMP…click on library tab…’Add to Library’ (see arrow)

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2. Click ‘by monitoring folders’…’Add’

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3. Browse for the folder that contains your downloads.

4. Click ‘OK’ (twice)

*Alternative path: Click file…add to library…by monitoring folders

So now you’ve got a music library…and you want to listen to it someplace besides the chair you’re sitting in right now…

:computer3:

How to burn an audio CD with WMP

There are several paths you can take to burn a CD with WMP…this method is my favorite:

1. Open WMP…click on library tab…current list button (see arrow)

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2. Select ‘Burn List’ from scroll down menu

3. Drag and drop your music files from the middle pane to the right pane. Make sure your selections will fit on a disc (compare the ‘Total Time’ to the time listing on your disc). Do not use the file size shown, since your music files will be larger after decompression.

4. Click scroll down arrow next to ‘Start Burn’

5. Verify that the setting says ‘Audio CD’

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6. Insert a CD-R into your CD burner (or a CD-RW if it will play in your player)

7. Click ‘Start Burn’ :flame:

WMP will now convert your music files into audio CD format and burn them to CD. The CD will be ‘finalized’ during burning. This means you cannot burn any more songs to the CD. :focus: If using a CD-RW, you will have to erase the disc before you can burn it again.

Hope this helps :)

Dano

Any feedback would be appreciated.

This is my first guide.

HI, thanks so much for all of your help!! I 'm just going to try it right now. Have a good night. K

am having some trouble with formats...


am trying to burn a cd for my mom, lol.....


a cd of oldies from the 40'2, 50'2 and 60's.....


however, when I finish it will not play in her cd players....are her players just too old for the formats or is their a conversion i can do/use that will allow her to play the music ???


Thanx for your help..

If you have converted your files to CD format, then the problem doesn't lie with the format...

However, not all CD players will play CD-R disks. The good news is that you can probably get your mom a new CD player pretty cheaply!

Good Luck :idea:

Dano

thanks!
 

great guide, thanks Dano. used to use my sisters computer to burn c.d.'s, came with different program built into it. recently upgraded my W.M.P. to 10 and didn't know where to start. now i do thanks to you. easy to follow steps.

Why is it so hard to get LimeWire downloads on to Windows media player
 

whether protected?
 

hey, is the song downloaded is protected ? If so, you cannot burn in in WMP. Maybe you can use some program to convert the song before you burn it

I use NoteBurner to do this.

Well Done Danno...You have done an excellent job...;)

Thank you
 

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Okay thank you for that information but I already updated to WMP 11 and when I click on add to library it only asks me if I want to add it from my personal folders or from my folders and those others that I can access. WHat should I do cause when I tried to click from my personal it deleted all the song I had before.:laugh_2:

is it possible that when u download a music file to limewire, that it can automatically be transferred (uploaded) to WMP or to any player in ur system (like real player) without going thru the add to library stuff?? i think maybe if a music is in the system (computer) is should be automatically uploaded to the rest players, just my 2 cents.

i'm having problems with this anyway. i have wmp 11 but my screen doesn't look like your attachment. i have vista premium and have had this computer since feb. here's my problem...

So i'm new at limewire...i know how to download and put them into my windows media library, btw I have Vista, don't know if that matters or not, just so you know. Well, when I download from limewire the files are mp3 files. i want to put them on cd's (CD-RW to be exact) and everytime i do it they want play. I think i figured it out because they're mp3 and not wma or something. so then i found this thing online--a free mp3 wma converter, it seemed to be working right and when i click on properties on the songs now, they say wma instead of mp3. but they do not play in my car stereo or home system either, i'm not doing something right obviously, and i don't think it should be this hard. any help will be appreciated, thanks so much. Since i read one of your comments i uninstalled the mp3 converter i had and was about to do the noteburner one but i needed someones comment on all this. please get back with me as soon as you can. or ne one else who may know what my problem is. i've done this like 10 times and each time it says that it's analyzing, writing, completed, then finalizing the disc, but it still will not play in any of my stereos and i've also formatted my discs beforehand cause i thought you had to do that ...i'm lost..please help.

have tried it all, need help burning cd!!
 

i'm having problems with this anyway. i have wmp 11 but my screen doesn't look like your attachment. i have vista premium and have had this computer since feb. here's my problem...

So i'm new at limewire...i know how to download and put them into my windows media library, btw I have Vista, don't know if that matters or not, just so you know. Well, when I download from limewire the files are mp3 files. i want to put them on cd's (CD-RW to be exact) and everytime i do it they want play. I think i figured it out because they're mp3 and not wma or something. so then i found this thing online--a free mp3 wma converter, it seemed to be working right and when i click on properties on the songs now, they say wma instead of mp3. but they do not play in my car stereo or home system either, i'm not doing something right obviously, and i don't think it should be this hard. any help will be appreciated, thanks so much. Since i read one of your comments i uninstalled the mp3 converter i had and was about to do the noteburner one but i needed someones comment on all this. please get back with me as soon as you can. or ne one else who may know what my problem is. i've done this like 10 times and each time it says that it's analyzing, writing, completed, then finalizing the disc, but it still will not play in any of my stereos and i've also formatted my discs beforehand cause i thought you had to do that ...i'm lost..please help.

K Dano. I did what you said thinking that it would just pull over new songs to Media player and before I could close it out I had 100 or so duplicate songs cause it thru everything from the limewire libray over there. Is there a way to just take single songs to WMP? If not then is there a way I can get the previous version of LW back?

:(I have songs in my library, can I sort them in a different order before I burn them. :idea:

This guide deals with WMP 10…different versions have different options. The newest version (as of now) is WMP 11…I have taken a look at it, and many of the options are very similar. The main thing Microsoft changed is the interface. It looks pretty cool, but doesn’t all new software? :wow:

How do I get music into my WMP library?

1. Open WMP…click on library tab…’Add to Library’ (see arrow)

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2. Click ‘by monitoring folders’…’Add’

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3. Browse for the folder that contains your downloads.

4. Click ‘OK’ (twice)

*Alternative path: Click file…add to library…by monitoring folders

So now you’ve got a music library…and you want to listen to it someplace besides the chair you’re sitting in right now…

:computer3:

How to burn an audio CD with WMP

There are several paths you can take to burn a CD with WMP…this method is my favorite:

1. Open WMP…click on library tab…current list button (see arrow)

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2. Select ‘Burn List’ from scroll down menu

3. Drag and drop your music files from the middle pane to the right pane. Make sure your selections will fit on a disc (compare the ‘Total Time’ to the time listing on your disc). Do not use the file size shown, since your music files will be larger after decompression.

4. Click scroll down arrow next to ‘Start Burn’

5. Verify that the setting says ‘Audio CD’

Attachment 3336

6. Insert a CD-R into your CD burner (or a CD-RW if it will play in your player)

7. Click ‘Start Burn’ :flame:

WMP will now convert your music files into audio CD format and burn them to CD. The CD will be ‘finalized’ during burning. This means you cannot burn any more songs to the CD. :focus: If using a CD-RW, you will have to erase the disc before you can burn it again.

Hope this helps :)

Dano[/quote]

For everyone thats having trouble with WMP, Try something else. WMP SUCKS, if all of you haven't figured this out yet.

Why deal with ALL OF THIS BULLS**t. There are much BETTER alternitives out there. This peice of CRAP is going to continue to give you trouble with Simple Audio Files and just wait untill you try Video Files. :rofl:
It took me about 2 days to figure this out. It's not worth the trouble.

Take a look here. It's Free and probably one the best you can get.

VLC media player - Overview. :D

You will have to have burning software to burn with VLC, like Nero. VLC is only a media player. Still better than WMP.

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Transferring files from Limewire pro to Windows Media
 

I have just downloaded Limewire pro and successfully found a particular song and saved it to Windows media. Two problems. 1. I cant even get the track to play under Limewire Player. How do i do that? 2/ When i attempt to play the track using Windows Media Player i see the following dialogue box."The file you are attempting to play has an extension (.mp3) that does not match the file format. Playing the flile may result in unexpected behaviour" It soes - its does nt play, nor can i transfer it to my Archos which syns automatically.
Any thoughts?

LimeWire or WMP doesn't play the songs
 

My questions are the same as the question posted above by "stadkins". Everytime I click on the "Launch" button to play a song, LimeWire just adds it to the playlist, but does not play the song. I have checked the "player" options under "tools" and the "Use LimeWire Media Player" box is checked. Does anyone know why this is happening and why it won't play the song. I also get the same message that "stadkins" posted pertaining to the error message when trying to play a song thru Windows Media Player. I need help also Please!! Thanks!

Hi, These attached images aren't working: add to library, monitor folders, burnlist, and start burn.gif for how do I get music into my WMP library. Please help me!

I just checked the attachments and they are working, so somehow the problem is on your end.

Maybe try a different browser i.e. if you are using Internet Explorer then try Firefox instead.

Edit: Made them load inside the guide instead, so now it should be easier ;)

A lot of you are burning Data files instead of plain .cda files.
Data files will not play in an ordinary disk player unless it has the option to play mp3's.
An ordinary .cda disk can only contain 10-12 pieces of music like a CD you buy at the shops. A data CD can contain up to 300-400 mp3's. You must make that distinction when you are starting to burn a CD. you must either burn a data CD which will contain mp3's or you can burn an ordinary Audio CD (usually all the files will have the extension .cda) and it will (or should play) in your home or car CD player.
There is a big difference in the two types of files you can burn.
You have to select either data or music CD when you begin the burning process.
I know most of you know this already but others are less clear on what they are doing.
I hope this makes things a bit clearer for at least some of you.

Introduction
 

Dear all,
My name is Manish Srivastava & I am a new member in forum. Pls advise me how to download some indian songs and movies. pls do inform me what's latest in forum.

transferring songs to wmp from limewire
 

thankyou i have just read your advice on transferring music to wmp and i am about to give it a go. ive been trying for about 2 hours:)

Trust me know where your coming from my player looks totally different than the one they show

:yikes:

Thanks very much for your help

going crazy trying to burn a cd!
 

I have read all the posts on cd burning with limewire and wma players. No matter what I try, when it comes to burning the cd, it tells me that there is a problem with the songs I want to burn! I have gotten them from limewire and from friends; what is up with this? They all say mp3 format.

Make sure they are 'real' mp3's. Check Virus thread: Typical virus spam file sizes - Make a note of them (click on blue link to see) to be sure none of yours match those sizes as they are probably not real mp3's. Play all the songs you wish to burn, see if they all play ok.

May be a problem with your burner codecs not being up to date & not reading the mp3 format properly. CODECs list for Movies/Audio/ Alternate players / Video help forums/ video-mp3 fixers. Personally I use a dedicated disk burner program.

When burning an Audio CD, always burn at minimum speed possible. If possible, choose a low speed disk, not one of the super fast 45 x speed ones.

Well thought-out guide! :)

Media Player
 

I have a question when I upgraded to pro my widows media stop playing and now real player is playing my music and videos and it does'nt play all of them. It says that real player can't play certain files. How do I switch back from real player to windows media.

You need to change the default video & audio player back to WMP. See Setting default audio program. I think there is also a setting within WMP to make it the default. However, I'd recommend the above also. Select one of each type of video & audio file & make WMP the default to open them. :)

computer stupid!
 

Vlc media player rules--go to cnet.com and search for free vlc media player- download like over 2 mill have-they are great--pause scene and take snap shots--i have used vlc media player for over 2 years-- unbelievable --big robb

Howdy, BIG ROBB

Welcome to the Gnutella forums!

I think alimorgan solved his problem sometime in the past 17 months. As for VLC, it is one of the most recommended programs mentioned in these forums. It is very similar to GOM player, also free.

Thanks for your help. Be sure to check out the arcade when you need some distraction.