Music on USB

Beachview_2

I want to put music on a USB pen. I'm sure it would be easy enough to transfer the music from the computer to the USB pen, but I don't know how to get music onto my computer, from say music that's on a normal CD. Sorry its a dumb question but we all have to learn sometime

-TangleFoot-

Anything here help?

googler

You need ripping software to take the music from CD and convert it to files on your PC, one file per track.

You need to decide what file format you want, too - mp3? FLAC? WAV? This will depend on what you want to do with the USB stick once the music is on there

-TangleFoot-

googler wrote: »

WAV?

That would be a criminal waste of space.

Beachview_2

@ Googler, I'll be playing the music in my car off the USB pen

-TangleFoot-

Beachview wrote: »

I'll be playing the music in my car

MP3 will be your best bet - almost everything plays that.

closed

rip to mp3 using windows media player

googler

Beachview wrote: »

@ Googler, I'll be playing the music in my car off the USB pen

What does the Audio Manual for the car, or the maker's instructions for the player, say are acceptable file formats? Probably mp3, but you should check first.

-TangleFoot-

googler wrote: »

Probably mp3, but you should check first.

Looking at the front of the head unit usually suffices.

jetsetterjoe

closed wrote: »

rip to mp3 using windows media player

This.

Put the CD into the computer and open Windows Media player. Rip the music. Transfer to USB device.

There are plenty of guides for this online (and probably in the windows media player help section too).

-TangleFoot-

jetsetterjoe wrote: »

Transfer to USB device.

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