#Generic mp3 player firmware windows#

These tracks must be synced to the player using the 'Sync' feature in Windows Media Player. However, these tracks cannot be copied and pasted into the player using Windows Explorer. I did mention that your player is capable of playing copy protected audio files. Now when you rip CDs you'll be able to copy and paste music files just as easily as MP3s. Hit apply to save your changes, and you're all set. The bigger your music files are, the less of them you'll be able to fit on your player. The higher you go, the better the music will sound, but as you increase quality you increase the size of the file. Quality - This lets you dictate the bitrate of your encoded music. You'll want to make sure that this is not selected if you want to tranfer songs to your player using the copy and paste method. WMA is not a bad choice since it usually sounds better that MP3 files.Ĭopy Protection, you'll see a checkbox next to 'copy protect music'. Once you've reached the screen like shown in the image, you'll need to adjust the following settings to properly convert your CDs into WMA files:įormat - this lets you choose which audio format your music is converted to. To access the ripping settings in Windows Media Player: Hit the Alt key and follow -> 'Tools' -> 'Options' -> 'Rip Music' I can only assume that these were ripped with a different program, or the settings in that program were changed without your knowledge. You also mentioned that some of your tracks are in MP3 format. I'm willing to bet that some of your CDs have been ripped in this manner. While that itself is not bad, there is a optional feature included that automatically copy-protects tracks you rip from your own CD collection. The first is that many of your CDs were ripped to your computer using Windows Media Player. Without more information, I have to make a few assumptions.

It even supports protected WMA-DRM tracks that are purchased from popular online music stores. The Sandisk player that you currently own is capable of playing both MP3 and WMA files. All of my songs on my player are from my CDs, so why won't my MP3 player play them? Why are some of them WMA and others MP3 files? When I try to play my WMA files on it, they will not play.

I have a 1GB Sandisk digital audio player.

Generic mp3 player firmware