dgoddard

No....I think I didn't explain it properly. My son has a newer Gateway computer. The CD that wouldn't load properly or rip on my laptop ripped just fine on his. So I ripped it, dropped it on a flash and then loaded on to my computer. After that I loaded it as normal into the transcription software.

Hey there...it ended up being solved by ripping it on another computer and then putting it on a flash drive and bringing it back to the laptop I work on. A hassle, but at least it got done.

Thank you.

They were not having trouble reading the cd. They couldn't rip it. That is because it was just the 44bytes instead of the rippable track. The only reason I was even trying to rip it was because escribe can't see the whole track and import it properly. Windows media player, Winamp and Realplayer all see the track as about 50 minutes and escribe only imports 33 minutes at most.

Well, Thank you all for the total lack of response to my question. If I manage to find a solution on my own, perhaps I will post it on this thread so that someone else with the same issue won't have to enjoy the same deafening silence after posting a plea for assistance.

Hello, I am in need of help. I have received some recordings of sermons. The files are .cda files. Scribe loaded two of the four with no problem from one CD. The third file has about 20 minutes cut off, and the fourth file shows zero duration. I have tried 10 times to load that long track. It never gives me more than 34 mins, and sometimes as little as 26 mins. I should also mention that the track loads very slowly. I have checked my hard drive space availability. I am running the 4.30 version of Scribe. I have windows XP. I have tried using windows media player and Realplayer to rip the CD to .mp3, but it fails and doesn't tell me why. I also tried uninstalling Scribe, to install an older version to see if that would help, but when I install the older version it acts like I never uninstalled 4.30 except it plays the introduction for me again. I am on a deadline and ready to throw my computer at the nearest hard surface....any suggestions on how to get the track to load correctly? I have seven more cds and I can't even imagine having this problem on all of them. Thanks in advance....