Windows Media Player being disobedient!

[mattjax05]

Right, I use EAC to rip CDs however when I insert a disc into the laptop's drive it automatically starts ripping in windows media player. Now, I bet you're thinking I have set WMP to do this but honestly I haven't. In WMP options on the rip tab the box (rip CD when inserted) is unticked!

Short of uninstalling WMP I'm at a loss.

Anyone???? Please???

 

[Gerrardasnails]

mattjax05:
Right, I use EAC to rip CDs however when I insert a disc into the laptop's drive it automatically starts ripping in windows media player. Now, I bet you're thinking I have set WMP to do this but honestly I haven't. In WMP options on the rip tab the box (rip CD when inserted) is unticked!

Short of uninstalling WMP I'm at a loss.

Anyone???? Please???

Any reason why you don't want WMP to rip your cds?

Try changing it to "Only when in rip tab". Then play a cd in WMP and it should default to just playing a cd when it's inserted.

I'm assuming you have gone into Tools-options-rip music and unticked there?

 

[mattjax05]

Gerrardasnails:mattjax05:

Right, I use EAC to rip CDs however when I insert a disc into the laptop's drive it automatically starts ripping in windows media player. Now, I bet you're thinking I have set WMP to do this but honestly I haven't. In WMP options on the rip tab the box (rip CD when inserted) is unticked!

Short of uninstalling WMP I'm at a loss.

Anyone???? Please???

Any reason why you don't want WMP to rip your cds? Try changing it to "Only when in rip tab". Then play a cd in WMP and it should default to just playing a cd when it's inserted. I'm assuming you have gone into Tools-options-rip music and unticked there?

I am using eac to rip files to flac. Anyway this is not going too well either (antoher thread)

I will try what you suggested, thanks - will report back in 5 mins.

 

[mattjax05]

No good!

 

[John Duncan]

It might be set up to do it in Windows rather than WMP:

To turn off automatic ripping for the CD drive
1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2. Right-click the CD drive that you use, and then click Properties.
3. In the Properties dialog box for the CD drive, click the AutoPlay tab.
4. In the list of content types at the top of the dialog box, click Music CD.
5. In the Actions area, do one of the following:

Click the Select an action to perform option, and then specify the action you want Windows to perform when it detects a music CD in the CD drive by clicking that action in the list.

-or-

Click the Prompt me each time to choose an action option. Windows will then ask you what you want to do each time it detects a music CD in the CD drive.

One of the options on 'Select an action to perform' is 'Do Nothing', which is what you want presumably.

 

[mattjax05]

JohnDuncan thank you

 

[John Duncan]

Sorted?

 

[mattjax05]

Yes all sorted. I think the guidance you gave was for non-vista os. I have vista and autoplay was in the control panel. Thanks again.

 

[John Duncan]

OK cool. Yeah, probably was, but as long as you found it...