RIP a music CD files.

If I RIP a CD I get a folder with the tracks on it. Beside that I get its
JPEG IMAGE files (CD front/back picture) but they are difined as
SYSTEM/HIDDEN files.


Why ?? Is there a way to RIP these files as normal files (not SYSTEM/HIDDEN
files) as defult ??

I do not want to set my PC to see all system files. I indeed want to keep
the real system files hidden.


Thank you.

"BoazBoaz" <pasternak5@bezeqint.net> wrote:

>If I RIP a CD I get a folder with the tracks on it. Beside that I get its
>JPEG IMAGE files (CD front/back picture) but they are difined as
>SYSTEM/HIDDEN files.
>
>
>Why ?? Is there a way to RIP these files as normal files (not SYSTEM/HIDDEN
>files) as defult ??

I suspect that this is a function of the software you're using to rip
the CDs. Cover art is *not* on the CD itself, so your software must be
querying a database someplace to find these things. (MS Media Player
does exactly that, it reads an identifying string from the CD, and
sends that over the 'Net to a database that MS maintains.) Look
through the options settings in your ripping software, but don't be
too surprised if you find you don't have a choice about this.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

"BoazBoaz" <pasternak5@bezeqint.net> wrote:

> If I RIP a CD I get a folder with the tracks on it. Beside that I get its
> JPEG IMAGE files (CD front/back picture) but they are difined as
> SYSTEM/HIDDEN files.

That depends on the software that you're using. The Media Player creates
these .jpg files, most other software (third-party) doesn't.

--
d-d

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:44:01 +0200, "BoazBoaz"
<pasternak5@bezeqint.net> wrote:

> If I RIP a CD I get a folder with the tracks on it. Beside that I get its
> JPEG IMAGE files (CD front/back picture) but they are difined as
> SYSTEM/HIDDEN files.
>
>
> Why ?? Is there a way to RIP these files as normal files (not SYSTEM/HIDDEN
> files) as defult ??
>
> I do not want to set my PC to see all system files. I indeed want to keep
> the real system files hidden.
>
>
> Thank you.
>

You don't state what program you are using.

You should be able to do what you want with iTunes (which is free), no
iPod required. iTunes will also record real audio CDs that can be
played in a normal (non-MP3) CD player.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/



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