Thanks. For clarity, it is CD ripping not burning that I have been referring to.

What I mean is that the CD drive acts as a DVDRW drive and discs appear as though they are awaiting finalization, which isn't possible of course for a bought CD. It then means the CD cannot be read or played. MM then sees the CD as empty. I'll generate the debug report at some point soon. At present...

So interestingly after resetting my laptop, the CD works and is accessed by other applications without issue, so long as I do not install MM5. I'll be interested to see if anyone has a comparable experience over time. It feels as though somehow Windows 21H1 is conflicting in some way with MM5. For n...

I'm not sure this is a MediaMonkey issue, I think it might be a Windows update one. I now have the issue on another laptop I've updated with latest Windows without MediaMonkey on it. That doesn't have an internal CD drive and is the same when I connect it. It happens with any CD, it is odd. How stra...

So it seems that on a clean Windows install with no other apps added the CD player works fine using Windows Media Player. When I add latest Media Monkey 5 (licensed) it will work once with ripping CDs. After I then exit, Windows then recognises the CD drive only as a DVD drive and CDs in it as a DVD...

Thank you. Unfortunately this problem persists. I have even reset the PC, installed app by app and it is MM5 somehow locking up the CD so that it cannot be read. There isn't a cdplayer.ini to delete (I do have hidden files shown).

Hello, A CD rip in MediaMonkey5 stopped as the programme froze. Since then I am getting the 'files are ready to be written to the drive' and desktop.ini showing in Windows on the CD drive. I have followed the resolutions in Windows and even ordered a spare CD drive and have the same issue. Are there...

Thanks for the helpful reply. It's appreciated.

Thanks. Yes I can do the install into a new drive and copy the Portable folder - I know that works to date. With recent release candidates I have installed in the normal not portable sense (you then get the Windows Shell integration). The portable folder remains with all the artists images with the ...

In RC7 it seems that the images in the portable/artist images folder are not being picked up - so the image is recreated as an album image or composite if multiple exist.
I have tried rescanning the library afterwards and it does not have any impact.

Thanks
Mark

Thanks, understood.

For point 1. I think this is when I convert files after ripping. I rip to FLAC but then may convert copies of those files to MP3 for portable use later on. When I go back to the rip settings it will then be set to MP3. Could it be that? Does it share a setting? In terms of crashes on ripping - it ha...

Hi

two points:

1. The audio format to rip a CD to is not retained on the next MM load. It reverts back to MP3 and does not present the chosen settings from before.

2. I am still getting some MM5 crashes when ripping CDs.

Thanks
Mark

The issue seems to be that MM5 was installed to a Portable folder, now I have installed fully - my main point is now working properly. Thanks.

I am saying that if I do a library rescan after removing some albums, regardless of whether I toggle to remove unavailable items or not - they remain in the library aftr the scan.

I will check on the other two points.