Music

[fixitflav]

It might be elementary, but how can I transfer music from a CD to a USB stick, to play in a car? I tried doing it on my computer, looked promising, but the music is not stored on the USB, so it will play back via the USB on the computer only if there is the CD in the drive. Obviously no use for the car.
TIA

 

[opps]

You need to "rip" the music from the CD to a format on the USB stick that your car will accept.

Burn and rip CDs - Microsoft Support

Learn how to rip (copy) and burn (create) CDs and data DVDs using Windows Media Player.

support.microsoft.com

Edit, there are better programs but hopefully the above will explain the basic concept. Most cars will play MP3 which is compressed sound, some will support "wavs" and "flac" which are not compressed and take up more space on the USB stick.

 

[pete01]

Just take it from YouTube, not done it for a while but I used to use any YouTube converter,

 

[fixitflav]

You need to "rip" the music from the CD to a format on the USB stick that your car will accept.

Burn and rip CDs - Microsoft Support

Learn how to rip (copy) and burn (create) CDs and data DVDs using Windows Media Player.

support.microsoft.com

Thanks for that. It didn't work quite as it says in the link, I could only open Media Player by playing a CD, and I couldn't see RipCD, but after a bit of fiddling about copied the tracks to a USB stick, and it plays in the car, so success. Perhaps it's because I'm using an old XP computer, my new one doesn't have a CD drive.
Thanks again, well chuffed

 

[Scally-Ho]

What's a CD .. the player in my workshop uses compact cassettes

 

[foxhole]

My music is kept on my phone , streamed to car audio via Bluetooth

 

[lostinthelight]

. Perhaps it's because I'm using an old XP computer, my new one doesn't have a CD drive.
Thanks again, well chuffed

You can get an external usb drive one for around a tenner

 

[opps]

What's a CD .. the player in my workshop uses compact cassettes

In the 90's I still had an 8 track.

 

[Koolpc]

Just take it from YouTube, not done it for a while but I used to use any YouTube converter,

I have done that too.

When i had a pc i used to rip the CD to MP3.

Not easy when you have paws i can tell you!!!

 

[fixitflav]

My music is kept on my phone , streamed to car audio via Bluetooth

In what form is it kept on your phone? I tried Spotify (free version) but wasn't keen. It seemed to decide what I wanted to hear, and put in adverts. Maybe upgrade would be better.

 

[foxhole]

In what form is it kept on your phone? I tried Spotify (free version) but wasn't keen. It seemed to decide what I wanted to hear, and put in adverts. Maybe upgrade would be better.

iPhone , transferred all music on pc to phone .Not sure what file type ,

• Audio formats supported: AAC‑LC, HE‑AAC, HE‑AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC‑3), Dolby Digital Plus (E‑AC‑3), Dolby Atmos, and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+).

 

[opps]

In what form is it kept on your phone? I tried Spotify (free version) but wasn't keen. It seemed to decide what I wanted to hear, and put in adverts. Maybe upgrade would be better.

I find the free version of spotify really annoying. I don't object to adverts but they intentionally refuse to let you listen to a whole album in the correct order (it shuffles the tracks).

 

[fixitflav]

iPhone , transferred all music on pc to phone .Not sure what file type ,

• Audio formats supported: AAC‑LC, HE‑AAC, HE‑AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC‑3), Dolby Digital Plus (E‑AC‑3), Dolby Atmos, and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+).

I'm on Android, there must be an equivalent to iPhone if I can find it. Maybe Amazon do something

 

[foxhole]

Music player for android?

 

[opps]

I'm on Android, there must be an equivalent to iPhone if I can find it. Maybe Amazon do something

Not sure I understand your question.

Any music stored on an Android can be streamed to a bluetooth (BT) speaker or car stereo which supports BT.

The speaker is simply acting as an external speaker. Any music that can be played on the phone can be played via the BT device. The format is irrelevant (given that it is recognised by the media player on the Android device).

I used to have DAB radio on site but figured that because I have unlimited internet access on my phone, I would purchase a waterproof BT speaker and stream radio 4, etc from my phone. When I work in phone signal blackholes. I download audiobooks or podcasts to my phone in advance, and listen to them via my BT speaker.

I don't drive, never learned how to. I guess if one is driving they might want an interface that lets you scroll through the tracks that you want to hear so that the old Bill don't see you interacting with your phone whilst driving.

If you can explain what you want to do, hopefully one of us can help you further.