About Ripped Files

Your ripped files will go into the default folder unless you have changed it’s location. Go to Tools | Options | File Naming & Location | “Output File Location (ripping and recording”, Base Path.

How will the files be named?

The ripped files will be named according to the Directory and Filename rules listed in Tools | Options | File Naming & Location, “Directory Rule” and “Filename Rule”. By default, the naming will look like this:

C:\…\Artist\Album\Track# - Name

Where does Media Center get this information?

When you put a CD in your drive to be played or ripped for the first time, Media Center gets the track information from the CD itself if it has “CD-Text”. If there is no such information, it checks the cdplayer.ini file in the Windows directory. If it still can't get the information, and "on-line CD lookup" is enabled (Tools | Options | Device Settings) it searches the YADB on-line database (see www.yadb.com) for a match. This can cause a noticeable delay and will fail if you are not connected to the internet. If it can't find it on-line, it asks if you if you want to fill in the info and submit it to YADB. If you don't fill in the information, the tracks will be named "track 1, track 2", etc.

Once it has info for an audio CD, Media Center stores it in it's own database so the next time you insert this CD it just grabs all the information instantly from it's own database without any YADB or cdplayer.ini checking. See YADB for more information.