Re: MP3 ripping

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From: zachd [ms] (zachd_at_nomailplz.online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/15/04


Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:50:03 -0700


I believe under
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer
there should be an MP3Preferences key (?) that may indicate what codec is
used. But I don't recall for 100% certain.

-Z

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"Dave" <dcambensy@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:8e4e5d39.0407141131.c117fee@posting.google.com...
> Any ideas? It is only $10 but if I can save it, that would be nice.
>
> dcambensy@yahoo.com (Dave) wrote in message 
> news:<8e4e5d39.0407132113.2d83198b@posting.google.com>...
>> Hi,
>>
>> A while ago (couple years), I bought one of the addons to Windows
>> Media Player to enable me to rip MP3s. I am moving all of my programs
>> to a new computer. I can't find the email I got when I purchased the
>> MP3 encoder. I don't even remember the company. Is there a way, in
>> Media Player (or the registry) that I can find the company that has
>> enabled the MP3 functionality in Media Player? 


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