convert music with XP for slideshow?

[gourmetphoto]

I have windows XP and have found that when I try to take some songs off the cds I own and put them on the computer that they will not allow me to convert them to wav. files and/or won't let me use them in the slide show because of the new anti-copyright coding.....does anyone have any suggestions.

[JRR]

I don't have XP, I have Me, but I know this has come up before.

Windows in ripping the CD puts it in some Microsoft (whatelse?) file type.

You need to get another ripper. There are many out there, lots free.

dBpoweramp is a good free one, get it at http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

You can use it to rip to WAV or MP3. It will also convert WAV to MP3

Hope that helps