Usually i use Windows Media Player to rip a CD to WMA files.

But I was trying to rip green day's American Idiot and it wont let me.

any other programs or anyhting that can help me?

thanks

nero is great

my computer is being a bitch though.....i put in the cd....then go into "my computer" and open up the D drive, and it opens but it is completely empty.

fuck it.

Some CDs have different "copy protection systems" that unfortunately don't allow them to be played/read on computers.

I didn't try to bypass those protections myself, but I know that at least with some of them it can be done with software like Nero.

MusicMatch.

thats what i use as well

but i will point out, the irony of you having problems ripping the american idiot CD have not escaped me

MusicMatch 7.x is great. Everything afterwards I could care less for.

Oh, when you load your cd, hold down the shift key until it's finished loading. You'll be able to rip it then.

Also, you might want to ditch the WMV format. The MPAA & RIAA are going to star using the WMV format to pass on spyware/adware.