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Hello,

I have recently run into trouble burning CD's. I've been successfully using
the same brand for a few months with no problem. But now, they are suddenly
not burning properly or seem to be burning in some kind of compressed
format.

I burned a music CD for my friend of about 20 songs (which would normally
take up nearly a full CD) which won't play in her CD player but WILL play on
her computer. I tried it on my CD player to see if it would work and the
same thing happened, I didn't get one song. In fact, it registered as one
song on the disc and played as faint static. Yet, on my computer I could
play it no problem

Is it possible it's burning in some kind of compressed format? If so, how do
I change this? The CD's I'm using are Maxell and I've burned several music
CD's for the kids with these CD's with little to no problem. I am using
Windows XP Pro and Windows Media Player 9.

If someone can offer some insight that would be wonderful...

TIA,

Addie
"Not a computer genius, but hardly illiterate...."

"Admiralla" <> wrote in message
news:c526fm$fd3$...
> Hello,
>
> I have recently run into trouble burning CD's. I've been successfully
using
> the same brand for a few months with no problem. But now, they are
suddenly
> not burning properly or seem to be burning in some kind of compressed
> format.
>
> I burned a music CD for my friend of about 20 songs (which would normally
> take up nearly a full CD) which won't play in her CD player but WILL play
on
> her computer. I tried it on my CD player to see if it would work and the
> same thing happened, I didn't get one song. In fact, it registered as one
> song on the disc and played as faint static. Yet, on my computer I could
> play it no problem
>
> Is it possible it's burning in some kind of compressed format? If so, how
do
> I change this? The CD's I'm using are Maxell and I've burned several music
> CD's for the kids with these CD's with little to no problem. I am using
> Windows XP Pro and Windows Media Player 9.
>
> If someone can offer some insight that would be wonderful...
>
> TIA,
>
> Addie
> "Not a computer genius, but hardly illiterate...."

Sounds to me like you are in fact burning a "data" CD with your songs in WMP
or MP3 format. This format would be unrecognizable to most CD players out
there, but will play fine in your PC. I would suggest checking your Media
Player settings and make sure it is set to burn an "audio" CD. This is an
excerpt from Media Player 9's help files:


Comparing audio and data CDs
The following sections explain the differences between using the Player to
create audio and data CDs.

Audio CDs
The Player creates (burns) audio CDs according to the Red Book audio format.
(Audio CDs are also known as Red Book CDs because of the way information is
arranged on the disc.) These audio CDs can be played back in any CD-ROM
drive and in most home and car CD players. However, not all CD players can
play compact disc-recordable (CD-R) and compact disc-rewritable (CD-RW)
discs.

Volume leveling (also known as normalization) is applied to all tracks that
the Player copies to audio CDs. This may cause the CD creation process to
take longer, but it results in a more even volume level for all the tracks
copied to the CD and prevents some tracks from sounding louder than others.

Note that the application of volume leveling when creating audio CDs is only
available on select versions of Windows. For more information, see Special
features.

To create an audio CD, the Player automatically converts Windows Media
Audio, .wav, and .mp3 files into .cda files before copying them to CD.

A two-second gap is added between each CD track.

Data CDs
The Player creates data CDs according to the Joliet format. A data CD is a
CD that contains compressed files and a file structure. A data CD may simply
contain compressed audio files, but the files are typically much smaller
than typical audio files. Therefore, a data CD may contain more audio files
than an audio CD, depending on the type and the compression level of the
audio files. Most computers and some CD players can play back the compressed
audio files contained on a data CD.

A data CD may or may not contain audio or video content. For example, the
CDs used to install an operating system or programs are data CDs. If the
data CD contains audio files with a file type that is supported by the
Player, such as files with a .wma, .wav, or .mp3 extension, you can use the
Player to play the files.

When you create a data CD using the Player, files are copied to the root of
the CD in a directory named playlist. The files are converted if necessary
(for example, if a specific bit rate is selected). You can copy both
playlists and digital media files to a data CD. The Player copies the files
in the order that they are listed in the Items to Copy pane and in the
playlists that you copy. The organization of the playlist is preserved.
Media information, with the exception of album art, is also copied to the
data CD.

By default, the Player creates a playlist with a .wpl extension that
contains the files as they are listed in the Items to Copy pane. You can
also have the Player create a playlist with an .m3u extension so that
devices that use .m3u playlists can play the files.

By default, the name of data CDs is the date (for example, Sept 04 02) that
you created the CD. The date changes if you copy more files to the CD.

Even if you use a compact disc-recordable (CD-R) to create a data CD, you
can copy files to the CD at another time as long as the disc is not full.
This is because the disc is never closed, meaning that more data can always
be written to the CD as long as the disc is not full. Note that data CDs may
not play in CD players that require closed compact discs.

Well, that was it... turns out I had it set to burn a data CD.... just a
little something that I had to select on my drop down menu... silly me....
but hey.. I knew it had to be something simple...

thanks Thor!

"Thor" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Admiralla" <> wrote in message
> news:c526fm$fd3$...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have recently run into trouble burning CD's. I've been successfully
> using
> > the same brand for a few months with no problem. But now, they are
> suddenly
> > not burning properly or seem to be burning in some kind of compressed
> > format.
> >
> > I burned a music CD for my friend of about 20 songs (which would
normally
> > take up nearly a full CD) which won't play in her CD player but WILL
play
> on
> > her computer. I tried it on my CD player to see if it would work and the
> > same thing happened, I didn't get one song. In fact, it registered as
one
> > song on the disc and played as faint static. Yet, on my computer I could
> > play it no problem
> >
> > Is it possible it's burning in some kind of compressed format? If so,
how
> do
> > I change this? The CD's I'm using are Maxell and I've burned several
music
> > CD's for the kids with these CD's with little to no problem. I am using
> > Windows XP Pro and Windows Media Player 9.
> >
> > If someone can offer some insight that would be wonderful...
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Addie
> > "Not a computer genius, but hardly illiterate...."
>
> Sounds to me like you are in fact burning a "data" CD with your songs in
WMP
> or MP3 format. This format would be unrecognizable to most CD players out
> there, but will play fine in your PC. I would suggest checking your Media
> Player settings and make sure it is set to burn an "audio" CD. This is an
> excerpt from Media Player 9's help files:
>
>
> Comparing audio and data CDs
> The following sections explain the differences between using the Player to
> create audio and data CDs.
>
> Audio CDs
> The Player creates (burns) audio CDs according to the Red Book audio
format.
> (Audio CDs are also known as Red Book CDs because of the way information
is
> arranged on the disc.) These audio CDs can be played back in any CD-ROM
> drive and in most home and car CD players. However, not all CD players can
> play compact disc-recordable (CD-R) and compact disc-rewritable (CD-RW)
> discs.
>
> Volume leveling (also known as normalization) is applied to all tracks
that
> the Player copies to audio CDs. This may cause the CD creation process to
> take longer, but it results in a more even volume level for all the tracks
> copied to the CD and prevents some tracks from sounding louder than
others.
>
> Note that the application of volume leveling when creating audio CDs is
only
> available on select versions of Windows. For more information, see Special
> features.
>
> To create an audio CD, the Player automatically converts Windows Media
> Audio, .wav, and .mp3 files into .cda files before copying them to CD.
>
> A two-second gap is added between each CD track.
>
> Data CDs
> The Player creates data CDs according to the Joliet format. A data CD is a
> CD that contains compressed files and a file structure. A data CD may
simply
> contain compressed audio files, but the files are typically much smaller
> than typical audio files. Therefore, a data CD may contain more audio
files
> than an audio CD, depending on the type and the compression level of the
> audio files. Most computers and some CD players can play back the
compressed
> audio files contained on a data CD.
>
> A data CD may or may not contain audio or video content. For example, the
> CDs used to install an operating system or programs are data CDs. If the
> data CD contains audio files with a file type that is supported by the
> Player, such as files with a .wma, .wav, or .mp3 extension, you can use
the
> Player to play the files.
>
> When you create a data CD using the Player, files are copied to the root
of
> the CD in a directory named playlist. The files are converted if necessary
> (for example, if a specific bit rate is selected). You can copy both
> playlists and digital media files to a data CD. The Player copies the
files
> in the order that they are listed in the Items to Copy pane and in the
> playlists that you copy. The organization of the playlist is preserved.
> Media information, with the exception of album art, is also copied to the
> data CD.
>
> By default, the Player creates a playlist with a .wpl extension that
> contains the files as they are listed in the Items to Copy pane. You can
> also have the Player create a playlist with an .m3u extension so that
> devices that use .m3u playlists can play the files.
>
> By default, the name of data CDs is the date (for example, Sept 04 02)
that
> you created the CD. The date changes if you copy more files to the CD.
>
> Even if you use a compact disc-recordable (CD-R) to create a data CD, you
> can copy files to the CD at another time as long as the disc is not full.
> This is because the disc is never closed, meaning that more data can
always
> be written to the CD as long as the disc is not full. Note that data CDs
may
> not play in CD players that require closed compact discs.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

It does pay to read so read www.cdrfaq.org and download the file to a floppy
for referemce.
"Admiralla" <> wrote in message
news:c526fm$fd3$...
> Hello,
>
> I have recently run into trouble burning CD's. I've been successfully
using
> the same brand for a few months with no problem. But now, they are
suddenly
> not burning properly or seem to be burning in some kind of compressed
> format.
>
> I burned a music CD for my friend of about 20 songs (which would normally
> take up nearly a full CD) which won't play in her CD player but WILL play
on
> her computer. I tried it on my CD player to see if it would work and the
> same thing happened, I didn't get one song. In fact, it registered as one
> song on the disc and played as faint static. Yet, on my computer I could
> play it no problem
>
> Is it possible it's burning in some kind of compressed format? If so, how
do
> I change this? The CD's I'm using are Maxell and I've burned several music
> CD's for the kids with these CD's with little to no problem. I am using
> Windows XP Pro and Windows Media Player 9.
>
> If someone can offer some insight that would be wonderful...
>
> TIA,
>
> Addie
> "Not a computer genius, but hardly illiterate...."
>
>


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