Can No Longer Burn Playable CDs - Help!!!

[Pam]

Recently I've been having a lot of problems burning music CDs. When the CD
is completed, the program always says that the burn was successful, however,
when I try to play it in my home stereo or car stereo, it will play to the
end of the first track and then go back and repeat about the last 10 or 15
seconds of that track. I have to manually advance it to the next track.
Then it does the same thing with every track up until about track 10 (out of
about 20 tracks) where it stops dead still. At that point it won't even let
me advance it manually to the next track. I can make it play on the
computer, but there are some strange little noises and skips on every song.

I've done a lot of troubleshooting, and I've determined that the problem has
to be with my computer. I'm running Windows XP Home Edition with SP2, and I
always turn off the screensaver, firewall and antivirus program before
starting to record, and the mp3 files I'm using are ones that I have burned
to CDs before. I know there's nothing wrong with them.

It matters not which CD burning program I use. I've tried Roxio 5, Roxio 7
(that I just got with my new DVD/CD burner), Nero, and Windows Media Player.
I also have a second CD burner on the same computer, and I've tried burning
with that one, too. The results are always the same. It also cannot be the
blank CD-R's I'm using, because I have recorded many CDs of the same brand
from the same package, and they all play beautifully.

I really need some help. I've yet to try burning a DVD since I got the new
burner for fear that it won't work right either. I've made about 10 CD
coasters now, and this wastefulness is starting to get expensive. I'd
appreciate any suggestions any of you might have, but please explain in
layman's terms. Thanks in advance! .....Pam

 

[Mike Williams]

Recently I've been having a lot of problems burning music CDs. When the CD
is completed, the program always says that the burn was successful, however,
when I try to play it in my home stereo or car stereo, it will play to the
end of the first track and then go back and repeat about the last 10 or 15
seconds of that track. I have to manually advance it to the next track.
Then it does the same thing with every track up until about track 10 (out of
about 20 tracks) where it stops dead still. At that point it won't even let
me advance it manually to the next track. I can make it play on the
computer, but there are some strange little noises and skips on every song.

I've done a lot of troubleshooting, and I've determined that the problem has
to be with my computer. I'm running Windows XP Home Edition with SP2, and I
always turn off the screensaver, firewall and antivirus program before
starting to record, and the mp3 files I'm using are ones that I have burned
to CDs before. I know there's nothing wrong with them.

It matters not which CD burning program I use. I've tried Roxio 5, Roxio 7
(that I just got with my new DVD/CD burner), Nero, and Windows Media Player.
I also have a second CD burner on the same computer, and I've tried burning
with that one, too. The results are always the same. It also cannot be the
blank CD-R's I'm using, because I have recorded many CDs of the same brand
from the same package, and they all play beautifully.

I really need some help. I've yet to try burning a DVD since I got the new
burner for fear that it won't work right either. I've made about 10 CD
coasters now, and this wastefulness is starting to get expensive. I'd
appreciate any suggestions any of you might have, but please explain in
layman's terms. Thanks in advance! .....Pam

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0091.mspx#EKF


Why doesn't the CD player in my car play the CDs that I burn?

Your CD player might not be able to play the CD for several reasons,
including the following:
•

It can only play audio CDs and you have burned a data CD. Data CDs can
be played only in your computer and in some newer CD players. When
creating data CDs, the Player burns your WMA and MP3 files to the CD in
their current format without converting them for an audio CD.
Consequently, the CD player that you use to play a data CD must be able
to play WMA or MP3 files.
•

It can play data CDs, but can't play the type of files that are burned
on your data CD. (For example, it can play WMA files but not MP3 files.)
•

It can play data CDs, but can't play protected files (for example, you
burned a licensed WMA file that you purchased from an online store to
your data CD).
•

It can play data CDs, but can't play the particular brand or type of
disc that you used.
•

It can't play data CDs that have not been finalized. For more
information about this issue, see question 7.4, "When I burn a CD, does
the Player 'finalize' or 'close' the disc?" in the Windows Media Player FAQ.

Review the documentation that came with your CD player to determine its
playback capabilities, and then do one of the following:
•

Burn audio CDs, not data CDs. If your CD player can't play a data CD
that contains either WMA or MP3 files, or it can't play protected files,
then burn the tracks to an audio CD (not a data CD) on CD-R (not CD-RW)
media. An audio CD plays in most CD players (in your home stereo, your
portable CD player, your car stereo, your computer, and so forth). When
creating audio CDs, the Player converts your WMA and MP3 files to the
pulse code modulation (PCM) format that standard CD players can play,
before burning them to disc.

Follow the instructions in the next question for burning a CD in your
version of the Player. However, in step 8, click the Audio CD option to
burn an audio CD.
•

Convert your files to another format. If your CD player can play data
CDs, but the files in your library are in the wrong format (for example,
your CD player supports WMA playback, but the files in your library are
in MP3 format), you can use Plus! Audio Converter, a feature in
Microsoft Plus! SuperPack for Windows XP, to convert your MP3 files to
WMA files. (This also works in reverse, from WMA to MP3.) Then, follow
the instructions in the next question to burn the converted files to a
data CD in your version of the Player.

If you are using Windows Media Player 9 Series, in addition to
purchasing the Plus! SuperPack, you must purchase and install an MP3
Creation plug-in that is compatible with the Player.

If you are using Windows Media Player 10, in addition to purchasing the
Plus! SuperPack, you must install a Plus! Audio Converter Update. You do
not have to purchase and install an MP3 creation plug-in.
•

If your CD player can't play data CDs that have not been finalized, you
must use another CD burning or authoring software program to burn a
finalized data CD.

 

[Guest]

You may also try swithcing brands of Bland CDMedia, I use Sony and have had
very little, maybe one in a hundred bads ones. Other brands I used, wouldn't
work or I was throwing 30% of them away.
If what Mike has told you doesn't work, just try switching brands. Also
what closing are are your using in your Finalizing????

 

[Pam]

I generally use Roxio Soundstream, and I always finalize a music CD. What
I'm saying is that everything that used to work properly suddenly isn't now.
I've also tried various brands of CDs, and that doesn't seem to make a
difference. I used to just pop a blank CD in the CD burner, tell it to burn
mp3's and all was perfect. Now it's just the opposite, yet I have not begun
doing anything differently.