CD Writing

[John]

I have just wanted to burn a CD of some music tracks. I couldn't get Media
Player to burn - the "Burn" button was gray.

I couldn't do it by dragging files in explorer and selecting copy to CD. It
kept asking me to insert a blank CD. Explorer - properties shows it blue -
Zero free space and zero used.

After trying several blank disks I tried burning some photos from Picasa -
this worked. I then tried Real Player and it burned the CD without problems.

It seems Windows XP / Media Player has a problem with burning - but other
applications don't. Any ideas on what I could check?

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

I have just wanted to burn a CD of some music tracks. I couldn't get Media

Player to burn - the "Burn" button was gray.

I couldn't do it by dragging files in explorer and selecting copy to CD. It
kept asking me to insert a blank CD. Explorer - properties shows it blue -
Zero free space and zero used.

After trying several blank disks I tried burning some photos from Picasa -
this worked. I then tried Real Player and it burned the CD without problems.

It seems Windows XP / Media Player has a problem with burning - but other
applications don't. Any ideas on what I could check?

Maybe try installing the IMAPI 2.0 Update from this KB article:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...f1-4ace-455d-bad7-abc4dd2f147b&DisplayLang=en

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[John]

Maybe try installing the IMAPI 2.0 Update from this KB article:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...f1-4ace-455d-bad7-abc4dd2f147b&DisplayLang=en

- Thee Chicago Wolf

Done it - but no change. Media Player has icon with message "Connect a
burner and restart the Player"

What should I see in Explorer if I look at properties with a blank CD
loaded?

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Done it - but no change. Media Player has icon with message "Connect a

burner and restart the Player"

What should I see in Explorer if I look at properties with a blank CD
loaded?

It should appear as just a CD icon next to the drive letter and doing
a properties should show "Used Space" as 0 bytes, and "Free Space" as
736 million or so bytes free (for an 80 minute CD-R). Is the firmware
up to date on the drive? Beyond that, I am a bit stumped as to what
could be causing it. Is the drive on cable select? Have you tried
disconnecting and reconnecting the cable?

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[John]

It should appear as just a CD icon next to the drive letter and doing
a properties should show "Used Space" as 0 bytes, and "Free Space" as
736 million or so bytes free (for an 80 minute CD-R). Is the firmware
up to date on the drive? Beyond that, I am a bit stumped as to what
could be causing it. Is the drive on cable select? Have you tried
disconnecting and reconnecting the cable?

- Thee Chicago Wolf

It shows "0" space and used.

As I said - I can burn a disc using non-Windows applications - so I guess it
isn't hardware. The drive is a LG which uses generic Windows driver.

 

[John]

It should appear as just a CD icon next to the drive letter and doing
a properties should show "Used Space" as 0 bytes, and "Free Space" as
736 million or so bytes free (for an 80 minute CD-R). Is the firmware
up to date on the drive? Beyond that, I am a bit stumped as to what
could be causing it. Is the drive on cable select? Have you tried
disconnecting and reconnecting the cable?

- Thee Chicago Wolf

I recall that at one time - if I inserted a blank disk I would get a
message - asking what I wanted to do next.

 

[Donald Anadell]

I have just wanted to burn a CD of some music tracks. I couldn't get Media
Player to burn - the "Burn" button was gray.

I couldn't do it by dragging files in explorer and selecting copy to CD.
It kept asking me to insert a blank CD. Explorer - properties shows it
blue - Zero free space and zero used.

Did you try looking at the Properties||Recording(tab) on the Drive in
question, there should be a checkmark in the box next to "Enable CD
recording on this drive". If you don't have a checkmark in that box you
can't drag and drop files to the Drive.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

 

[John]

Did you try looking at the Properties||Recording(tab) on the Drive in
question, there should be a checkmark in the box next to "Enable CD
recording on this drive". If you don't have a checkmark in that box you
can't drag and drop files to the Drive.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

No recording tab.

As stated - it works fine from Real Player or Picasa.

Properties on has tabs = General, Autoplay & Hardware.

Today I uninstalled driver and then let XP find the hardware again.

Driver is: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B (01/07/2001)

 

[John]

No recording tab.

As stated - it works fine from Real Player or Picasa.

Properties on has tabs = General, Autoplay & Hardware.

Today I uninstalled driver and then let XP find the hardware again.

Driver is: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B (01/07/2001)

I found this and have edited the drive from a "3" to a "2". I now have the
recording tab. Will do some checks - concerned I may have lost DVD ability

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

I recall that at one time - if I inserted a blank disk I would get a

message - asking what I wanted to do next.

Any clue what your firmware level is? 1.05 seems to be current.
Otherwise, it seems somewhere along the line it got dis-associated
with burning in Media Player.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[John]

Resolved!!

I found in Services.msc that IMAPI CD burning was disabled. Media Player now
burning fine.