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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: james05 on Sunday 22 May 11 15:39 BST (UK)
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I have some music on the computer which I would like to copy onto a cd, have managed that okay but it will not play on a cd player only on the computer. any ideas as to why this is please?
jim
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Hi Jim
How old is the CD player? If it's old then it won't have the technology to play certain types of music files.
What are the types of music file you have copied? The bits after the dot . at the end of the file names?
KR
Maryam
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Maryam not sure how old the cd player is, i did try it on 2 or 3 different ones though.
.mp3 is the end of the file name.
jim
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Jim
Did you burn the tracks as audio or data files? You should have copied them as audio files.
KR
Maryam
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thanks for your help Maryam, I didn't see an option when burning the disc, so I have tried doing it again but nothing seems to be happening, will keep pluggin away.
jim
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No option came up it said it was being burnt as a DVD rewrite :-\
jim
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Sounds like (sorry about the pun) you have burnt a DVD and tried to play it in a CD player
Ensure it is a blank CD and burn it as a cd?
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I assume when you are talking about "the CD player" you are talking about an audio CD player rather than the CD reader in your computer.
If you copied them as MP3 files then they will not play on your home audio or automobile CD player. Here is what I do: find free software that converts MP3 files to WAV files and then copy those onto the CD. Note that a WAV file will take about 10 times as much space as MP3, but it will still allow you to copy a lot of tunes.
If I am copying from my own cassette or LP collection I use Audacity. It gives one the option to create WAV files.
Nick
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Today I purchased a cd as opposed to a dvd that I already had. I tried to burn the music to this disc it goes through the motions telling me how much there is left to burn, it then ejects the cd itself. In the Windows Media Player window it says the title of my chosen music is complete. I then re insert the disc and it says empty disc, how do I want to use this disc, again giving me the options of 'like a USB flash drive' or 'with a CD/DVD player'. I then begin the process all over again.
Any ideas what I am doing wrong, there proably is a very simple answer but I can't see it.
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Burn-a-CD-or-DVD-in-Windows-Media-Player
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One thing omitted from this thread James which the tecchies might need, which operating system are you using?
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When I burn a cd, at the finish the programme asks whether
I want the cd to play on any device or on that computer
only. If you want security for the contents it will only play on
the computer that you burn it on it, if you select this computer
only. It will not be read by any other device.
It you click on the any device button, then it
will play on anything without problem.
This may or may not be the answer depending on what burning
programme that you are using.
Tomkin
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??? He's using Window Media Player!
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This is a burning programme on my computer. I have several but as I rarely
burn anything I tend to stick to a drag to disc programme.
As you can see these are the options given for burn or rip music.
Tomkin
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I would suggest that you use this program and select the second option for MP3.
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just to add a thank you for all the help and suggestions with this. My brother burnt the music to a cd for me using i tunes on his computer. Don't know the reason as to why I couldn't do it using windows media player though. :-\
jim
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There's always a way round it, isn't there ;D
KR
Maryam
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well done Jim,
Tomkin :)
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I know that you've now solved the problem, but the program I use is CDBurnerXP (http://cdburnerxp.se/) which is completely free and easy to use. Give it a try.
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thanks Braindead and tomkin, I will try that link the next time I need to burn a disc.
jim