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Offline james05

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computer to cd?
« on: Sunday 22 May 11 15:39 BST (UK) »
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?
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Re: computer to cd?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 22 May 11 15:47 BST (UK) »
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?

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Re: computer to cd?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 22 May 11 16:07 BST (UK) »
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.
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Re: computer to cd?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 22 May 11 16:16 BST (UK) »
Jim

Did you burn the tracks as audio or data files?  You should have copied them as audio files.

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Re: computer to cd?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 22 May 11 16:20 BST (UK) »
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.
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Re: computer to cd?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 22 May 11 16:41 BST (UK) »
No option came up it said it was being burnt as a DVD rewrite :-\
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Re: computer to cd?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 22 May 11 21:39 BST (UK) »
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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Re: computer to cd?
« Reply #7 on: Monday 23 May 11 00:57 BST (UK) »
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.

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Re: computer to cd?
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 24 May 11 18:47 BST (UK) »
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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