Hi,
First off CDBurnerXP is a really no nonsense non-techy solution.
It does the job quickly, easily with a nice professional user interface.

Have you tried blowing your audio copy to a CD-ROM instead of using CD-RW ?

Hi Caerwyn,

Thanks for your post.

I've only got CD-RW which says 4x -10x compatible.

I've had them for ages.

Does it make any difference which type of CDs I use ?

At least with these I can erase them if i make a mistake.

Thanks

JM

The method used to burn CD-rw is different than CD-r. CD-r have pits burnt into them by laser, similar to production CDs, whereas cd-rw just have areas heated so it is reversible. A lot of standalone CD players just weren't made to be able to read cd-rw.

Good place for cheap CD-rs btw; http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Consumables/cat/Blank-Media

Yes, it matters. Try either +R or -R as CD players can be temperamental. A local independant computer shop will sell the CD's for 10p in bulk, say 50 or 100.

In reply to a post by 12eason:

The method used to burn CD-rw is different than CD-r. CD-r have pits burnt into them by laser, similar to production CDs, whereas cd-rw just have areas heated so it is reversible. A lot of standalone CD players just weren't made to be able to read cd-rw.

Haven't tried to do this in years!!

However, as well as the points that you have made, I seem to recall that some players will not read the CD unless you "Close-the-Session"!

Hi,

thank you all for the posts.

Hi JohnBurness,

No sure what you mean by :

"Close-the-Session"!



Thanks

JM

In reply to a post by JM_:

Hi,

thank you all for the posts.

Hi JohnBurness,

No sure what you mean by :

"Close-the-Session"!



Thanks

JM

Hi, it is a long time since I did any CD burning, hence my "terminology" may be a bit out!!

Basically, when you burn CDs (I'm NOT talking about CD-RWs), they are meant to be recorded to once only!

However, on some of them, it is possible to set them up so that you can subsequently "add" to what you have already recorded - this is leaving it "open".

IIRC, some CD Players cannot handle this type of recording. In other words, you need to record everything in a single session & make sure that the software "closes" the recording at the same time!!

In reply to a post by broadband66:

Yes, it matters. Try either +R or -R as CD players can be temperamental. A local independant computer shop will sell the CD's for 10p in bulk, say 50 or 100.

+ and - R are recordable DVD formats.

CD-R is what he needs. And it needs to be burnt as an audio CD.

Not exactly. DVD-R and DVD+R are DVD formats.

See link for CD+R

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Whi...