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writeable/rewriteable cds

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balletshoes
balletshoes Posts: 16,610 Forumite
help please -

i've just burned a cd from the laptop, but its not playing on any of our cd players. it works fine when played on the laptop though. anyone know what i've done wrong? i'm using the same cds to burn music onto that i used on my desktop, and i managed that successfully. the laptop asked for a re-writeable disc to be used, which i'm not sure mine are. would this be why the cds only play on the laptop, and not in normal cd players?

thanks for any help,

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  • timbim_2
    timbim_2 Posts: 1,292 Forumite
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    A lot of older CD players aren't compatible with CD-RW formats. For music, use CD-R instead.
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  • balletshoes
    balletshoes Posts: 16,610 Forumite
    timbim wrote: »
    A lot of older CD players aren't compatible with CD-RW formats. For music, use CD-R instead.

    its CD-R i'm using - no joy :(.
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,722 Forumite
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    What did you use to write it with, and did you "finalise" it, ?
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  • balletshoes
    balletshoes Posts: 16,610 Forumite
    edited 13 May 2010 at 7:57PM
    What did you use to write it with, and did you "finalise" it, ?

    i'm using windows 7 wizard, following all instructions as far as i know, and letting the laptop do all the work (it opens the disc drive and tells me the disc has been burned successfully). should i change the settings to lower than 24 x, which the wizard has set for itself? would that make any difference?
  • timbim_2
    timbim_2 Posts: 1,292 Forumite
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    What have you burnt to the CD? MP3 files, WAV files, or have you actually selected an option to burn an audio cd?
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  • balletshoes
    balletshoes Posts: 16,610 Forumite
    timbim wrote: »
    What have you burnt to the CD? MP3 files, WAV files, or have you actually selected an option to burn an audio cd?

    i'm not getting an option to choose to burn an audio cd this time, but i'm sure thats what i chose first time i tried it. the file i'm burning says m3u. can you tell i'm pretty lost?
  • balletshoes
    balletshoes Posts: 16,610 Forumite
    aha - sorted it! i moved the whole file over to windows media player, and burned it to audio cd from there. thanks for the suggestions folks :).
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