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[Topper]

I'm not sure if this has come up on the board before but I'll post anyway.

I did a windows update yesterday and one of the things that got downloaded was an update to enable HiMat burning (whatever that is). After this update had installed I tried burning a CD from MC and a couple of other programs and ended up with several new coasters. Taking a guess at what was causing the problem I uninstalled the HiMat update, rebooted and voila back to reliable burns.

Just a thought for anyone having problems and warning of what may happen if you add this update.

[LisaRCT]

Thanks for that info!  
I'd be curious as to what that is all about though.  

[KingSparta]

I am guessing your using Windows Xp

but you can turn off windows Xp internal burner

it has been said it may conflict with some systems\programs tha also burn CD's

SUMMARY
This article discusses the new HighMAT extension to the Microsoft Windows XP CD Writing Wizard. With the new HighMAT extension, you can create easy-to-use HighMAT CDs of your digital photos, music, and videos. The CDs are optimized for easy viewing and sharing on CD and DVD players that use the HighMAT logo.
MORE INFORMATION
When you create your own digital media collections on CDs or other physical formats, there are many inconsistent ways that CD and DVD players read the data. Each interface for finding media and the viewable information such as playlists, music metadata, and folders with photos or videos varies depending on what each device supports. In many cases, this creates confusion about how to find the music, photos or videos that you want. Additionally, with large collections of music and videos, it can take several minutes for the DVD or CD player to "read" what music or video is available. This behavior occurs because until now there was no standard way for Windows XP to structure digital media on physical formats and for consumer devices to read these discs.

To solve this problem, HighMAT creates a standard way for computers to structure digital media on physical formats and for consumer devices to read these disks. This standardization improves startup times for data CDs and other physical formats and gives you a consistent, easy navigation experience across a broad range of consumer electronic devices. HighMAT also preserves important information about your music, photos, and video such as full song names, artist names, album names, and genre. HighMAT CD writing also offers easier navigation with folders that you can locate and use with a single press of a DVD player’s remote control key.

To create a HighMAT CD that contains mixed media content such as audio, video, and image files, download and install the HighMAT Extension for Windows XP CD-Writing Wizard update. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

[Markeau]

Topper - did you get any errors or other weirdness during the burns? or did the burn complete and the cd was just not playable or what?  were u burning cda or data?  

I am successfully burning with the HighMat update and XP burning enabled (or disabled - doesn't matter). However, I struggled for a few weeks with cda burn problems which seem to have been caused by the WriteDVD UDF software that came with my Pioneer DVR A06/106 DVD burner (but I have not yet truly regressed to verify that indeed was the problem).  The problems I had were primarily with DSP burn options enabled - I would get a 7sec noise on the first track, then all other track markers were off by 7sec.  Sometimes the burn dialog would hang toward the burn end.  Never any coasters though.

[Topper]

Thanks to King I now understand what HiMAT is.

To be honest I'm not really bothered if I can use the HiMAT format at the moment. The reason I posted was in case anyone else was experiencing bad burns and the information might help them track the problem instead of taking issue with MC which has never caused me any problems with burns.

I was actually trying to burn a CDA music disc. I tried with DSP enabled and DSP switched off. The main problems I suffered from was:

1) It took ages to burn the disc compared with how long it usually takes.

2) When the disc did complete the drive tray remained locked and just would not open causing me to restart the computer.

3) The first three or four tracks were readable but the rest of the disc was unreadable despite the presence of data.

As I said I'm not really looking for a fix but just passing the information along.