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[johnnyj]

All of a sudden the CD-burner on my laptop is not recognized as a valid burner!? The Tools dialog has the "Burn CD ord DVD greyed out" and Send to CD burner gives the following error:
"Media Center could not find a suitable burner installed on this machine". I've tried with some old builds as well but have the same problem.

The burner works well with Nero (that has been installed all the time)

Tools/Options/CD writer/Detect also works well (that is, it detects the CD writer)
And yes, DMA is enabled on both channels...

//Johnny

Media Center Registered 10.0.141 -- C:\Program\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1196 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 73 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1400 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D: HL-DT-STRW/DVD GCC-4240N  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive G:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: No /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive D: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4240N   Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:10  MaxSpeed:10  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[JohnT]

Did you try burning again after you did the "Tools/Options/CD writer/Detect" option?

[johnnyj]

Yes, still the same problem. And the menu Tools/Burn CD or DVD ist still greyed out.

[JohnT]

Try creating a log file and email it to me. Here are the instructions:

Turn on MC's logging for CD burning by changing the value of this registry key from zero (0) to one (1):
 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JRiver\Media Jukebox\CD Writer\Logger
 
Then just start up Media Center and try to burn a CD (you can leave test mode checked to avoid creating a coaster). Then exit MC and find a file in the MC program directory called "cdwriter.log" and email that to me. Remember that the log file is overwritten each time you start up MC, so you must send the file before restarting MC. It's quite large so you may want to zip it before sending.
 
Thanks!
John T.
JRiver, Inc.
johnt @ jriver.com

[johnnyj]

Solved the problem before I read your instructions! I uninstalled Media Center, restarted and installed again, and voila, it works!