Thanks for the response. I did have on "Omit silent sections.." and turning that off fixed the problem of having tracks start after the beginning as tested in a number of standalone CD players. So in a technical sense that solves the problem, but at the same time I know that in previous versions of Media Center (9 and 10) with "Omit silent sections.." turned on the tracks of a burned CD did start at the beginning, and the resulting effect of sounding more like a radio broadcast is desirable. I have not upgraded to WMP version 11 (hesitant to get the "genuine advantage", although using legal software). I do have a version of Media Center 9 on another computer and could use that to burn CDs as before, but I wonder if importing files into MC 9 that have been modified by Media Center 11 would create compatability problems? Thanks for your help. The system info is here:
Media Center Registered 11.1.196 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2980 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 356 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)
Ripping / Drive D: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive E: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive E: TEAC DVD+RW DV-W58E Addr: 0:1:0 Speed:32 MaxSpeed:32 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: No / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes /