I've just downloaded Media Center 12 this week because it's the only software I can find that allows for quick and easy crossfades between tracks. When I go to test burns, however, I get the "Can't start write" error. I tried fiddling with the settings and found that if I uncheck "apply cross-fade & DSP settings," the test goes fine.
Currently, I have CD-Text disabled.
I was also wondering if maybe using crossfades precludes you from writing directly to disk without an intermediate temp file. I unchecked "Decode files directly to disk" and then instead of "Can't start write" error dialog box, I get "couldn't start audio recording session" in the burn pane. I don't know if that helps or not, but I just wanted to mention it.
System Info:
Media Center 12.0.497C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 12\
Microsoft Windows Vista 6.0 Service Pack 1 (Build 6001)
Intel Core 2 275 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 2094 MB, Free - 1089 MB
Internet Explorer: 7.0.6001.18000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.6001 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.6001 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.6001 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive E: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive F: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive G: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive E: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:24 MaxSpeed:24 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: No / Direct decoding: No / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: Yes /
Portable Device Info
Removed devices:
Device info dump for 'SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro (H:)':
WMDMName: EL DEDO (H:)
DeviceUID: $$?$wpdbusenumroot#umb#2&37c186b&1&storage#volume#1&19f7e59c&0&_??_usbstor#disk&ven_sandisk&prod_u3_cruzer_micro&rev_4.04#0000184aa4745387&0##{f33fdc04-d1ac-4e8e-9a30-19bbd4b108ae}$0
CanonicalName: \\?\wpdbusenumroot#umb#2&37c186b&1&storage#volume#1&19f7e59c&0&_??_usbstor#disk&ven_sandisk&prod_u3_cruzer_micro&rev_4.04#0000184aa4745387&0##{f33fdc04-d1ac-4e8e-9a30-19bbd4b108ae}$0
VendorName: ; VendorID: 1921
ProductID: 21510; FirmwareVersion: 4.04
WMDMSerialNumber: 1f
WMDMWriteOurOwnPlaylists:
DeviceType: 0; DeviceID: 0000184AA4745387; DeviceName: SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro; UnsupportedDevice: 0
IsDrive: 1; DriveLetter: H:; DrivePath: ; MainDriveLetter: H:
IsJanusCapable: 0; IsIpod: ;iTunesDBVersion:
SupportsAlbumArt: ; AlbumArtEnabled: 1; CoverArtTagRule: ; SaveCoverArtToFolderJPG:
GetPlayStatsFromDevice: 0; SupportsFolders: -1; PlaylistFormat: 0; EjectMode: ; AlwaysPumpCOMMessages: 0
SupportedFileTypes: *
ContextMenus:
MemoryTypes:
InstallURL:
ApplicationName: Media Center
ImageName:
RootBasePath:
AudioBasePath: Music\[Artist]\[Album]\
ImageBasePath: Images\
VideoBasePath: Video\
DataBasePath: Data\
PlaylistBasePath: Playlists\
DatabaseBasePath:
AudibleBasePath: Audible\
MatchKeyExpression: If(IsEqual([Media Type], Image), [Name][File Size, 0], [Name]Clean([Artist], 1)[Album][Genre]FormatNumber([track #, 0])[Media Type])
ChangeKeyExpression: [Rating]
ResyncIfDateModified:
Interface Plugins:
last.fm (Active)
Library Server (Active)
TiVo Server (Active)
UPnP Server (Active)