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bv1pacb

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Can't burn WMA files to CD
« on: July 07, 2012, 07:10:17 am »
I'm trying to help someone whose music is mostly unprotected WMA files.  Attempts to burn these to a music CD using Media Center (17.0.165 and then 17.0.180) always result in the "Can't start the write" message.  A 2nd attempt crashes the program.  APE, WAV & MP3 files will all burn successfully, even when they are converted from the WMAs.  I've also tried "converting" from WMA to WMA, but no luck.  ?  Any ideas out there, besides, of course, converting this person's entire library?
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Re: Can't burn WMA files to CD
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2012, 09:29:08 am »
I haven't heard this before.

Do the files play alright?

Could you email a sample WMA (and a link to this thread) to johnt at jriver dot com?

Thanks.
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Re: Can't burn WMA files to CD
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2012, 12:57:15 pm »
Done.  The failure occurs in test mode and actual.  PC is a TOSHIBA Satellite L305-S5933 NoteBook with 3Gb ram running Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2.

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Re: Can't burn WMA files to CD
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2012, 12:58:54 pm »
Oh, and WMA files play just fine.
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bv1pacb

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Re: Can't burn WMA files to CD
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2012, 09:02:08 am »
I tried this again with two more substantial PCs, both Windows 7 machines.  One, a recent build, responded with the same error message when attempting to burn WMA files.  The other, also recent, started as though it would succeed, with “Writing lead-in area”, whereupon the status of each individual burn track, 40 minutes of music, changed from “In Queue” to “Complete”, and the process jumped to “Writing lead-out area”, taking perhaps 20 seconds, both in Test and Burn modes.  In “Burn”, a small 2 KB unplayable track was written to the blank.

All tracks play normally using Media Center.  Log files have been sent to johnt.
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Re: Can't burn WMA files to CD
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2012, 01:30:06 am »
I am getting this too with WMA files - in both Burn and Test mode.

First time through I get the "Can't start the write message" second attempt just crashes J River 17.

i have run a test burn with FLAC files and everything works perfectly.

Any ideas/answers on this one yet? Is there a codec issue?

Andy
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Re: Can't burn WMA files to CD
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2012, 04:27:58 am »
This will be fixed in a coming build.

Sorry for the trouble.
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Re: Can't burn WMA files to CD
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2012, 05:57:00 pm »
After installing 17.0.182, MC wouldn't recognize CD blank in drive.  A reboot cured this and WMA file burn succeeded.

Thanks!
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