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Title: Problem Burning MP3 Disk
Post by: Jakester on April 01, 2009, 12:34:13 pm

I'm having a problem burning an MP3 CD.  I have an .ape library and am using a Smartlist that I want to burn to CDs.  I am choosing MP3 conversion and selecting VBR High (I also tried Normal).  I selected the option to span multiple disks.  Images below, along with my system info.

This is supposed to work, correct?  Do I need to back down and select CBR to get this to work?  It'd sure be nice to be able to use VBR High ... I'm a bit of a resolution nut as you might guess from my 10K+ .ape library.

Option I chose:

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss183/audiofirst/SpanMultipleDisks.jpg)


While Burning:

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss183/audiofirst/WhileBurning.jpg)

Error Message:

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss183/audiofirst/ErrorMessage.jpg)


System Info:
Media Center 13.0.132 C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 13\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2776 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 266 MB

Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.11 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive F:   Mode:ModeSecure  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive G:   Mode:ModeSecure  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive F: _NEC     DVD_RW ND-3520A    Addr: 3:0:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

Portable Device Info
  Removed devices:


Interface Plugins:
  last.fm (Active)
  Library Server (Active)
  TiVo Server (Active)
  UPnP Server (Active)
  Playing Now
  Write Playing (Active)

Title: Re: Problem Burning MP3 Disk
Post by: Jakester on April 03, 2009, 04:54:51 pm

bump ... anyone? ... this is a basic feature not?

Title: Re: Problem Burning MP3 Disk
Post by: Jakester on April 06, 2009, 11:33:17 pm

bump ... anyone from J River out there?

Title: Re: Problem Burning MP3 Disk
Post by: Jakester on April 10, 2009, 12:59:25 pm

I tried CBR, forcing it to a specific bit rate of 256.  Disk 1/3 burned successfully, Disk 2/3 failed with a similar error message as VBR.

Anyone with any ideas out there?

Title: Re: Problem Burning MP3 Disk
Post by: Alex B on April 10, 2009, 01:14:41 pm

I have never used or even tested the span feature, but do you have enough free space on your temp location?

When the burner converts files it creates an ISO image file of the complete CD before the actual burn process starts (up to 700-800 MB). Possibly it creates more than one image file when it is spanning.

It may also be a bug.

Title: Re: Problem Burning MP3 Disk
Post by: Jakester on April 10, 2009, 10:35:10 pm

Thanks Alex - that's an interesting thought.  I tried yet again forcing it to 192kbps which resulted in 2 CDs, and it worked.  So either it's a flaky CD burner (never had a problem with it before, but it might be dying on me), a bug with MC, or possibly a temp location if maybe the ISO images for the 192kpbs attempt were just a bit smaller than the other situations.  I'll check into that a bit more.