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Title: burned CD plays in DVD player but not in a CD player
Post by: KeystoneCop on May 02, 2011, 03:35:56 pm

I have tried both version 15 and 16 so I think it is a problem between the chair and the keyboard.
the also play back on the computer.

I am just not smart enough to find the right keywords to figure out what is wrong.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Title: Re: burned CD plays in DVD player but not in a CD player
Post by: JimH on May 02, 2011, 04:45:33 pm

Try using the "Close" option when you burn the disc.  Some hardware will play a disc without it, some won't.

Title: Re: burned CD plays in DVD player but not in a CD player
Post by: KeystoneCop on May 02, 2011, 04:51:57 pm

sorry,, I don't know where that is...  I have eject selected..

Title: Re: burned CD plays in DVD player but not in a CD player
Post by: Alex B on May 03, 2011, 06:48:23 am

The "Close disc" option makes sense and is available only with Data CD burning (like when MP3 files are burned to an "MP3 disc"). When the disc is not closed it is possible to burn additional sessions.

Since you don't see the "Close disc" option I think you burned a standard Audio CD. Probably the problem is caused by the CD player. Not all audio CD players support writable or rewritable media. This was a common problem in the late 90's. The recent players usually support all kinds of CD media.

Title: Re: burned CD plays in DVD player but not in a CD player
Post by: KeystoneCop on May 03, 2011, 08:44:26 am

What I have found out so far. yes it is an audio CD that I am trying to write.  It's been several years since I have tried this
Vista is new. the computer and drives are the same.

I wrote to a 700mb 80min 16x CD-r and it worked fine.
                 700mb 80min 40x CD-r and it did NOT work.
Both cd's worked a couple of years ago.

Now I am more confused than normal. (I had the speed set to 10 with both).

Title: Re: burned CD plays in DVD player but not in a CD player
Post by: Alex B on May 03, 2011, 09:50:56 am

What is the audio player that does not work? Is CD-R support mentioned in the specs?

Can it sometimes read the discs and sometimes lose the track? Or does it not load the discs at all? Do you have old burned discs that still always work with the same player device?

The writable discs have less reflectivity than factory made standard audio CDs. An older player device may not have been manufactured to specifically support the less reflective burned discs. A player may have been able to (barely) read such discs when it was new, but not anymore. Also different brands of disc media may have differences in reflectivity even in the same category (CD-R or CD-RW). In addition the burners do not get better over time. A DVD player is is usually designed to be able to read writable media and is likely to have more tolerance for less than ideal burn quality and reflectivity.

Sometimes cleaning the laser lens helps.

You could try the following strings in Google searches:
-  audio CD compatibility CD-R CD-RW reflectivity
-  CD drive laser lens dust wear aging

Title: Re: burned CD plays in DVD player but not in a CD player
Post by: KeystoneCop on May 03, 2011, 10:31:03 am

Trouble shooting software was much easier than trouble shooting hardware.  That said here is what I found.

It's the drive on the computer.  the cd's work fine.. burned one on a different computer.

more strange things..  can read the cd's in DVD player but not in car or portable CD player when burned on this drive.

will swap out the drive and see what happens..... 

Thanks for all you time............  will post back when I get the drive swapped out.

Title: Re: burned CD plays in DVD player but not in a CD player
Post by: KeystoneCop on May 03, 2011, 03:25:00 pm

Put a differnt drive in.   Case closed.  Works fine.
Thank YOU.