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Title: Trouble burning CD audio disks keeping getting CDA files instead of audio tracks
Post by: Dmcxx on June 23, 2015, 11:31:17 am

I'm trying to burn a copy of From the Vault - Live from the Marquis Club to play in my car.  I have it on my library as a FLAC file.  I'm choosing the option to burn Audio CD and it just keeps burning the CD in less than a minute giving me CDA files.  I understand that they are essentially pointer files not the actual audio files that I want.  I want to be able to play this on any CD player.  The CD's that my burner is giving me are unplayable.  Also, I'm trying to burn the CD's from music stored on a library server on another computer.  Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Title: Re: Trouble burning CD audio disks keeping getting CDA files instead of audio tracks
Post by: Matt on June 23, 2015, 01:13:35 pm

If you burn a music CD, you'll get CDA files.  That's the type of files that Windows reports on an audio burn.

Title: Re: Trouble burning CD audio disks keeping getting CDA files instead of audio tracks
Post by: Dmcxx on June 23, 2015, 02:24:25 pm

Thank you for your response.   Since I've tried unsuccessfully to play these in CD players,  are you telling me I need to use another program to create an audio cd playable in my car?

Title: Re: Trouble burning CD audio disks keeping getting CDA files instead of audio tracks
Post by: RussellS on June 24, 2015, 01:22:17 am

I know from personal experience that some car and portable CD players do not like CD-R's and will not read them. Will the CD play in any other CD player besides your car.

From what you have said the CD is being created correctly and it shouldn't make any difference what software is used to burn the CD. You could try another brand of CD-R's as they are not all created equal.

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Post by: WeeHappyPixie on June 24, 2015, 12:23:03 pm

Are you creating a multi session disc or finalising the disc after writing music to them. I've seen some players that won't play a disc if it hasn't been finalised.

Title: Re: Trouble burning CD audio disks keeping getting CDA files instead of audio tracks
Post by: Dmcxx on June 24, 2015, 06:39:21 pm

I was finalizing them. I solved my problem by switching to another computer in my house.  Same settings.  I don't believe the other drive is bad but I got tired of making coasters so I moved on.  Thanks for all your help.