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[etxrmm]

I've been burning CDs with MJ and MC for a few years w/out problems until...  about a month ago. When playing a MC burned CD, the time that a "track" starts and when the "song" starts not that same. That is, for example, I advance to track 6 on my cd player, display says track six, time 00:00, but the song is already a few seconds along. The problem is cummulative, such that on a long cd (75 minutes) with lots of tracks, the last song has played 10 seconds before the track counter changes.

I noticed a thread on the subject by Laffer from Aug 4, 04 titled "CD Burning track start/stop timing error". I note that JohnT felt there was a fix w/ 10.0.158, but I was already on 10.0.161 when the problem came up. I updated, now at 10.0.173, which did trim about 2 seconds off the problem by the end of the cd, but it is still a problem. Problem is the same with both burners I have.

Any thoughts? Please don't suggest I try MC11, though I am sure I will upgrade when it is released and stable.  Below are my system specs copied per MC10. I did install WinSP2 when it came out but this did not make any problems. NAV says I am virus free.

Thanks for any help.

  Richard


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Media Center Registered 10.0.173 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium III 929 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 392 MB, Free - 109 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive G: SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-308B  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive H: Memorex DVD+/-RW True-8X  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive G: SAMSUNG  CDRW/DVD SM-308B   Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:8  MaxSpeed:8  BurnProof:No
  Drive H: Memorex  DVD+/-RW True-8X   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[etxrmm]

Another note on the cd track timing problem....
  I think that this has been a problem since I moved from MP8 to MC10 (sept 04). I haven't been burning lately, and my kids, who do burn a lot, didn't tell me something was strange.
     - r

[etxrmm]

okay, 3rd one from me (and no others) re the timing problem.  Found the thread:  "CD burn problems with 10.0" re needing to pre-decode. This solves the problem, but it does seem to imply the option to decode direct to disk is a non-function. Too bad, could be a nice feature if it worked properly. Maybe in a future release, yes?

Matt (if you read this, or anyone else privy),  in the thread mentioned above, you indicated that a new MP3 plugin in MC11 fixes this, and alluded to putting it into MC10. Any go on this? Should I get rid of my current one, and replace it with a new one from jriver? I'd like to go back to direct to disc if that fixes it.

   - r