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Can anyone explain to me why CD's burned on my computer (Dell Dimension/Vista/Napster) won't play on my CD/DVD Panasonic carousel (DVD-C220)or my car CD player (stock Mazda player '99).
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If not, that's why. Also it's an age old problem as noted in the FAQ -> http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq04.html#S4-23
Sorry but I decline to copy that content here but do try what it tells.
Bob
my car cd player will play store bought cd but no longer plays the music that I burn on windows media player or itunes - the car is 12 years old . on my new car the cds play just fine.
Burned CD's can be burned 1 of 2 ways. Either by track length or by file size - That's why the CD's say 700MB and 80 mins. Any CD player will play cd's that are made by track length. The downside is that you get ~15 songs per CD. Only some CD players will play newer, MP3 format, cd's. Most likely you are making an mp3 cd (up to 200 songs). For your older player, you are limited to the burning-by-track-length method or "Audio CD" as most programs call it.
After burning two CD-RWs that would play in the car but not in the player I switched to a CD-R and everything worked fine. I was using Windows Media to burn.
I recently had this problem, but last night decided to try again. This time I looked at my choices for which program to use, and I chose "Nero" instead of "Windows Media Player". It works in the car. It works on my boom box. I'm super happy! Try Nero, I heard it's universal, like stuff can be played anywhere. It was really easy, too. Try it!
...the thread is eight years old, and you are incorrect regarding the 'universal' nature of any burning software, such as Nero. There's *always* a car or home/portable CD player that won't play something or other. This means trial and error for everything.
Part of the reason I have moved on to digital formats and streaming. I just don't want to deal with it anymore(!)
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