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Question

Burnt CD's won't play Music

Mar 23, 2012 10:37AM PDT

Hi Out There!
I have a HP Pavilion g7 1270, Win 7, with up-to-date itunes.
I downloaded some tunes and burnt them to a disc, for my Grand-Daughter. Her system is a mini-stereo, a few years old, so I clicked "create MP3 Version" thinking that would make things easier to be played on her stereo.
The songs that I downloaded, were mostly in "LAME".
I don't know what that is.
After creating the MP3 version, I noticed they were in itunes encoding.
ANYWAY, I just want to make her a few nice CD's that she can listen to!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
PLEASE keep in mind, that I am a "Newbie", so please make your advice in step-by-step format, for me.
Thanks so much Everyone!

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Answer
A few questions here.
Mar 23, 2012 11:06PM PDT

1. The songs that you downloaded, are they in your iTunes library?
2. Can you play those songs in iTunes?

It is likely that your Grand-daughter's stereo is not capable of playing MP3 files so you will need to get iTunes to do all the work for you.
If the songs are in iTunes, then the task of burning a CD is made really simple for you.

1. Create a playlist that contains all the songs that you want on the CD
2. Make sure there is a check mark next to each of the tracks.
3. Insert blank disc
4. In the menu bar, choose File > Burn to disc
5. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
iTunes will take those tracks and convert them to the AIFF format and burn them to the disc. The disc can then be played in any domestic/commercial CD player.

Done

That help?

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Forgot to mention,
Mar 23, 2012 11:17PM PDT

the conversion to AIFF format takes place "on the fly".
The tracks that are in your iTunes library are not changed in any way

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I Will Try That!
Mar 24, 2012 2:33AM PDT

Hi! Thanks soooo much, for your prompt response! I WILL try that, today, I hope!

I'll let you know, how it all works out!
I have another question, RE: playing downloaded DVD;s on my HDTV, that I'll post in the correct section, if I can find that.

Thanks !

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You might want to be aware
Mar 24, 2012 8:28AM PDT

that if these DVD's that you downloaded were not purchased by you, you will get no assistance in playing them on your HDTV in the CNET forums.

CNET frowns on pirated movies.

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Thank You!
Mar 25, 2012 2:34PM PDT

Hi!

They were privately downloaded, by one of my children, for Christmas, and I had no idea that it would create an issue.
Thanks for giving my head a shake! That 's probably why they won't play!
Thanks again for advice on my Grand Daughter's CD help!

I LOVE CNET!

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thnks
Mar 27, 2012 3:21AM PDT

double tghanks