when I burn a CD on my PC why will it not play on my CD player, but it will on my DVD player?
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I'm assuming you want to play music on the CD player...correct?\nIf so, there are several variables you need to be aware of.\nFirst: compact discs differ for data and music.\nIf you plan on playing songs from a CD that you burn in your computer, then you must burn your music to an audio formatted CD.\nSecond: as to why your DVD player will play the disc but not your CD player, it could be that you have a high-quality DVD which will play a wide variety of discs.\nThird: you might try burning a DVD with tons of music on one disc to give yourself hours of music, as opposed to a 70 minute maximum on a CD.\nA note about DVD's: when you buy digital video discs, they come in a "minus" or "plus" format.\nThe label will read as such: "DVD-R" or "DVD+R".\nYou might check your player to make sure you are buring the correct disc format.\nSee link for further information.
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you may have burned it to a cr-rw instead of a cd-r or you may have copied the files directly to a cd instead of using windows media player or itunes to burn a music cd
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some DVD players cannot play .avi format so you can either:\n\n1. convert your .avi files to mpeg files and burn them to your DVD. theres a lot of free converters out there and you can check www.download.com.\n\n2. look for a software that burns video files into DVD automatically so that you wouldn't have to worry about file formats since these softwares converts them automatically anyways. I think you can use ULEAD for this though I think NERO also has it.
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make sure that the cd is blank and not dirty or scratched.you can also download a trial of nero this has a check disk tool to see if your cd can be written to.also try to play a cd and see if your player is dirty or needs to be cleaned
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most cd burners come with software to make them work you may need to reload the drivers, if you dont have the CD go to the manufacurers site and download them. if it works (plays cd) but does not burn you need the burning software usually "Nero" many times it is easier if you cant fined the disc go to www.pricewatch.com and buy another copy usually like $5
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The music files on your computer are most likely MP3s, which are a compressed file format.  In order for most CD players to be able to read a CD, the CD burner must un-compresses the MP3 file, which can increase the size by 10 times or more.  If you have a CD player that specifically states that it can read MP3s, then you can burn an MP3 CD (if your burning software has that option), which will burn the songs in the MP3 format, allowing you to store a greater number of songs.
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you click file then new playlist then insert a blank cd and then at the top right corner it says burn in a odd looking circle click it\n\nit might not work if you dont have a cd/rw drive\n\nby the way Donnielover is wrong
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is anything else running on the laptop when you play the dvd?  Could be your processor and or memory can't keep up with the dvd.  Does the DVD play normally on a regular dvd player?  if yes, then the problem is with the laptop and I would take it back .  Without knowing your processor speed and memory that's the best advice I can give you.
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It sounds like your CD player is one that doesn't recognise the CD-R format (not CD-ROM).  This means Recordable CD.  The older players are guilty of this, because CD-R's had not been invented or perfected when the player was manufactured.  Also, for awhile after they were able to play the CD-R, they couldn't handle the CD-RW (which means CD ReWrite - ones you could record on and then record over top several times - like tape).  Next time you buy a CD player, get a multi-purpose one - and don't forget to include the MP3 format.  Computers can, with the right software and recording CD deck, make MP3 CD's.  They hold about 200 songs.
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if your using the windows xp providing burning. it may burn it according to the way it was sorted. \n\nyour best bet is to use windows media player and setting up a playlist so you can choose how it should be played. \n\notherwise, get a third party program like nero to take care of the job... But if it is WMA, Windows Media Player will suffice just fine.
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You need to buy a burning program to burn DVD. Most players only do CDs. If there is any players that do CDs, I don't know about it. Tell me if you find out.
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What type of disc did you use? In case it was DVD+R, not all DVD players read this format!\nFirst check what kind of discs the players support.
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Well the first guy isnt to bright, there is no cd+r only cd-r ... you are thinking of blank dvds. But yes if it is old it may not be capable of playing a recorded cd. Make sure you are burning it as an audio cd because unless you have a very new cd player it will not play Windows Media Format, if thats not the case follow these steps.\n\n1) Try a different burning software ... I dont like windows Media Player for burning, I use Nero Burning Rom\n\n2) Try Different Media (A Different brand, some burners dont like certain brands of cds)\n\n3) Check that all the required system files are there, this can be done using Nero Drive Test.\n\n4) Run a drive test to see if it is performing properly (These can normally be downloaded from the manufacturers website) If it fails return it to the store.\n\nI mentioned Nero Burning Rom above, get it from www.nero.com
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The video format is determined by your software and not by your burner.  There is software availible for purchase (or you can get it from limewire or a similar filesharing service) that will allow you to burn CDs which can be played on most DVD players\n\nLook for something that uses MPEG4 or DivX formats :)
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What software are you trying to use to burn the CD? It could be that the song has a method of copywrite protection on it and the sofware will not allow you to burn it.
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Hi Beautiful,\nOnly if you are using a CD RW and a burner that is capable of it. \nYou have to go through a process called finalizing so as to use a CD-RW on player that you did not burn the CD from and you have to unfinalize the CD to rewrite it.
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most DVD burners will copy both. just as long a you use the right CD. I use CDRW to copy games and music. If you burn dvd's you have to use the dvd disk