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doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1459
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 12:20 pm: | 
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Hi,
Sorry for this most basic question...I want to burn a mix CD that can be played on a regular CD player - for that I need CD-RW, correct? (or will CD-R be OK?)
Is there a bigger capacity CD than 700MB/80min?
Thanks!
I'm also posting in Please Help |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14483
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 12:31 pm: |
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Don't apologize!
CD-R will do.
No, you can't get bigger than 700MB/80min.
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doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1461
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 12:36 pm: |
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cool - thanks!
I once made one & it would only play on my computer
& then I successfully made one that could play either on a computer or CD player...wonder what I did differently |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14484
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 12:39 pm: |
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Some players don't like home-burnt CD's. My wife's car stereo is fussy with them.
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Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3359
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 1:22 pm: |
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especially if you burn mp3s and the player doesn't play them, burn as aiff files and you'll have a better chance of having them recognized, you just can't fit as much on a sigle CD. |
Alleygater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 2147
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 1:47 pm: |
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I was just reading that there are cds bigger than 700 megs that you can get if you really look hard, BUT they don't work in every burner or reader. So I wouldn't reccomend them. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14489
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 3:36 pm: |
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doulamomma wants to use them in a "regular" player which I assume understands one format.
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LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1730
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 4:12 pm: |
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Yeah - not all CD players will play "burned" CDs. From my limited knowledge, you can only count on Glass Masters to be "playable" on all CD players. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2041
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 4:30 pm: |
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It's a quirky process. I have burned a number of CDs at home, and they have all played fine on my car stereo. However, the last one I burned played on my computer, but not the car stereo. Same batch of CD-Rs, too. Weird. |
Cartman
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Username: Cartman
Post Number: 35
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 9:51 am: |
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Also, you're better off using CD-Rs to burn, as opposed to CD-RWs. CD-RWs are re-writable & more prone to errors. They're also more expensive (since you can use them over & over). They're really designed for data, not audio - although the manufacturers want you to believe otherwise. |
TarPit Coder
Citizen
Username: Tarpitcoder
Post Number: 77
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 10:53 am: |
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Some CDR software also lets you burn more data than even a 700 Meg disk will take. Like everyone else has said though, every time you push the envelope you reduce your chances of the disc working.
A good old fashioned 650 MB disk burned 'Disc at once' / 'Session closed' is the most reliable way to burn it. That said make sure your not running anything you don't need to - open up taskmgr in XP/2000 and kill any processes you don't need. Things that you definately want to kill is stuff like any background spyware / virus scan stuff. Unplug any USB stuff / firewire stuff you don't need, oh and if you really want to be really sure unplug your network cable (Especially important if your using a USB network adapter)
If your on OSX I'm not sure about the equivalents. If it is really BSD style then the old fashioned way would be to get a shell prompt and do a:
ps aux ( ps -ef in System 5 unix)
kill -9 1721 1728 <etc>
Aha! A useful URL if you are on OSX: http://8help.osu.edu/1253.html
--Tarp |
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