Problems trying to burn CDs from my PC

[barryman]

Hi - I am trying to burn music files onto CD and am having problems. I have tried using various programs like Ashampoo, Burnaware and Anyburn as well as Windows Media Player to make either an audio disc or an mp3 disc for playing in a CD/DVD player. However, every time I try burning the files they appear on the disc as .cda items. which obviously won't play. I just don't know what I could be doing wrong.?? The nearest I got to success was using Burnaware to burn about 25 mp3 tracks. When checking the CD after burning it showed only 5 mp3 files as being burned. I don't know what happened to all the others or why not there !

I have tried using CD-R and CD-RW but still no success

So, could anyone tell me the simplest and most straightforward way to burn a playable Mp3 or audio disc. Mp3 would be preferable purely because you can fit more titles on mp3 disc than on audio disc although I would accept doing an audio disc if no other choice.

 

[abacus]

Did you make sure you chose the option to finalise the disc, otherwise it will not be playable elsewhere.

Bill

 

[barryman]

The burning programs finalise or "close" the discs, saying burn was successfully. But all that shows is cda. There must surely be an easy way to burn a CD. And I've tried 4 or 5 different burning programs.