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.

 

[abacus]

Are you trying to burn a CD, so it plays in a normal CD player, or are you trying to store Mp3 files on the Disc.
If you are trying to store Mp3 files then you need to save them as files, NOT a music CD (You treat them as you would documents).
If you want to make a CD, then all you need to do is insert the blank disc, double click it in file explorer and select the DVD burner software, if you are using the Windows Media Player open this and select the files you want to burn, then just click the burn button.
If you are using another burner program, follow its instructions.
Not sure why you are having problems unless the drive is faulty.

Bill

 

[Gordon2903]

Hi,
Can I ask you first where are you sourcing the files from, that you are trying to burn. Once I know that can move on and advise

 

[nopiano]

Hi,
Can I ask you first where are you sourcing the files from, that you are trying to burn. Once I know that can move on and advise

Welcome to the forum. Always best to look at the dates before posting. The OP hasn’t been here for over a year.

 

[Rodolfo]

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.

Welcome to the forum, barryman -just in case, and FWIW.

I rip CDs regularly, but have not burned a disc for decades, so I can't give you an experience-based suggestion. I have, though, run MusicBee for a long time and that program has -along with just about anything else- a simple drag & drop Burn routine available on it's first/main drop-down menu, under Tools --> Burn Disc. This looks simple and straightforward to me, but this is from an experienced MB user. You would have to install MB and set up your MB library to do that. MusicBee is readier to run from early on than many other music software, but I don't know how it compares to what you've tried. Setting up an MB library is just a matter of pointing MB to the folder where you store your digital music files. I get an album art matrix in a main/central panel for all my music and I just dragged and dropped an album easily into that Burb Disc box which has identified and lists my attached CD drive; but, I can't testify to anything else. I don't see any file definition or conversion routine in the burn window, so I guess it burns files as they are; but. that's coming from my ripping experience which may not apply.

MusicBee is available at https://getmusicbee.com and you'll see a Forum link at the top there through which to can learn and inquire further.

Good luck identifying a routine that works for you.

 

[Rodolfo]

Welcome to the forum. Always best to look at the dates before posting. The OP hasn’t been here for over a year.

It's the "Similar threads" at the bottom of all pages that lead us to old posts 😉initially and to only relatively helpful responses beyond 😉. I've learned to ignore that content, but their location immediately below our responses often lures and fakes me out.