Digital music forum: what cd burning software will make cds that play in my car?

You'll have to perform a simple test. Does that CD play in other CD-Audio players?

If it does, then your car CD-Audio player may not like CD-R media. I know most (in fact all!) car units won't play CDRW that I've tried.

This is mentioned in the CDR FAQ at http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq04.html#S4-23

Bob

I just saw your name in the forum, and wondering where you're from, cause my father has the same name.
if you'd like to reveal that info, my e-mail is slobod@kdsi.net. thanks, Donna

Wrong on the CD-RW, Pioneer in fact has a model that plays CD-RW's fwiw.

Good way to check music before ya put it to a CD-R, if tracks all sound good, burn to the CD-R, if not, delete the bad ones and add more if ya like.

Al

If you are trying to record mp3s you need to convert them to wav files, I had the same thing happen to me , the wav files work just fine then.

Jimmy Zee

Dear Friends,
To start with I must explain you that basic CD audio files are all in CDA format which is almost same as *.wav file format.The other compressed popular music file is MP3(MPEG II or III) format.Generally the quality of MP3 is poorer than wav or CDA format(sound quality wise)I got the best quality at 256Kbs in MP3 which could be acceptable.
There are many free ripper or conversion sofware you can use CDEX version 1.40 Beta 7 ( download site http://www.cdex.n3.net to use CDA>WAV or WAV>MP3 there are many options.But always make sure that the bit rate should not be less tan 128 Kbps while converting.Then you can use Nero 5 or Nero 6 to convert & compile *.mp3 or CDA files at a speed not more than 1200 kbps so that you can play in any cd player be it old or new.

The CDs I burn will play in all the car stereos I've tried, and in a player I bought back in 1988. But they won't work in my Sony DVD unit; it flashes the error message "NO DISK", as if it can't even see the CD. But "boughten" CDs work just fine in the DVD player.

This is quite easy if you use Nero - Go to Config and choose the 'aiff' plugin !

The best for burning cd's that I have found is Feurio CD-Manager It will test mp3's for missing frames and defects. It even burns the text so it will display on players that support text display of tracks.

I have found one of the best CD burning programs is Nero, dowloadable free at nero.com. I have burned off about 600 cds without making one glass holder....if you have troubles with the setup, email me at warsamuel@netscape.net

Over the years I have had problems burning cds. I think I now have it solved. When i put the pc together i kept my cd rom and the HP 9100 burner and added a new Samsung 52x cd/dvd unit. I was using CD Creator sound stream and it worked with no errors but took an hour and a half. Then i decided to just go with disc copy using the HP as source and Samsung as the receiver. going at 16x took 10 minutes, no errors and plays in my Apex dvd player and the car cd player.
Anyone interested in some old coasters?
STAN

I have tried using Realone Player also in the past but found a simple to use application from Sonic, called RecordNow 6. It is very easy to use and very basic.

Good Luck

I found that I was having this problem when I first started to burn my own CD's.
I use Nero software and I always burn on the lowest speed ( 4 x ) I have no problems now.
It also depends on how old your CD player is.
My CD's that I burn, play in my car, but not on my CD player I have in the home. That is because ( I have been told ) that my home CD player is old. It will play the pr- recorded ones, but not the ones I burn.
Such is life.

Mate!....You need to burn your audio as Wave format, get the Audiograbber 1.82 (Fabulous for the low price) from http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net You will then need the Lame converter recommended by Audiograbber.
I use Nero as my burner program, but any good brand should do. Copy off your selections from a CD, your H/D, or DVD using Audiograbber in Wave format and save it onto your Hard Drive. Then using your burner program burn it onto a CD, which will automatically burn it into cda format and off you go.

Bazza.

I've found that the quality of the CD-R disk is more critical than the software used to burn it. CD-Rs purchased at your local store don't work very well, particularly TDK. In addition to skipping or not playing at all, they warp from the heat of your car stereo. I trade CD-Rs with a lot of people and I've received ones that play but won't eject until the car stereo has a chance to cool down.

I use only silver/blue Taiyo Yuden and Mitsui disks. Both can be found on eBay and various online stores. If you buy them in bulk, 100 disks for example, they're actually cheaper than the crappy "brand name" disks they sell at retail stores.

You might try using the CD-Rs that are made for music. Using Nero 6 to burn them, the regular Verbatim CD-Rs I use work great in my car but not in my wife's.