i tried to burn a cd with windows media player and it only plays on the computer. how do i fix it?

Did you burn an Audio CD or a data/mp3 CD? Lots of players won't play mp3 CDs, so try burning an Audio CD & see if that makes a difference
Check the link below for a bit more info.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/tips-t...rning-cds.html

Which type of CD are you using? Some players don't like CD-RW (re-writable CDs). If you've been using CD-RW, try burning to a CD-R (recordable) disc instead

Alright so my computer seems to have issues with working with me until after i send an email out to someone for support, so i'm going to ignore my last question i had, which was why the songs wouldnt play on Media player for me, because now, as if by magic, they are playing!! YAY!..

Anyways.. When trying to burn the songs i've downloaded onto a cd, they keep showing up as 0KB and saying that they are not valid files and cannot be added to the compilation. I am using Cyberlinks Power2go. I've somehow managed to get it working where i can burn them using Windows media player (please dont aske me how, i have no idea it just started to work.) But i prefer using Power2go, so if anyone may have any advice or suggestions, they would be appreciated. TYIA!



Moving on to my next issue..

I went ahead and tried to burn the cd in windows media player. The first 2 songs copied no problems. the next 9 songs all failed. their error messages read:

1. Windows Media Player cannot burn the files. If the burner is busy, wait for the current task to finish. If necessary, verify that the burner is connected properly and that you have installed the latest device driver.

2. Windows Media Player encountered an error while burning. Verify that the burner is connected properly and that the disc is clean and not damaged.

I went ahead and tried to make another CD with different songs, that worked fine. So it's not the burner itself. Went back again and tried to make another cd same as the first one that i tried and got the same problem. So it's not the CD. Anyone with advice would be appreciated. TYIA.

Sounds like some of the songs are in a format your burner software does not like / has problems converting. These might be mp3pro which is a propriety format ... not so common nowadays but still used. Or might be another format your burner program is having problems recognising & converting. For them to show O KB is ominous.

Have you checked for updates for your Cyberlinks Power2go? Play those songs from the list you could not burn, verify they play properly from beginning to end (those that show the 0 KB after adding to burner).
What audio file extensions do the songs have that are on the list you cannot burn?

Although you won't be able to play in most stereo systems, you could use CD-RW disks whilst you try to solve this problem to save you CD-R disks. (Some DVD players & some of the newer CD players will play CD-RW disks, but CD-RW disks for audio should not be a permanent disk medium to use. Only use it for testing. Your computer player should be able to play CD-RW audio disks.)

With plenty of emails back and forth with "birdy" i was able to learn, and burn, a cd successfully in iTunes! TY Birdy. (by the way Birdy, i was unable to reply to your last email, so i am going to thank you in this, and stop bothering you!)

Anyways to reply to "lord of the rings".. I'm not sure if me being able to successfully burn a song in iTunes answers any of your questions as far as the burner not recognizing the songs, if file extension means an MP3, then thats what they were. I've never had this problem before. Most of the songs that i've downloaded and they came up 0, wouldnt preview and wouldnt play afterwards. But these ones all previewed fine, and wouldnt play after they were fully downloaded. Then all of a suddon they started playing again. So, i'm not sure. This one may remain a mystery? But, i've been able to make my CD, so i am as happy as can be. I appreciate all your help to both you and Birdy and anyone else who may have helped me that i am overlooking at the moment. Thanks again!

yw I almost suggested iTunes but was not sure you'd like the change .. since iTunes is limited to the file formats it can import & very much depended on the file types you were using, eg: ogg or wma, real, etc. which iTunes cannot import. It can convert wma files however.

hmm 2 posts tally, now you are eligible to play on the arcade. lol

Arcade?! What?.. I didnt know there was one!

And i didnt know you could burn cds in Itunes either!.. Otherwise i would have tried that option first before posting!.. Thanks again tho!..

Off to find the arcade now