why can't some CD players play CD-r's? there has to be a way around this (besides buying a new CD player). does anyone know?

i have not run into this problem before....maybe you burned it as a data cd instead of an audio cd? *shrugs* i dunno...my cd playa is like 5 years old and it plays it.

u burning it as session or soemthing?

thats the only thing i could think of. burning it as a data cd. i used to do that when i first started out. i didnt know what the fuck was wrong. check on that.

no...i'm burning them as audio CDs. there are some CD players that just don't play CD-Rs that well, or at all. for example, my DVD player (which is about 4 years old) plays DVDs, VCDs, and regular CDs, but just will not play CD-Rs. my friends car stereo plays rgular CDs, but when i pop in a CD-R it has a really hard time playing the CD (it takes forever to find the track and it skips a lot). i made some trance mixes for my brother and they played fine on my CD player but when i gave them to him, they either did not play at all or the CD player took forever to find the cue points. there is no problem with the CDs or the way i made them because they play fine on my home CD player.

a lot of times it depends on the quality of cdr's you are using. like my sony deck loves pny, imation, maxell, tdk, verbatim, etc. but hates kodak, hotan, and many other generic types of CDs. Try another brand.

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is it the way the CD is formatted? because the way i see it is that you are burning 1's and 0's to a CD...why should that be reconized in one CD player and not the next. what is it that makes all these brands different from one an other?

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Originally posted by rockster77 is it the way the CD is formatted? because the way i see it is that you are burning 1's and 0's to a CD...why should that be reconized in one CD player and not the next. what is it that makes all these brands different from one an other?

Well, have you ever noticed that some CDs are blue on bottom and silver on top, or gold on bottom and top, or green on bottom and silver on top???? (that make any sense?) Anyways, its the quality of the dye they use, and the quality of the manufacturing. I had a generation 1 DVD player and no CDR type cd would work...something about the laser passing right through the cd and not even seeing the data bits...(1's and 0's).

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yeah its all about the dye they use. different dyes have different reflective properties and even weight. some of you would know about kodaks story with changing the dye they used on their cds cos of a deal they struck with the playstation boys (playstations couldnt read cos the die wasnt reflective enuf). turns out they were losing billions after that so changed it back. gold is the best to go for in regard to music.

by the way has anyone else had this problem:
i burn a mix onto a cd and play it in my dvd player and it plays fine, but as soon as i put it into a low quality player like my friend's discman it plays faster??? damn weird and really annoying when youre smashed and wanna chuck some tunes on at someone else's place.

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Originally posted by Leigh yeah its all about the dye they use. different dyes have different reflective properties and even weight. some of you would know about kodaks story with changing the dye they used on their cds cos of a deal they struck with the playstation boys (playstations couldnt read cos the die wasnt reflective enuf). turns out they were losing billions after that so changed it back. gold is the best to go for in regard to music. by the way has anyone else had this problem: i burn a mix onto a cd and play it in my dvd player and it plays fine, but as soon as i put it into a low quality player like my friend's discman it plays faster??? damn weird and really annoying when youre smashed and wanna chuck some tunes on at someone else's place.

plays faster???? that's a new one, sounds like a piece of shit discman.

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Here is what I have found....
Burn your audio cd's in 1x instead of 4x or 8x
I used to burn my audio cd's at 4x and when I
put them in my stereo they skipped...
I know it sux to wait, but burn them at 1x
My cd's have not skipped once since.
Hope this helps.

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Summer Sessions - Blossom (Haylon Remix)

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Originally posted by X RichieRich X Here is what I have found.... Burn your audio cd's in 1x instead of 4x or 8x I used to burn my audio cd's at 4x and when I put them in my stereo they skipped... I know it sux to wait, but burn them at 1x My cd's have not skipped once since. Hope this helps.

1x = Holy Shit!

why would you wait 60+ minutes to burn an audio CD!? that's just plain crazy! I burn mine at 12x with no problems...time for you to get a new burner.

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