Burnt my first-ever CD the other day with iTunes.

It plays fine in computers, but some CD players are having problems with it (either not playing it at all or skipping/static/can't play some tracks, etc.).

Anybody know what's up?

Ace said:

older cd players often have trouble with them

but usually it either will play it or it won't; I haven't noticed the skipping/static thing you're talkiing about

NDRU said:

It's weird: The first 5-6 tracks are 99% okay (minor skip occasionally), then the tracks start to break up here and there, becoming worse and worse, until the last 5 tracks or so won't play at all.

Ace said:

I've noticed this sometimes recently from certain files on my itunes--when I put cd's onto itunes and listen on my ipod it starts skipping midwy through the playlist, usually getting worse as it went along.

I thought it was my ipod, but when I listened to the playlist on my computer it skipped in the same place, so my cd drive had trouble reading it, apparently. Also, if I burned that playlist to cd it would skip in the same places. I think it happens with dirty cd's being read by itunes.

Similar to your problem, but you're saying the file/burned cd plays fine on your computer?

Ace said:

...what a you gay?

Ace said:

What's up is that iTunes bites ass. I have the same problem. I burned a CD for my sweetie using iTunes recently; it played back fine on my computer, but it played all fucked up in sweetie's CD player. Get some CD burning software like Nero; you won't be sorry.

FunkMistress said:

Use winamp.

Has iPod support too.

i burn cds using itunes and i haven't had a problem...i've burnt stuff for people and i haven't heard anything from them about any scratchiness or whatever.

might be your burner or something, i'm not sure...

I'm always burning my favorite CDs.
Just last summer, I left my Best Of The Eagles CD in the front seat of my car while it was parked in the long term parking of O'Hare.
By the time I got back, it was warped & melted.

Illustrator said:

i bet there was a heartache that night...a heartache that night, i know.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Ace said:

I've experienced the same problem with burned CDs I've received and ones I've burned myself. The start off fine but get static-y near the end. It's worse for longer CDs than for shorter ones.

Mach said:

co-

sextonseven said:

I've had the same issue. I've just about given up on CDs and just keep everything on my external hard drive and play from there instead.

Illustrator said:

i made illustrator crack up laughing!

NDRU said:

Yes. And the tracks were purchased from iTunes (as opposed to being taken from CDs).

Ace said:

ah, okay...all the stuff on my itunes playlist was either ripped from cds or found on emule. i don't have anything from the itunes store...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Same here. I don't buy anything from iTunes. 99% of the music on my computer is from my own CDs.

I use Roxio.
Would like to be able to level off the volume between tracks though.

Ace said:

I found that a bit funny too.

Nero burning software is the best.

Nero rocks, although they package it with dare I say "too much" now a days, but the burning program is top notch.