[X4U] burning audio CD

[Chris Beamis]

On Wednesday, Dec 28, 2005, at 16:56 US/Pacific, net kat wrote:

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> On Dec 28, 2005, at 6:32 PM, Chris Beamis wrote:
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>> I'm attempting to do something I used to be able to do no problem, 
>> burn a playlist to a CD.  The machine is a dual 866MHz mirrored drive 
>> door with OS X 10.2.8, and I've checked software update and it says 
>> I'm all updated.  In Itunes I select File:Burn Playlist To Disc then 
>> insert the disc when prompted.  It says it's checking and then says 
>> it's writing the first song.  After several minutes it spits out the 
>> disc and a dialogue box appears that says "ITunes can't burn this CD 
>> because the burn speed is too fast for your CD burner or media.  
>> Choose a lower speed in the burning pane of iTunes preferences, then 
>> try burning again."  So I click OK then checked the burning pane in 
>> ITunes preferences.  I clicked on 
>> ITunes:Preferences:Advanced:Burning.  It says Preferred speed is 
>> maximum possible, which I already knew since I've always left it 
>> there.  I've never had trouble before and nothing has changed except 
>> for routine software updates.  The CD says imation 10X-24X CD-RW 
>> 74MIN/650MB.  The playlist I'm trying to burn says 402.7MB.  I've 
>> tried setting the speed preference lower and tried different CDs, all 
>> with the same result.
>>
>> What went wrong?  Should I shell out for the latest OS?
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> Getting Tiger couldn't hurt, but you should be able to do what you 
> have done.. Just for giggles, have you TRIED burning at a lower speed 
> just to see if it will do it?
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> nk
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I think I tried it at 12X and maybe even lower, all the same result.  
Thanks though.
Chris