[iTunes] converting to mp3 saga continues

[tom dalbec]

I'm stepping in again and am not sure of the original problem so, once
again, I am sorry if this is not your problem.

In the October 2005 MacWorld Magazine, there was the following question in
MAC 911....

"I routinely receive large files on CDs that were created on a windows PC,
and those discs fail to mount on my Mac. What instructions can I give those
windows users so that the discs they send me will mount on my Mac"

Answer.....

"Politely ask your PC pals to stop using Roxio's DirectCD or Drag-to-Disk
utilities to burn their discs.........

If the disc format doesn't appear to be the problem, check the kind of media
people are sending you. The Mac loves CD-R media but can act finicky with
CD-RW discs."


If this sounds like your problem, I will type out the rest of the answer.







> At 3:58 PM +0200 10/5/05, Kirk McElhearn wrote:
>> On Oct 5, 2005, at 3:56 PM, Lynda Farabee wrote:
>>> Do I have a laser? <smile> Could mine be faulty?
>> 
>> Your CD writer does. And it can get out of sync. I have a home
>> stereo where the laser is out of sync and won't play most CDs any
>> more...
> 
> So I might could take this CD writer at the church to a repairman and
> he would know if it was faulty? Or would it be cheaper in these
> "throw-away" times to just have a new CD writer put in the machine? I
> seem to recall some little gray-haired OLD repairman telling me once
> the lasers were out-of-alignment, that was it. He/they couldn't fix
> them.
> 
> If these tracks play on other PC computers and play on the
> writer/player itself, shouldn't it play on mine?
> 
> Where would I find out what error 32 or is it 36 means...the message
> I get when I try to copy the track to the desktop?  -L