Re: Cassette tape to CD - finished CD won't play


"Adrian Brentnall" <adrian-the papers and the trash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:np8ej1puled7ecpn0tt3kangf9qto38su1@xxxxxxxxxx
> HI All
> I'm having one of those days <g>
> I have a large collection of music on cassette tape - 'lo-fi', I know
> - but fine for listening in the car. New car doesn't have a tape
> player - just a CD....
>
> So - it'd be nice to transfer the music from the old cassettes to
> CD-R's....
>
> The on-board sound on the PC wasn't up to it - so I'm using a Turtle
> Beach soundcard - which is able to keep up with the cassette deck -
> and produces file that are fine on the PC.
>
> I've been trying to create a CD from a double-cassette compilation -
> where on cassette's worth produces a wav file that's just over 70
> minutes long. Whatever I try, I can't burn a CD that will play on
> either of my 'indoor' CD-players - although the PC will play the CD
> with no problems. The 'domestic' CD-players can read the first 8 or so
> tracks, but on later tracks you can hear the head 'whirring' as it
> tries to read the tracks (I guess!)....
>
> The PC will happily copy audio CDs - which then play without problems
> in the domestic CD-players.
>
> Is there something 'special' about burning 'longer' CDs that makes
> them more difficult for a bog-standard CD-player to read ? If so -
> what's the 'magic' number - I could 'lose' a couple of tracks off the
> CD's if that would make them play.....
>
> Tech details - CD drive = lite-on LTR-52327S / s/w = Nero express, O/S
> = Win XP, CD-R = Mr Data (!!) - Silver 80min / 700MB

You're saying that you can copy a CD to CDR and it plays fine on all your CD
players, but a CDR of the same length made from a cassette using Nero
Express will not play properly? Since you're using Nero Express, have you
looked at the finished product with CDSpeed? Does CDSpeed show up any
problems?

Norm Strong


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