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

H Norm

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:04:10 -0700, <normanstrong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"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?

Not quite <g>

CD to CD-R is fine - no problems (burning at x12 or x16)

Standard length cassette to CD-R is also fine.

The problem comes when I try to copy a long (about 72 minute) cassette
to CD-R - as the first few tracks are readable by a domestic CD player
but everything above about track 8 causes problems - as the player
continually tries to seek the start of the track and thrashes
backwards and forwards.
The 'faulty' CD-R will read / play OK on the PC.

It seems that the problem is somehow linked to the length of the
recorded material - possibly a tolerance issue on the outer limits of
the CD-R as a previous poster suggested..... Never mind - there is a
work-around <g>

Thanks
Adrian

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