Re: WPL or M3U - Which playlist is appropriate?
- From: ChrisCoaster <ckozicki@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:03:19 -0700 (PDT)
On Aug 5, 9:08 pm, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"ChrisCoaster" wrote...___________________
In Windows Media version 11.0 under the Burn options, I can choose
one
of the above options for a playlist(or TOC) to be applied to CDs I'm
burning mp3s to.
You are burning standard RedBook audio CDs? Not some data CD
with MP3 files on it or something?
If you are burning standard RedBook audio CDs, then it should make
no difference what play list you are using because there is no "play list"
on a RedBook audio CD. The format simply has a series of audio
files which are indexed by a simple directory. All standard audio CDs
are made this way. There is no "play list".
Problem: An older stereo(12 years old) of ours is having trouble
recognizing mp3 CDs
What is an "mp3 CD"? If it is a standard RedBook CD which is
supposed to be playable in any audio CD player, then it is NOT
an "MP3 CD". The audio may have had its origins in MP3 files,
but there is nothing "MP3" about the disc. Calling it an "MP3 CD"
just confuses matters and is technically incorrect.
If it is a disc with MP3 files on it, then it is not an audio CD, it is
a computer data disc with computer files which happen to be MP3
files with audio in them. Most standalone CD players (except likely
the most recent models) will likely have no clue what to do with a
computer data disc with MP3 files on it. They are hard-wired to
play only RedBook audio CDs.
I've burned at home on my Vista system with WMP
11.0, and plays them only after 3 - 5 minutes. On the other hand, it
has NO PROBLEM reading and playing mp3 CDs I burned at WORK on an XP
system with either WMP 9.0 or 10.0!
Are you using the same brand of discs? Do the two computers use the
same make and model CDR drive? Are you burning at the same speed?
I would suspect any (or several) of those factors before even dreaming
of any kind of "play list" problem.
My very strong suspicion is that the discs you are burning at home
have less optical contrast than the ones you are burning at work.
Your older player is taking a much longer time to recognize the data
and "sync-up" to it because the ones and zeroes are marginal (from
poor contrast).
Lower contrast could be caused by....
1) Using a different brand of blank disc.
2) Burning at a different speed.
3) Using a different brand/model CDR drive to burn them.
The differental diagnosis would be to at least swap blank
disc types, and try burning at lower speeds. You could even
try swaping the CDR drive and/or the software (if possible?)
Can you suggest what might be causing this trouble,
See above.
and will selecting
one or the other form of playlist in my subject rectify this problem.
I don't see how it could have anything at all to do with your playlists.
BTW my older boombox(11 years old) has no problem playing any of
these
CDs I've burned. WEIRD.
Some drives (particularly newer ones, but some older ones, also)
are just better at pulling data out of low-contrast discs.
You didn't mention whether you are using CDR discs or CDRW
(re-writable) discs. Note that CDRW discs are notoriously lower
contrast than CDR (write-once) discs, and are practically guaranteed
to give more problems, especially on older audio CD players.
Answer to your ?? - CDRW.
I should have mentioned it - but the old stereo is having this trouble
MAINLY with the first 3 - 6 tracks of the CDs I've burned at home.
In addition, the older boombox is *starting* to have trouble reading
some of the ones I recorded at work(I recorded them over a year ago at
a job I'm no longer at, so they are probably starting to deteriorate).
Not to mention, but I'm putting over 75 minutes of music on a format
that holds 79 min & change. I know that CDs are read from the spindle
out to the edge(opposite of records), but I have to wonder, is the
read arm of this player simply not capable of "reaching" the tracks
toward the inside of the CD with that much burned to it?
If the contrast is an issue, I will be sure to purchase CDRs in the
future - and possibly even re-burn some of my CD-RW collections onto
them.
Are CD-Rs still available? Dumb question, but I had to ask!
-CC
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