Why won't some Audio CDs work?

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daztrue - 08 Jan 2008 15:53 GMT

Most of my Audio CDs work perfectly on my PC and I've ripped them. But a
couple don't seem to get recognised on what is a DVD-RW Ultra-Speed, although
they work perfectly on my other PC, which has a DVD-ROM and CD-RW (both
High-Speed), and on a regular stereo. Any ideas on how to solve this?

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Byte - 10 Jan 2008 17:35 GMT

Here are FAQ's that may help, or get you started in the right direction.
Burning CDs (Q7) (Won't play in home or car player)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/burn.mspx

Windows XP CD Burning Secrets
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx

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> Most of my Audio CDs work perfectly on my PC and I've ripped them. But a
> couple don't seem to get recognised on what is a DVD-RW Ultra-Speed, although
> they work perfectly on my other PC, which has a DVD-ROM and CD-RW (both
> High-Speed), and on a regular stereo. Any ideas on how to solve this?

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daztrue - 11 Jan 2008 11:12 GMT

Burning isn't the issue. I just can't get a couple of pre-recorded Audio CDs
(out of many) to be recognised on that one drive.

> Here are FAQ's that may help, or get you started in the right direction.
> Burning CDs (Q7) (Won't play in home or car player)
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> > they work perfectly on my other PC, which has a DVD-ROM and CD-RW (both
> > High-Speed), and on a regular stereo. Any ideas on how to solve this?

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Byte - 12 Jan 2008 18:36 GMT

Did you read the answer to : Q. I used the Player to burn a CD but it won't
play in my home (or car) stereo's CD player. What's wrong? Just click on the
"Q" for the answer
in the first URL I posted.

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> Burning isn't the issue. I just can't get a couple of pre-recorded Audio CDs
> (out of many) to be recognised on that one drive.
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> > > they work perfectly on my other PC, which has a DVD-ROM and CD-RW (both
> > > High-Speed), and on a regular stereo. Any ideas on how to solve this?

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Byte - 12 Jan 2008 19:41 GMT

In addition, what I was trying to tell you that the files may be protected.
You'll have to burn them to an Audio CD and re-rip as unprotected files.

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> Did you read the answer to : Q. I used the Player to burn a CD but it won't
> play in my home (or car) stereo's CD player. What's wrong? Just click on the
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> > > > they work perfectly on my other PC, which has a DVD-ROM and CD-RW (both
> > > > High-Speed), and on a regular stereo. Any ideas on how to solve this?

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daztrue - 20 Jan 2008 17:52 GMT

I re-checked your links but you're still putting an emphasis on burning. I
have no problem burning, and as I said, the CDs in question (as well as the
many others that have been ripped successfully) are all pre-recorded. And
it's not a protection issue because I can rip them on my other PC. The CDs
just aren't recognised in any way or form. After a long attempt to read, it
finally stops and any attempt to view via Windows Explorer only causes the
drive to make another attempt to read the disk.

> In addition, what I was trying to tell you that the files may be protected.
> You'll have to burn them to an Audio CD and re-rip as unprotected files.
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
> > > > > they work perfectly on my other PC, which has a DVD-ROM and CD-RW (both
> > > > > High-Speed), and on a regular stereo. Any ideas on how to solve this?

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