CD Burning help!
 

Got my computer about 2 years ago. I've been burning CDs with Roxio Easy CD Creator (came with the computer) frequently at 48x speed with no issues.

A few months ago, Roxio stopped working. I would click on it & nothing would happen - no error message, just nothing. Hubby tried to delete & reinstall it - now if I click it I get the hourglass & it looks like it's going to open but never does.

So. I started burning using Musicmatch Jukebox (also came with the computer) - slower, but not terrible. I think it was burning at 24x or 48x, but it was annoying to have to put the tracks into "my playlist" first and then burn them. With Roxio, I just hit "copy" and it did.

Suddenly, Musicmatch is burning at 4x speed! WTH? I tried to increase the speed & it told me to upgrade. At 4x speed, it will take me an hour to do 1 CD. No way. BTW - I can burn photos onto CD without any problems at all, so I don't think it's the burner itself. :shrug:

My question is - should I just buy the upgrade & give it a shot? If it doesn't work, I'm screwed out of the money, right? Roxio wants $79 ON SALE - that's a lot, IMO. Musicmatch wants $19.99, but again, it's a pain in the ass & not that fast to begin with. Anyone here care to recommend another program? :shrug: I just want to be able to copy my boot CDs to start trading again.

Good luck to you whatever you decide. My burner has been busted for about a month now too. SUCKS:distress:

You probably had "limited trial" versions of both Roxio & MusicMatch. Ditch MusicMatch (as a burner; it's great as a PLAYER) & check into getting Nero 6.0. Far & away the best CD burning software I've used. (I've had much experience with both MusicMatch and Roxio) I was fortunate that the software came with the new combo DVD player/CD-R(W) burner I got earlier this year. I don't know how much it is on its own, though. But, if you can, get it!

My computer had that RECORD NOW! thing. Is that good?

You beat me to the Nero recommendation by less than a minute. :laugh:

Nero is awesome.

How much does it cost?

Wished I had an answer...
 

for you Paula, But being that I own/use 2 self-contained CD burners I dont have a clue on PC based burning programs.

from what I remember it is $80-100

Oh ok, thank you. Well if it works good, then its worth the money:nod:

roxio sucks
i rip/burn with windows media player
works for me...specially since it didnt
cost a dime.

IS Record Now! good too?

and I'll tell you that iTunes has always worked great for me as far as keeping playlists for burning

ditto...i use this all the time, and haven't had any problems with it

never heard of it, sorry

It came with the computer I got

Download a torrent of the Roxio software and install it. :woohoo:

I always burn everything at 4x speed, though. And DVD's at 2x speed. I must be silly.

So when u burn a cd, does the whole thing take like a minute?

Me, too, my itunes is lovely. :shrug: Oh, and free of course.

No, CDs usually take twenty minutes. Same with DVDs. The slower the burn speed, the smaller the risk of getting errors on the finished disc.

yep. even though I am all about my iPod and iTunes, I have witnessed its greatness for those who don't use it in the typical way

Oh ok. Forgive me for being a techno-dummy...:sorry: :)

What does that mean? :confused:

Right on. I always burn audio CDs at 4x too, so I will hardly get any errors. I've heard enough badly burnt discs through trades already. You can still burn things at 48x without notable errors, but I've heard stories from my friends of the discs becoming unplayable sometime after having been burnt at high speeds . Don't know if that's due to the brand of CD-R though.

I guess it is safer to burn pure data (including DVDs) at higher speeds though, that's what those md5-files in torrents are for; to check out if the files are still the same after burning.

Well said, I think...:lol: :nod:

I swear sometimes I have Stevie-itis or maybe it's a blonde thing. I tend to talk in circles or not make sense.

What I meant was that I have friends who don't have iPods or use iTunes for anything except the radio and cd burning functions and they love it. It's not like it's their musical vault, like it is for me.

Ah, dont worry about it. I was just messin with ya...:)

Ohhhh. Yeah, it's my vault. I just tried the radio last night, though. :shrug: Weird, huh? But I found exactly what I was looking for, music to do homework with. It's under Electronica and it's called Groove Salad or something.
Anyways. :)

REALLY! I love EDR Dance Hits under Electronica. Right now I'm listening to All Club 977 The 80's

Ah, yes. I was worried everything would be all fast and dancy, but this is like, slow/mid tempo ambient. Anyway, they have a ton of ****, I can't believe I never looked before. :rolleyes:

Sounds interesting. Maybe I'll check it out

you're getting screwed. i got free copies with each of the last 3 burners i bought, and a cd burner costs around 25$.

well, what I liked about Nero was that I was able to make some great medleys for my shows and it was fast and easy to do and sounded great.

I burn everything at 2x also. :)

Nope. I burn everything at a slower speed, too. Less errors that way.

David, I also have Record Now and it came with my PC. It is OK for CDs but not for DVDs. It won't even burn most of my DVDs. I bought a Roxio Easy DVD Copy software last April and I am pretty happy with it. It was around $50.00 but I am satisfied with it.

me too!!!~

Well I have Microsoft Media Player, which for some reason doesn't record
CD-R but does do CD-RW.

So I switched to Sonic Burn, it pops up when I put in a blank CD, fairly easy I just move the songs from my playlist into the copy box and hit burn. I think it can also do a straight burn form CD to another CD, but I usually like to mix'n match, so haven't tried the straight burn yet...

Wow - I've always burned at either 24x or 48x & have never had a problem - unless the people I've traded with never told me, that is. :shrug: I have a few discs that won't burn at all unless I burn at 24x or slower, but for the most part I'm all about the speed, baby. Esp. for a large trade.

BTW - Roxio is now working without any problems. After like 5 months of not working at all. :confused:

Roxio was giving me a hard time for a while (error mesages) and then I got a lens cleaning kit and it cleared everything up. It doesn't sound exactly like your problem, but I suppose you can never underestimate the power of a good cleaning!