CD Burning help!

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

never heard of it, sorry

It came with the computer I got

[dissention]

Originally Posted by skcin

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.

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? I just want to be able to copy my boot CDs to start trading again.

Download a torrent of the Roxio software and install it.

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

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by dissention

Download a torrent of the Roxio software and install it.

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?

[amber]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

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

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

[dissention]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

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

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.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by amber

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

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

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by dissention

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.

Oh ok. Forgive me for being a techno-dummy...

[amber]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

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

What does that mean?

[face of glass]

Originally Posted by dissention

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.

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.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

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

Well said, I think...

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by amber

What does that mean?

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Well said, I think...

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.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

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...

[amber]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

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.

Ohhhh. Yeah, it's my vault. I just tried the radio last night, though. 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.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by amber

Ohhhh. Yeah, it's my vault. I just tried the radio last night, though. 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

[amber]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

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.