Marta,
I think this puts me on the right track. It is a "protected file" with
a .m4p suffix. I'll try your suggestions. I still am at a loss to know why
the burned CD would play in the wife's PC but not in a CD player. If it is
protected, isn't it protected from being played on a PC?
Greg
On 2/17/06 2:51 PM, "Marta Edie" <martaedie at mac.com> wrote:
> I find that sometimes Apple won't allow you to burn a song downloaded
> from iTunes if it says protected song. I have put that song or songs
> into a playlist and gave it a name and then was able to burn from
> there.
> I have also played it and recorded it into my sound studio ( free
> trial) , which automatically makes it an AIFF file and put it back into
> iTunes and then burned it.
> Marta
> Half the truth is often a great lie. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman,
> author,
> and inventor (1706-1790)
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2006, at 4:43, Greg Schoettmer wrote:
>
>> Jerry,
>> Thanks for the input. I had the gap between songs set at 2
>> seconds. As
>> for the import format, I simply purchased the song from the Apple Music
>> Store in iTunes, highlighted the song and clicked BURN DISC in the
>> upper
>> right corner of the screen. Is there anything else to try?
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/16/06 8:49 PM, "Jerry Yeager" <jerry at browseryshop.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sometimes a gap of "none" between songs can cause some older players
>>> to think the CD is just one very long song and thus may not play.
>>> Rare, but it happens.
>>> In iTunes Prefs (Burning) make sure you have chosen to make an Audio
>>> CD and try a 1 second gap between songs.
>>>
>>> What is the format you are using to import the songs initially?
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>>
>>> On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:41 PM, Greg Schoettmer wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm looking for some expertise on what format to use to burn
>>>> audio CDs
>>>> in iTunes. I burned a CD (my first) for my daughter an I thought
>>>> all was
>>>> well. Unfortunately, when she tried to play it in her CD player,
>>>> the CD
>>>> player did not read the song on the CD. We tried the CD in a Mac, a
>>>> PC, her
>>>> CD player and two car CD players. It worked just fine in the Mac
>>>> and PC but
>>>> not in any CD player that we have.
>>>> I realize that SOME CD players will not recognize certain
>>>> formats but
>>>> this is ridiculous. In iTunes, I went to preferences and see that
>>>> there is a
>>>> section on "Burning a CD." Are there recommended settings for this
>>>> section?
>>>> Is there something else that I am missing?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>>
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