Hi Mimi, and Marty, Best to stick with name brand media, and burn at the slowest speed for best results. Here is something interesting ,I found out. Some burners work best with certain media, and sometimes, the manufacturer of the burner will say which brands. Although this is more the exception than the rule. Here is what I have done to get the right cd's. I started out buying 5 packs of cd's until I hit on one that gave good results with my burner. Fortunately, I only had to buy 2 different ones, and ended up with Memorex. There is a website which has more imformation about cd's, but I can't remember the name, however, you can get to it from the following website. www.hereonthe.net hth, Richard Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "mimi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 12:33 AM Subject: Re: nero or cd burning question
Marty, I have had CD's not play properly and had to reburn the mp3 music on a ifferent brand disc which works better. The cheaper the disc, you lose data on the cheaper ones after some time. There is no setting I can find in Nero that will fix this. When I disc does not burn successfully, or completely, what happens is you have some dead tracks, and the dead disc is referred to in my circle as a "coaster." You can either use it as a coaster or throw it away. Some brands are much better than others at holding our data. I'd stick with Imation from Office Max or Regata from Radio Shack. Something that is a more reliable brand and will work every time. The cheaper the disc, well, it's like buying the cheapest cassette, and you know what happens there: bad quality sound and tapes very uneven in recording. Also, I have Nero set to play a trumpet sound when a disc is burned successfuly; a dragon when it is not. When the dragon sounds, I just throw the disc out, because I know there is nothing I can do to fix it. You burn CDR's once. Rewriteable discs, you can burn for a limited amount of time. Some CDRW discs I bought, I found some bad ones in the pack, as well. There is no way for a blind person to tell when a bad one's coming up until it is burned. Yes, it's annoying! The other thing I had to do is slow my burner speed down. 52x is too fast for my processor. When I talked to someone at Radio Shack about this, that's when they told me this. I thought that could be the trouble, but had to have someone else confirm it. Radio Shack sells computers, too. I guess you did not know this. Also, if you are ever in the market for a new computer in the future, why not ring Excell here in Sacramento about it when you're ready? They sell computers to the Society for the Blind here, and won't treat you like a dummy. In fact, I am thinking of getting them to fix me up with my next system. You remember Excel, don't you? And, of course, that's where Curt got his computer. I'm sorry my answer baffles you in some way, but I have to tell you that not all CD's are created equal. I stay away from real cheap ones, even if the deal sounds good. I'd reather pay a little more for good blank discs I can rely on year after year. It's very crucial to me. Marie aka Mimi _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
