Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-30 Thread Neil Houghton
Subject: Re: CDs not playing Hi Barry, I think it could be the problem. MP3 import is a low quality encoding. • MP3 Encoder: Use if you plan to listen to music in apps other than iTunes, or on MP3 players other than iPod, iPhone, or iPad. Apple iTunes default import encoding is: •

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-30 Thread Barry Sexstone
Dear All Thank-you everyone who had an input but this thread seems to have gone off on a tangent and I think it is best to abandon it. The problem may have been caused by my original email query not being clear enough. Happy New Year Barry > On 31 Dec 2018, at 12:19 pm, Barry Sexstone >

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-30 Thread Barry Sexstone
Thanks Ronni but this does not answer my original problem of why CDs will now not play whereas I previously had no problem. I am not worried about imports just direct play. Unfortunately for some reason or other my original email ended up as two threads and as a result there has been some

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-30 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Barry, I think it could be the problem. MP3 import is a low quality encoding. • MP3 Encoder: Use if you plan to listen to music in apps other than iTunes, or on MP3 players other than iPod, iPhone, or iPad. Apple iTunes default import encoding is: • AAC Encoder: Use for most music. You

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-30 Thread Barry Sexstone
Hi Ronni This is not the problem at all. I have been unable to play CDs through iTunes. I have gone through many bits and pieces as outlined below. I tried importing a CD track into iTunes, it appeared to import but would not play. Purely for interest I tried importing it as AAC and much to

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-29 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Barry, If you’re trying to play an AAC file that was not created using iTunes or downloaded from the iTunes Store: Songs you download from the iTunes Store or import into your library using the AAC encoder are encoded using the new MPEG-4 AAC format, and play in iTunes and on your iPod,

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-29 Thread Barry Sexstone
Instead of downloading 12.8 as Peter suggested I reinstalled Mojave but there is no change. I have noticed, however, that if I import a track from a CD iTunes will not play it unless I change the import settings from MP3 to AAC. I will gently continue playing around with settings etc. as I

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-27 Thread Barry Sexstone
Many thanks Peter, I will probably try this over the weekend. Barry > On 28 Dec 2018, at 7:36 am, Peter Hinchliffe > wrote: > > > >> On 27 Dec 2018, at 12:01 pm, Barry Sexstone >> wrote: >> >> Progress (of a sort). I have borrowed a Macbook Air and the CD player plays >> CDs through

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-27 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
> On 27 Dec 2018, at 12:01 pm, Barry Sexstone > wrote: > > Progress (of a sort). I have borrowed a Macbook Air and the CD player plays > CDs through this quite happily. Operating system on the Air is 10.14.1 (iMac > 10.14.2) and iTunes is 12.9 (12.9.2.5 on the iMac) > The problem

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
> Jewels > >> On 27 Dec 2018, at 12:06 PM, Daniel Kerr > <mailto:wa...@macwizardry.com.au>> wrote: >> >> >>> From: Daniel Kerr mailto:danielk...@me.com>> >>> Subject: Re: CDs not playing >>> Date: 27 December 2018 at 11:16:44 a

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
om: Daniel Kerr mailto:danielk...@me.com>> >> Subject: Re: CDs not playing >> Date: 27 December 2018 at 11:16:44 am AWST >> To: WAMUG mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au>> >> >> Hi Barry >> >> Silly question,..but do you have the iTunes volume up? T

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Julie Bedford
it and all is working fine now. Just my two bob’s worth. Good luck Jewels > On 27 Dec 2018, at 12:06 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > >> From: Daniel Kerr mailto:danielk...@me.com>> >> Subject: Re: CDs not playing >> Date: 27 December 2018 at 11:16:44 am AWST >&

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2018-12-26 Thread Daniel Kerr
> From: Daniel Kerr > Subject: Re: CDs not playing > Date: 27 December 2018 at 11:16:44 am AWST > To: WAMUG > > Hi Barry > > Silly question,..but do you have the iTunes volume up? There are two volume > controls. One on the computer itself, and one in iTunes. besi

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
>>>> Suddenly I am unable to play music CDs through my Mac. On inserting a CD >>>> into the external drive Itunes opens and the track list of the CD is shown >>>> but iTunes will not play any of the tracks. Previously I have had no >>>> problems pla

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
15 pm, Barry Sexstone >>> wrote: >>> >>> Suddenly I am unable to play music CDs through my Mac. On inserting a CD >>> into the external drive Itunes opens and the track list of the CD is shown >>> but iTunes will not play any of the tracks. Previ

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
>> Suddenly I am unable to play music CDs through my Mac. On inserting a CD >> into the external drive Itunes opens and the track list of the CD is shown >> but iTunes will not play any of the tracks. Previously I have had no >> problems playing CDs. I doubt the

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-25 Thread Barry Sexstone
lay music CDs through my Mac. On inserting a CD >> into the external drive Itunes opens and the track list of the CD is shown >> but iTunes will not play any of the tracks. Previously I have had no >> problems playing CDs. I doubt the problem is the player as it happily plays >>

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-25 Thread kalock
s will not play any of the tracks. Previously I have had no > problems playing CDs. I doubt the problem is the player as it happily plays > DVDs. Any thoughts or advice? > > Barry > > iMac 27in late 2014 > OS 10.14.2 > iTunes 12.9.2.5 > external player “Archgon” DVD/

CDs not playing

2018-12-25 Thread Barry Sexstone
Suddenly I am unable to play music CDs through my Mac. On inserting a CD into the external drive Itunes opens and the track list of the CD is shown but iTunes will not play any of the tracks. Previously I have had no problems playing CDs. I doubt the problem is the player as it happily plays