On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 11:38 PM, Marylynn & Tony wrote: > > Dear Listies, > > Yet another OT question: > > I was trying to burn an audio CD (yes, my own -- I'm so boring that way) > via Toast 4.1.2. > > My machine also has iTunes on it, though I never use it. (There's a clue > to my next step right there, huh? Shaddup....) > > Anyway, I had success previously burning audio CD's (albeit at glacial > 2x speed) via my internal SCSI Yamaha 8824. But this time, when I tried > my usual drill of transferring the CD's contents onto my 2nd partition > before firing up Toast, the Finder told me that the transfer had been > completed almost instantaneously on the full CD contents, which was > obviously implausible. Needless to say, it then didn't burn. > > Worthy of note as a clue: The tracks (which were named, I think, just > "Track 1," "Track 2," etc.) had the icons of iTunes files. > > A simple matter of disabling the iTunes extension and trying again? > > --Tony
The files the Finder so quickly copied were the little "pointers" to the tracks that you'll see if you view the contents of an Audio CD in the Finder. They weren't the ~60mb raw audio files (tracks) that you want to actually copy. You need to "rip" the tracks, which is to read them to your hard drive as raw data, in the form of 'AIFF' files. Toast 4 can do this, but I don't remember just what it's called in the menus. 'Extract' maybe? And as for the speed, "they" say that 2x is a good speed for burning Audio CDs, as it ensures compatibility with older players. Maybe true, maybe urban legend, probably a bit of both. -- Bryan -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
