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Q: Why is the song information from my playlist is not transferred to the CD?

Why is the song information from my playlist not transferred to the CD? Only track numbers show on the CD.

Posted on Dec 6, 2015 10:50 PM

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Q: Why is the song information from my playlist is not transferred to the CD?

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Dec 8, 2015 7:21 AM in response to glenfromclackamas
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    Dec 8, 2015 7:21 AM in response to glenfromclackamas

    Standard audio format CDs have never contained track information.  When you buy a CD iTunes queries an online service (Gracenote) which uses the structure information for the CD to retrieve the data from the online service.

  • by glenfromclackamas,

    glenfromclackamas glenfromclackamas Dec 9, 2015 6:05 AM in response to Limnos
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    Dec 9, 2015 6:05 AM in response to Limnos

    I may not have asked my question clearly. I made a 35 song playlist in iTunes with the intent to burn it onto two CDs. The track information was transferred to the second CD, but not the first. My colleague at work tells me playlist information is contained at the end of the playlist; therefore, the first CD burned will not contain the track information, while the second one will. The solution is to only make playlists that can be contained on one CD if the intent is to burn to a CD.

  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Dec 12, 2015 10:43 AM in response to glenfromclackamas
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    Dec 12, 2015 10:43 AM in response to glenfromclackamas

    CDs can't contain track information unless you burn it initially in a non-standard format initially with the XML file included from the iTunes library that would include the track information you downloaded from Gracenote.    CD-R, the typical format used for CD audio disc is what is known as a WORM (write once, read many). 

    CD Audio discs themselves can't contain that information.   Although an ISO-9660 formatted disc could.

     

    CD-RW, can be made to store extra files like the xml files of your iTunes Library, to remember things to bring over to other discs, but then can't be played back in a standard CD audio player.  CD-RW allows you to rewrite the entire disc from scratch over again in any format you desire.  Unlike hard discs and SSDs, they can't have information selectively deleted and overwritten.  The entire disc must be rewritten over to change its content.

     

    Both CD-R and CD-RW formats offer multisession burns in a non-standard format.  That allows you to fill the disc a bit on the first burn, and then add files on an additional burn, but not overwrite what was added in the past.