Can't burn a CD from iTunes - "Burning Disc...finishing"

I am not getting the error message. According to iTunes, my disc copied all the songs as an audio CD and the playlist is there is full. However, the disc simply does not play on any CD player or application. No problem until this upgrade.

Repair disk authorizations no workee. 10th CD wasted. Cupertino, we have a problem.

Just curious....Are you still having this problem?
If not, are you able to share how it was solved. Thanks in advance,
Donna

As of this date 3/28/09, I CANNOT burn a CD in ANY format within iTunes. I had to use an old version of Toast to burn my .mp3 CD. I too am waiting for APPLE TO HEAR ME about this issue. I had no problem burning until I upgraded to the current version of iTunes. :/

Since it's buried in the thread now, I mentioned that I'm now using the free program "Burn" to make my audio CDs and mp3 discs. Simple and fast. Works great. I haven't tried burning with the latest iTunes update just because I don't have the time to deal with a computer freeze right now, if ever!

http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

Paul

I reset the pram which didn't seem to help.
However when i reset the SMC ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411) my drive started working correctly again and i was able to burn an audio cd of music bought from the iTunes store in itunes 8.1.

HTH

I have had the same problem. This is what I did and it worked. I WAS using Memorex Cd's when I had the problem. Tried a TDK CD and the burn worked with no problems. Just for kicks tried the memorex cd and it failed. Solution is probably the media.

Hope this Helps

I have had the same problem. This is what I did and it worked. I WAS using Memorex Cd's when I had the problem. Tried a TDK CD and the burn worked with no problems. Just for kicks tried the memorex cd and it failed. Solution is probably the media.

Hope this Helps

i'm on vista and had the exact same problem for quite a while now!!!

solved the problem by:

* uninstalling itunes8
* then go to c:/my documents/my music/itunes

(i cut all the files/folders appart from the "iTunes music" folder ..and then pasted them into a new folder elsewhere... i dont know if you have to get rid of all of them... but when you install itunes 7... it does not work because the libary files for itunes8 are not compatible)

* google "download itunes 7" - think its the third one down from oldapps. com
*download / install the last version before itunes 8 came out!

simples!!!


took about the same time as it took two of the failed attempts trying to burn cd's on itunes 8 ...the only way i could get the cd out the drive then was by turning my computer off at the power!!! you can import all the music back in really easily but because your not using the old library file.. you do lose your playlists...for me i only had 6 or 7 soi dont really care too much!

it is a bit rediculous that apple are taking so long to fix the problem!

Same here
Updated iTunes last year and find out today, trying to backup a playlist, iTunes doesn't burn any CD's anymore.

Details (for the occasional Apple specialist that is going to solve this 🙂
- Intel Core 2 duo iMac 2.33GHz 3GB Ram
- OS X 10.4.11
- iTunes 8.0.1
- checkecd permissions (with diskutility)
- checked and rebuilt directory (with DiskWarrior)
- zapped pram (boot with cmd-option-P-R until second chime heard)
- reset SMC (as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1543)
None of this resolves this issue.
Hm, Apple is doing their mouth shut thingie again 😟

apple does not say a thing about it when you called. I called last night and I knew more about itunes than the guy I was talking to. His suggestion to me was to either use windows media player or I could talk to a specialist for $29.99, but I didn't because he would probably be the same way.

I decided to burn a cd from a playlist today and found out that I have similar problems to you guys mentioned in this post

I have to FORCE QUIT out of itunes I then have to physically get the disc out of the tray with a paper clip , as the burner is sort of...well... dead! The burner is Pioneer DVR 112

If I burn from an external Pioneer DVR-110D it burns fine

I have also just opened up Toast Titanium and tried to burn a disc by dragging the playlist fom itunes into the music section in Toast Tit' ..i got halfway before a buffer error,,,

Hope this helps in getting someone more clever than me to sort it out

Thanks in advance