iTunes not recognizing blank CD when attempting to burn playlist

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iTunes not recognizing blank CD when attempting to burn playlist

When I try to burn a playlist in iTunes it cannot recognize any blank CD-R discs. After choosing Burn iTunes then goes to the Burn Setting screen. I choose Music CD and then it asks me to insert a Blank CD. I can then hear the drive making some "reading" noise and after about 45 seconds it spits out the disc without even beginning to burn it. I have tried many different discs both TDK and Memorex and nothig works. Is there something wrong with the drive?

MacBook Pro 15" 2.33ghz 2GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Dec 29, 2008 10:36 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 29, 2008 10:47 AM in response to Jeff Young4

Probably a drive problem. Can you burn a CD from the finder, disc utility or iPhoto? Check the Mac help file>Index>B>burning CDs and DVDs.

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Dec 29, 2008 11:41 AM in response to Jim VanLeeuwen

Thanks for the reply. I discovered some strange behaviors. I can burn a CD from iPhoto if I select individual photos but not if I choose to burn an Album. If I choose an album I get the same behavior as with trying to burn a music playlist. So, I went back to iTunes and instead of right-clicking on a Playlist and choosing "Burn Playlist to Disc" which is what I was doing, I selected each song in the main window and hit Burn. That worked! I guess the "Burn" only works if you highlight each song. Thanks for putting the idea in my head to try iPhoto.

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Dec 29, 2008 11:55 AM in response to Jeff Young4

You should be able to burn a playlist. Might want to try downloading iTunes again and re-installing it. This won't affect anything in your library. http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

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