Using iTunes to Burn a Music CD

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Using iTunes to Burn a Music CD

Hi

My buddy has iTunes installed in his iMac with Leopard. He's trying to burn a music CD that will play in any CD player, (tunes he accumulated in his iTunes library).

He's having a problem trying to figure it out.

I don't use iTunes, personally I use Toast for burning both DATA and Music CD's. But I do have Tiger installed in one of my other Macs with iTunes, so maybe I can walk him through a few things.

Is it easy to burn a playable music disc with iTunes?

Thanx
Mike

Power Mac G5 1.8 - G4 1.4 Quicksilver, Mac OS X (10.4.11), G5: 4 Gigs RAM - ATI 9800 Pro AGP - #2 Internal Drives

Posted on Mar 6, 2009 7:35 PM

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Answer 1

Limnos

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Mar 6, 2009 7:40 PM in response to ENIGMACODE

In itunes preferences > burning make sure audio CD is set as preference.

Make a playlist with your music <80 min, click on burn or use menu command.

Insert blank CD when asked.

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Mar 6, 2009 7:44 PM in response to ENIGMACODE

Dupe...sorry.

Message was edited by: Diane Wordsmith

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Answer 3

Mar 6, 2009 7:42 PM in response to ENIGMACODE

Yes. Create a Playlist. Select the playlist. Choose Burn Playlist to Disc or just click the Burn button. You'll be prompted to insert a disc. (don't use rewritables...they don't seem to work).

And make sure burn prefs are set to Audio CD.

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Limnos

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Mar 6, 2009 7:44 PM in response to Diane Wordsmith

(don't use rewritables...they don't seem to work).

I just posted on another topic about this. They can work. You have to use Disk Utility to erase them between uses otherwise itunes says the disc can't be used. Some regular CD players don't read RW very well, especially older ones.

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ENIGMACODE Author

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Mar 6, 2009 7:45 PM in response to Limnos

Hi Limnos

I've read some of your responses to other folks about the same issues.

I don't know how he saves his songs in his playlists (in what format)? Because I see where that can also make a difference. The average CD Player cannot play MP3's of AIFF's.

I know that WAV files are more CD player freindly when burned to a music CD.

Is he able to save his songs/playlists in WAV format?

Thanx

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Limnos

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Mar 6, 2009 7:53 PM in response to ENIGMACODE

itunes will convert based upon the format you select in the burning format preferences

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Chris CA

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Mar 6, 2009 9:27 PM in response to ENIGMACODE

I know that WAV files are more CD player freindly when burned to a music CD

It's not any more "friendly" than any other file when burned to an audio CD as the burning software converts whatever the file is (MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG or whatever) to the exact same format - digital audio.

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Mar 7, 2009 6:30 AM in response to ENIGMACODE

The average CD Player cannot play MP3's of AIFF's.

Not so. If you burn MP3's in iTunes using Audio CD format, they are not burned as MP3s and will play in any CD player.

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Limnos

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Mar 7, 2009 8:15 AM in response to Chris CA

It was only marginally more friendly a decade ago when computers were slower. AIFF and uncompressed WAV Formats are basically in a burn-ready format for audio CD whereas other formats require more conversion. Using a compressed format may have added a bit of time on slow computers but with modern computers it maybe only adds on a few seconds, if any, since now it's the burning itself that is slower.

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Answer 10

Mar 8, 2009 3:54 AM in response to Limnos

now it's the burning itself that is slower

Actually, I find iTunes is WAY faster at burning CDs than Finder - twice as fast or even faster.

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