Why won't my CD play on my CD player?

I think you would have better luck burning this in iTunes. Create your playlist and burn from within iTunes...and make sure your Burn setting is on Audio CD.

Where is the Audio CD Burn setting?

I'm a new convert to version 9 (just upgraded from Panther to Snow Leopard). It used to be under iTunes Prefs > Advanced > Burning. Not sure if it's the same. I think it may now be under iTunes Prefs > General. Perhaps someone here could confirm (or deny).

When I burn a CD now, I can only play it back on my computer. I don't know why either.

iTunes offers several options when burning a disc: Audio CD, MP# disc and data disc. The one that will work in most CD players is the Audio CD. If it's a data disc, it will only be useful for restoring the songs to your library. If it's an MP# disc, it might play in your audio player. Audio CD is your best bet. Another tip is to avoid using rewritable discs when burning.

If your idea of a multidisc is the same as mine I don't think any CD player would play it. My idea of a multidisc is a disc that would appear on the desktop (or wherever) as multiple discs-as if several disc had been loaded. This is achieved by burning in TAO (track at once) mode rather than DAO (disc at once) mode.

CDs meant for playing in CD players should be DAO.

All players will recognize an Audio Disc, which holds 80 minutes of music, burned with .AIFF or .WAV files. Burning an Audio Disc in iTunes will make this conversion from your iTunes library files for you.

Some players recognize MP3 discs, some don't.

Tracy

I've burned lots of CDs in the past, but am having the same problem now I've upgraded to iTunes 9.0.2 and Snow Leopard 10.6.2.

I use the "Burn Disk" from within iTunes, choose the "Audio CD" format, and import using AAC Encoder.

The resulting CD plays fine on my computer, but won't play on any of my CD players.

Does anyone know what is happening.

It also plays on the CD player in my car. The stereo in my living room is top quality but a little old. Was the standard for audio CDs changed at all? The stereo plays the original CD fine, but not the copy made with iTunes.

The stereo in my living room is top quality but a little old. Was the standard for audio CDs changed at all?

No.
Likely the CD player will not play CD-R.

I tried some pre-iTunes 9/Snow Leopard CD-Rs in the same player and that seems to be the problem.

Thanks, Chris!