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Q: CD burned okay, but no titles for tracks

The problem is pretty much summed up in the subject line.

This is my first time using Waveburner. I have a long recording (let's call it a "talk"), and I added tracks by clicking in the bar where you can add tracks with the purple pointer tool (sorry, I don't know what it's called).

Then I went through each CD track and gave it a title. When I go over to the CD-Text tab and click the drop-down, I see all my titles with each track.

I burn the disc. It plays fine. But when I open it in iTunes, none of the track titles appear.

What am I missing here?

iMac, MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Jun 6, 2010 7:11 PM

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  • by Pancenter,

    Pancenter Pancenter Jun 7, 2010 12:33 AM in response to R&B
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    Jun 7, 2010 12:33 AM in response to R&B
    Imbedded song titles are not part of a standard "Red Book" audio CD. Commercial CD titles are picked up, not from the CD but an online database. So... the titles of a commercial CD you see in iTunes are actually downloaded from CDDB/Gracenote.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDDB

    I think an mp3 CD can have songtitles... but it is a different animal than the industry standard Red Book format. An mp3 CD is basically a DATA CD that can be read by some CD/DVD players.


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  • by R&B,

    R&B R&B Jun 7, 2010 10:33 PM in response to Pancenter
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    Jun 7, 2010 10:33 PM in response to Pancenter
    Got it. Shortly after I posted this question, I saw this answer posted. Evidently it's a FAQ, and I guess I should have dug a little deeper before posting.

    I went ahead and burned the CD the way it was. It's not ideal, but I guess the Red Book standard won't allow me to achieve a "perfect" solution. So be it.

    Thanks for the quick answer.
  • by edva,

    edva edva Aug 1, 2010 4:28 PM in response to Pancenter
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    Aug 1, 2010 4:28 PM in response to Pancenter
    Good to know. So how does one include song titles on a CD master?