Can't burn CD's from iTunes

I'm having what sounds like the same issue -- I know it's not a hardware problem because I just successfully burned a disc of photos using Finder, but every time I try to burn a playlist in iTunes, it hangs during the "Initializing" stage. The drive spins up frighteningly loudly, to the point where it shakes my computer, and stays that way until I start to worry that it's doing damage and try to cancel the burn (which usually doesn't work and I end up shutting down my computer to get it to spit out the disc).

I've tried all the suggestions in this thread, plus others I've found elsewhere: I've reset my PRAM, repaired disc permissions, restarted more times than I can count, set the burn speed lower (8x and 2x), unchecked "Include CD Text" in the burn options. All my software is up to date. The only changes since I last burned a CD (which was probably months ago) have been an iTunes update and getting my failed hard drive replaced. I initially worried that had somehow damaged the burner, but as mentioned above I burned a CD in Finder, so everything seems to be working ok.

I did discover in System Profiler that if you insert a blank disc, it will tell you the available burn speeds, so here is the information I got from that:

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N:

Firmware Revision: BP10
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Type: CD-R
Blank: Yes
Erasable: No
Overwritable: Yes
Appendable: Yes
Write Speeds: 10x, 16x, 24x

I just tried setting the speed to 16x in iTunes with this exact disc and encountered the same issue.

Does anyone have any new suggestions? Thanks in advance!

thanks for the help with that geezer, I had the same issue and turning off 'write CD text' fixed it.

Please help, I can't burn CDs from iTunes, what is the solution?

As noted in this thread, try turning off *Write CD text*.

I also had my hard drive changed and now I can't burn a playlist from Itunes.


Does this have something to do with the latest download or is it me?

I don't know very much about itunes... if i want to burn a cd to play on my stereo or in my car, how would i go about doing that?

Select the playlist, go File > *Burn playlist to disc* then select Audio CD.

Select AIFF to encode MP3 to listen to CD player and not MP3 player

Select AIFF encoder to change Mp3 to AIFF mode

Create a playlist with the songs you want to burn to CD.
Select the playlist on the left side of iTunes.
Go to File > Burn playlist to CD.

I have done that. I am selecting a new playlist with songs and I am still unable to see the burn playlist to cd in the file menu...

What version are you running?

Itunes 10. After updating some drivers on my computer, I see the "burn playlist.." but can't see it from my ipod, I mean, I don't have the option to burn from my ipod

but can't see it from my ipod, I mean, I don't have the option to burn from my ipod

Correct. You can only burn songs if they are in iTunes on your computer.

Ok, Chris, thank you