My blank cd says 80 min. or 700 MB. Playlist in Itunes says 1.6 hrs., 213 MB. It won't burn, itunes says it won't fit onto cd. What's up with this?

I don't understand why itunes won't burn my playlist to a blank CD. CD-R says 80 min, or 700 MB. Playlist shows 176 MB, 25 songs, 1.3 hrs. I don't understand why it won't fit onto one CD.

Dell laptop PC-OTHER, Windows 7

Posted on Sep 9, 2012 7:59 PM

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Sep 9, 2012 9:12 PM in response to dolphin522

If you are burning an audio CD, use the time/length of the playlist.

If you are burning and MP3/data CD, use teh size (MB) of the playlist.

Note that there needs to be room for directories and other info on teh disc which will nto be displayed in teh size of the playlist.

The disc may hold 80 minutes but a playlist of 80 minutes will not fit.

Usually, you can get ~70 minutes max.

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My blank cd says 80 min. or 700 MB. Playlist in Itunes says 1.6 hrs., 213 MB. It won't burn, itunes says it won't fit onto cd. What's up with this?

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