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The attempt to burn a disc failed. An unknown error occurred (-50)

Hey Guys,


Got the error message "The attempt to burn a disc failed. An unknown error occurred (-50) in iTunes.


I'm just trying to burn a few audio CDs.


Running most current verison of Mavericks, all software up to date.


I've tried changing the burning speeds from Maximum Possible, to 12x, 8x, 4x. Still get the error.


I've tried 3 brands of CD-Rs get the error on all 3.


Any suggestions?


Thx


CD

iPhone 5s, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Apr 28, 2014 4:16 PM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2017 7:18 PM

Hello I found the answer on another thread: if you have ever edited the length of the tracks this will mess up the burning process. Right click all the tracks individually and go to GET INFO then OPTIONS and make sure every track starts at 00:00. It cured my problrm at least:)

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Apr 28, 2014 7:56 PM in response to CD_is_Me

Error -50 is a very unhelpful generic communications error with a number of possible causes. Something between the drive to which you are downloading and the drive from which it is all coming is not working correctly, which probably leaves several hundred options.


Have you tried simply restarting the computer?

The attempt to burn a disc failed. An unknown error occurred (-50)

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