Stupid, stupid CD player

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I'm doing something wrong, no doubt. I have a new little Emerson HD 7288 which is supposed to play both regular CDs and CDs with mp3 files.But it keeps thinking the disks with mp3 files are CDs -- and I get nothing but static, of course. Anybody out there know anything about these toys? Any special steps to ripping the disk? Am I saving the disk wrong? Have tried leaving it writeable, formatting for CD-ROM, locking it -- what else can I do? Thanks for any help.

Sarah

[xoas]

Re: Stupid, stupid CD player

Sarah-
Here are some ideas:
Are you burning your mp3 discs as either data discs or mp3 discs (rather than as music cd discs)?
Are your mp3 files done in variable bit rate format or constant bit rate? Some mp3 players recognize only constant bit rate files-for that reason I use only constant bit rate mp3 files on an mp3 disc for my portable player.
Sometimes a cd or mp3 player my not read certain manufactorer's discs. You might want to try a different brand of blank disc to burn your mp3 disc (although if your player can play music cd's burned to a particular brand of blank disc then it should be no problem for it to read an mp3 disc burned to the same make of blank disc).
Finally, I have read that some people have run into difficulty with having their cd/mp3 player recognizing mp3 files burned with the Lame codec. It appears in these cases that using the Blade codec (available from Codec Central) works for these users. Personally, I have never had a problem with the Lame Codec.
You could check by putting your mp3 disc in your cd-rom drive, go to My Computer, click on your drive and check the format of the files to make sure they are mp3 files and not some other format. If they are unreadable or if they appear as other than mp3 files the problem would seem to be with your burning process (either the software or tying to burn mp3 files into a music cd).
If they seem to be mp3 files you might check with a friend who has a cd/mp3 player to see if their player can read your disc or not. If not it could be that you are using variable bit rate files (in which case convert the files to constant bit rate before burning) or it could the brand of blank disc you are using.
I hope one of these ideas can help you out.
Best wishes,
bill mikkelsen

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Re: Stupid, stupid CD player

Sarah-
Here are some ideas:
Are you burning your mp3 discs as either data discs or mp3 discs (rather than as music cd discs)?
Are your mp3 files done in variable bit rate format or constant bit rate? Some mp3 players recognize only constant bit rate files-for that reason I use only constant bit rate mp3 files on an mp3 disc for my portable player.
Sometimes a cd or mp3 player my not read certain manufactorer's discs. You might want to try a different brand of blank disc to burn your mp3 disc (although if your player can play music cd's burned to a particular brand of blank disc then it should be no problem for it to read an mp3 disc burned to the same make of blank disc).
Finally, I have read that some people have run into difficulty with having their cd/mp3 player recognizing mp3 files burned with the Lame codec. It appears in these cases that using the Blade codec (available from Codec Central) works for these users. Personally, I have never had a problem with the Lame Codec.
You could check by putting your mp3 disc in your cd-rom drive, go to My Computer, click on your drive and check the format of the files to make sure they are mp3 files and not some other format. If they are unreadable or if they appear as other than mp3 files the problem would seem to be with your burning process (either the software or tying to burn mp3 files into a music cd).
If they seem to be mp3 files you might check with a friend who has a cd/mp3 player to see if their player can read your disc or not. If not it could be that you are using variable bit rate files (in which case convert the files to constant bit rate before burning) or it could the brand of blank disc you are using.
I hope one of these ideas can help you out.
Best wishes,
bill mikkelsen

You have to close the disc== close the session.

If not,the cd is playable only in the computer.

You have to check that there is ID3V1 in the tags

I never heard of the Lame /Blade problem.
But some players cannot read VRB or ABR encoded mp3

[zevele1]

Re: Stupid, stupid CD player

You have to close the disc== close the session.

If not,the cd is playable only in the computer.

You have to check that there is ID3V1 in the tags

I never heard of the Lame /Blade problem.
But some players cannot read VRB or ABR encoded mp3

HOP,i forgot to log in.
The post before is from me

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Re: Stupid, stupid CD player

Thank you both -- I'll try these ideas for sure.

An odd thing: I took the files to work and transferred them onto the hard drive of my Mac, then reburned them through little old Roxio Toast, first as a music disk -- no luck; and then as a data disk no less -- at which point the little mp3 player perked up and started to work! Handy to get me running with the new toy, but I want to be able to do it here at home, not run down to work on the weekend or stay late to burn my disks. So I'll print out your suggestions and keep trying here. I appreciate the help!

Sarah