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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: CD-Writer and Audio CDs question |
| Date | Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:46:27 -0600 |
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I use Nero Deluxe 6 for all my Mp3 to CD-R transfers, a great audio-DVD
burning
program with a bunch of features and updates every couple of months. But the
NeroVision part of the program is still buggy, I have had it crash several
times when creating DVD discs made from downloaded Quicktime -Mpg - AVI and
Windows media files.
If you are hearing a crackling or scraping noise on your audio CD-R's - lower
your burning speed, some "experts" reccomend burning audio CD-R's at 24X and
lower. Many older CD and car players have trouble playing disks burned at
32x-to-52x.
And I have found by trial and error out TDK's arent always the greatest
quality
- they used to make excellent CD-Rs in the USA and Japan a few years ago, but
thier quality dipped when they started using Taiwanese companies to make them.
One of the companies that make TDK's CD-R's also make Imation, Memorex,
Philips, and a truckload of bargan brands like Khypermedia (Officemax). My
favorite CD-R brands are FujiFilm and Sony.
Billy
At 02:57 PM 12/3/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello all. In this email, I discuss some issues I am having creating audio
CDs on my PC. If you are not interested or know nothing about this topic,
feel
free to delete this email now.
>For those who kept this email, here is the deal. I started out burning audio
CDs using Roxio software, but I found the software too cumbersome and buggy
and decided to switch to MusicMatch Plus. That software seemed to work fine
for a while but I have found that recent software upgrades keep locking up on
my PC (Windows 2000 Professional), but even worse, I have found that upon
playback on multiple CD players, some audio CD-Rs contain very noticeable
noise. The noise is similar to radio static. Oddly enough, this noise
doesn't
appear on initial playback of the CD-R, but on subsequent playbacks and
usually
starts up around tracks 15 and higher. I am using TDK CD-R's, and I have used
them in the past and up to this point, I never had any problem with them, so I
am thinking the issue is with the software and not the media (but I may be
wrong).
>Anyway, in the event the issue is with the CD-Writer software, I am looking
for alternatives to Roxio and MusicMatch. What I need is software to burn
both MP3 encoded CDs and traditional audio CDs (with on-the-fly MP3 conversion
since WAV to MP3 conversion is such a pain). If you are using CD-Writer
software that you think you could recommend, feel free to respond offlist.
>Of course, if you think the issue with the CD "surface noise" is unrelated to
the software, please feel free to respond too.
>Thanks in advance.
>Mark Eichelberger
>markeichelberger@comcast.net
>
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