Re: MP3 burning to "Data CD" is *not* supported by Microsoft!!

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From: zachd [ms] (zachd_at_nomailplz.online.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:12:59 -0800

Just select 'data' CD from the dropdown list...
 http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html#datacd

-Z 

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See http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
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"Jjeff" <Jjeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:19F65D8A-E46A-4A60-A6AA-BA5788E47BCD@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I just got off the phone with Microsoft Support.  I have been unable to
> write MP3 files to "data CD"s using WMP9 and MMP10.
>
> After 45 minutes of conversation and research, the polite person told me
> that WMP is not really meant to write data CDs and it was a "small error"
> that that option was included in the product.    He went on to tell me 
> that
> WMP is really meant for creating audio CDs.   He could not explain why 
> this
> small error occurs on WMP 9 and 10..
>
> I am really surprised, given all of the questions about it here, that
> Microsoft has not simply published an article in the knowledge base about
> this "small error".    The product certainly indicates that it *can* write
> MP3 files as a Data CD, and it seems like some people are able to do 
> it....
>
> Or could it be that the support person was full of it?  Nah...   And he
> actually had the, er, courage to ask me if he close the case as resolved 
> and
> if I was happy with the resolution!!!
>
> It was pretty pitiful that when I asked if he had ever run WMP 10, he said
> "No, but I have used WMP 9 a few times.  WMP 10 is still being 
> engineered."
> Funny, nothing on the WMP10 download page says anything about this being a
> beta test!  And this guy is in WMP support!!
>
> Anyone want to take a real stab at helping me fix this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>

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