why won't WMP burn 128Kbps .wma files

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From: Mark Galecki (mark_galeck_spam_magnet_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: 27 Nov 2004 16:38:14 -0800

Hello,

I am trying to "compress several CDs to one". What I mean is, I try
to rip the CDs at 128Kbps to my computer as .WMA files, then take all
the tracks and burn them to an RW CD.

The tracks do burn, but when I attempt to play that combined CD,
either WMP hangs, or the quality is very very poor or no sound at all.

So it looks like for some reason, I can't burn .wma files encoded at
128Kbps, to a RW CD. Why would that be so??

More details:
I know the files are ripped properly because I can play them fine on
my computer.
I tried several RW CDs - same problems on all.
The process works with "lossless" format - that is, using lossless, I
can rip the tracks and burn them to the same RW CDs as above, and they
play fine, so the CDs seem to be fine.
I tried to use the slowest recording speed possible (1x - the CDs and
drive are "ultra-speed" at 24x max write speed) and not do anything
else with my computer. Did not help.
I am using the latest WMP and XP Pro with the latest patches.

Context: Using "lossless" is no good for me because what I want is to
put many CDs on one - 128Kbps is about 1MB per minute, so on a 850MB
standard CD, I should be able to put around 850 minutes, at the
128Kbps quality. Is this a heresy of some sort?

Thank you,
Mark Galeck

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