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

From: zachd [ms] (zachd_at_nomailplz.online.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:55:28 -0800

Ah. So you are indeed able to burn CDs, it just fails. That sounds about
right: the idea that the option is not present or does not ever work was
kind of wiggy.

The IMAPI 1.0 burner XP uses (and thus WMP uses) is a free burner. You
don't get great quality burners for free. That's just me commenting as a
fellow user - I bought the Nero burner ( http://www.nero.com ) because it is
worth it. The IMAPI burner is a toy. This may help you make it work:
 http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html#xpcdburn
, but at this point IMAPI is limited enough that you will find yourself
enjoying your Nero purchase, I'd think.

-Zach 

-- 
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Jjeff" <Jjeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:A8E625A6-7A7C-45CE-8A31-EB35CD842320@microsoft.com...
> Hi Zach,
>
> I have tried selecting "Data CD" and it does not work.  It simply says
> "Burning in Progress" for a split second then stops.  No data is written 
> to
> the CD.  I can burn Audio CDs to the drive using WMP, and I can create 
> "data
> CDs" using RecordNow.
>
> Here is the followup email that I got...
>
> This is Krish, with Microsoft Technical Support.  It was my pleasure to 
> work
> with you on your Windows XP case SRX041108600791.  I hope that you were
> completely satisfied with the service provided to you.
>
> It also gave me a person to contact if I was not happy.  I emailed him and 
> I
> have not heard anything back.
>
> Feel free to email me directly,
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff(dot)Friedrichs(at)compaq-dot-com
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> PS: Do you recall the name of who you dealt with?
>>
>> -- 
>> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
>> See http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no 
>> rights.
>> Now Playing: "Habebe" by "Anne Dudley" in WMP10.
>> --
>>
>> "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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