Re: CD and DVD drive read formats
- From: Forest Gump <ForestGump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:40:02 -0700
Forest Gump wrote:
Wes, my step-daughter came over with her laptop and showed me Windows Media
Player and I had it and updated it to 9 Series update. When I get some more
disks (i burned the balance I had which copied the CD cleaner tracks instead
of what I wanted) I will see if WMP does the job and if so, I will dump
Iomega Hotburn.
BTW, both drives now allow me to look at a disc contents via Windows
Explorer, which is what I want.
I'm out of state for a week and when I get back and prove the use of Windows
Media Player, I'll rate your posts as "sticking with a computer dummie".
Thanks,
Forest
"Forest Gump" wrote:
Ok Wes, here goes my simpliest English description of where I am:.
1 I have used Iomega Hotburn to make copies of mixed content (numerical
data/words/graphics) since 1994 with no problems, UNTIL
2 Up pops the Autoplay display which normally I cancel and continue
successfully. I just hit what it landed on without thinking - it landed on
MUSIC and up popped some Sony Music program. Not thinking that I would have
to live with this forever, I didn't realize my problem until I tried to burn
a mixed content CD. I use my DVD drive as a source and CD drive as
destination.
3 In between times I dusted off a copy of a CD track cleaning program that
I had never used. I thought that after 5 years of CD/DVD drive use that it
might be prudent to clean the lenses. Now Hotburn only will burn the track
programs onto anything I try to copy. While not responding to my selections.
It just goes ahead and does what it wants to which doesn't match my intent.
So maybe I have introduced another problem?????
4 You showed me where to make setting selections Under My Computer/CD and
DVD drives/properties/Autoplay. I made selections as plain vanilla that I
could - "mixed content" blank disc" offer it to me everytime, etc and I
selected APPLY and OK
5 Hotburn cannot see my mixed content disk and fails to respond to "Source
and Destination" selections under Copy CD.
6 Hotburn apparently doesn't care what format it is copying since it never
asks music, mixed content, pictures, etc. It apparently just takes what it
sees and copies it. However, it does ask whether to copy directly from the
disk or from an image of the disk residing on the computer.
7 I go back and look at Autoplay selections and they are not where I left
them, even when I immediately RESTART the computer to "fix" the settings.
I hope that my use of English has given you more insight on the gremlin(s)
I'm dealing with.
Thanksk,
Forest
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
Forrest, pretend that English is my second language, explain you problem(s)
in simple English.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:B3803123-51FB-40A3-9493-D9A9C74898BE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Forest Gump <ForestGump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Forest wrote: Thanks, Wes, for sticking with me.
Iomega Hotburn selecting CD Copy and copy from CD, not image.
Autoplay selection keeps coming back "music" I never copy music.
Forest
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
What program are you using to burn CDs and DVDs? That is what determines
writing mixed data.
Autoplay Repair Wizard
Brief Description
The Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard scans your computer devices to find
defective AutoPlay settings, and attempts to fix those it finds.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C680A7B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en
Apparently the problem with Mixed Mode CD format is that many CD drives
have trouble reading these CDs.
Definition of: Mixed Mode CD
A compact disc format that contains both data and audio. The data are
stored in track 1, and audio is stored in the remaining tracks. Newer
audio CD players will skip the first track upon encountering the data,
while earlier players will attempt to play the non-audio data, causing a
loud, raucous sound that can damage the speakers. Since Mixed Mode
recording is done in a single session, old non-multisession CD-ROM
drives will support it.
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=Mixed+Mode+CD&i=47099,00.asp
Windows Media Player Cannot Play CD-ROM with Both Audio and Data Tracks
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307911
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:76FA5697-EABE-4231-B4AB-D796C18FB98E@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Forest Gump <ForestGump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Thanks, Wes, for you quick response. AutoPlay settings don't stick. Both
the CD and DVD drives come back to music even after "applying" and
restarting the computer. How can I get my selections to stick? I just
want the music format to go away so that I can read/write mixed data?
The URL you posted doesn't work for me either?
Forest Gump
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
You cannot control what a CD or DVD drive reads off of a disk. You can
set the AutoPlay handelers for Audio and other parameters.
To change how your computer handles multimedia content
1 Open My Computer.
2 Under Devices with Removable Storage, right-click the device you
want, such as a digital camera or CD-ROM drive, and then click
Properties. 3 On the AutoPlay tab, click the multimedia content type
you want to change. 4 Under Actions, click the action you want Windows
to perform when it detects the media type you selected.
Notes
To open My Computer, double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop.
Your removable storage device must be attached to your computer for it
to appear in the My Computer folder.
See also.
The AutoRun feature or the AutoPlay feature does not work when you
insert a CD-ROM in the drive
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330135
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:0A2B27E1-1F4A-4345-BB2E-B86690E0C5E1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Forest Gump <ForestGump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
accidently I set both drives for audio and can't get them reset back
to read data.
How do I get my drives back under my control?
Thanks
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