Re: CD and DVD drive read formats
- From: Forest Gump <ForestGump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 14:07:01 -0700
Hello Wes, I'm back from being out of town and have blank CDs and am trying
to use Windows Media Player to burn data CDs so that I can dump the 13 yr-old
Iomega Hot Burn that has been giving me trouble.
I have selected "other" and have been able to add my folders to the library,
but cannot get the library to display the folders so that I can drag them
into my newly titled playlist.
Will Media Player allow me to burn "data" from my computer onto a CD?
I have a feeling that somewhere I must add my data types "media tags" such
as dot xls , dot doc, dot rtf, dot dwg file extensions somewhere, but can't
find a place to do this?
Thanks, Forest.
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
I have been busy lately, Forest. But glad that you seem to have it under.
control. ;-)
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:DFFCC902-A4E6-4FEB-AD34-28ADD9E9A48F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Forest Gump <ForestGump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
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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