Not Java: But maybe you can help .....

[dlarsson]

Music CD experts:

So, here's my problem.

I burned (or tried to burn) my first audio or music
CD on my computer using Windows Media Player.

I "Rip-ed" the tracks from a source CD and then put
in a blank CD and then created a Burn-list and then
kicked-off the burn (with Windows Media Player).

When I install the CD into my computer and
look at tracks on the CD drive - as shown on the
with Windows File Explorer - it shows a bunch
of .cda files ( each track is a .cda file )
which I assume represents standard CD Audio format.

I can play the CD back on my computer by using either
Windows Media Player or Real Player.

So far, so good ..right?

Okay, here's the problem.

1. My home stereo CD player does not recognize
any of the tracks on the CD at all ( it acts as if
the whole CD is blank )

2. I noticed that when I play the CD tracks using
my computer (WMP or RP), and if I bring up the
Windows "Play Control" tool and adjust the
volume sliders ...

o The "CD Audio" volume slider has no effect!

o It is the "Wave/MP3" volume slider that controls
the output volume as my CD tracks are played.

This is the opposite of how a commercially produced
music CD would behave ( the CD Audio volume should control it).

So, I assume that, despite the Windows Explorer,
displaying various "xxx.cda" items on the drive,
the tracks must actually have been somehow burnt
in some other format than pure CD Audio.

That hypothesis would explain why my home stereo CD
cannot play it ( an older CD player but a decent one - Denon )

But why then do the tracks then show up as CDA files
on the file system and how do I really confirm or verify that
the burning really did make a pure standard CD Audio format
music CD ?

What did I do wrong here?
What methodology is required to ensure that you do create
a standard, CD Audio formated CD when you do the burn
(from Windows Media Player)?

If the issue is something -other- than the format, then
what explains why the "Play Control" volume slider that
controls the volume is the "Wave/MP3" slider and not the
"CD Audio" volume slider?

I'm stuck with this one ....
I appreciate any help you can suggest...

Thanks,

- Derek

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[Oliver Wong]

"dlarsson" <de***********@ comcast.net> wrote in message
news:q9******** *************** *******@comcast .com...

I "Rip-ed" the tracks from a source CD and then put
in a blank CD and then created a Burn-list and then
kicked-off the burn (with Windows Media Player). [...] 1. My home stereo CD player does not recognize
any of the tracks on the CD at all ( it acts as if
the whole CD is blank ) [...] the tracks must actually have been somehow burnt
in some other format than pure CD Audio. [...] What did I do wrong here?

You made a post that has nothing to do with Java in a Java related
newsgroup.

I recommend against WMP, because Microsoft has incentive to push their
own proprietary WMV and WMA formats. I recommend Nero for making audio CDs.
It costs money. A free alternative is BurntAtOnce.

Don't make a post here asking where you can find these products; I've
already done you a favor answering your offtopic post. Just google for them.

- Oliver