MP3 CD burning Problem

[Ly2n]

I own a CD of MP3s of speakers. I burned a copy for use in my car (didn't want to ruin the original). I used nero 5.0 and burned at 40X. The copy sounds bad in the car, high pitched garbles and skips, but sounds OK on the computer player and WMP. The original sounds OK on either player. Do you have any suggestions about what might be causing this or any solutions. Thanks Lynn

 

[PrincessGuard]

Try another brand of CD-R and/or burn at a much slower speed.

 

[VicodiN]

Personlayy I dont burn anything of impoetance at a speed more then 4x... This ensures quality and assurance of all the data being in tact

 

[leolaw]

Yea, burning important stuff more than 4x will just waste all of my CD

 

[Ly2n]

I tried slowing down the speed after reading the first post, I went to 16X, The result was the same. I dropped down to 4X with the same results. I will try different media next. What I can't figure out is why all of them play fine on the computer but not in the car player. Remember that the original works fine in the car. Thanks for all the suggestions so far. If changing the media doesn't work I'll be back asking for more suggestions. Lynn

 

[EeyoreX]

What I can't figure out is why all of them play fine on the computer but not in the car player.

Computer CD-ROM drives are much more "forgiving" than other optical drives (ie car, home theater cd drives). IIRC this is due to the fact that PC optical drives do a lot more in terms of error correction and have to deal with mutiple types of disks; audio, data, video, while a car cd player expects one thing; audio. I also agree, try some different brand media, car cd players can be very picky about the brand.

\Dan

 

[jvang125]

if it's a older car deck, it might not be compatible with cd-r/cd-rw disks. most decks today (2-3yrs old) should be able to play them.

IIRC, if you're making an exact duplicate of an audio cd, it's best to use 1x with 2x being the highest.

 

[Ly2n]

Thanks to all. I finally got time enough to try a different media, and it worked. The other media works fine for copies of audio cds just not for mp3s. Thanks again

 

[Lovehandles]

Originally posted by: VicodiN
Personlayy I dont burn anything of impoetance at a speed more then 4x... This ensures quality and assurance of all the data being in tact

I've seen this kind of comment more than once on a board and the logic behind such thinking just kills me. It's like the chicken little 'the sky is falling' thinking. They hear of one person having a bad experience burning a CD and they immediately think they have to burn at a slow speed.

Do you really think manufacturers would be selling thousands of 52x burners every year if it wasn't reliable?? Most CD-RW drives come with burn proof technology nowadays so burning at a high speed doesn't pose the same issues as it did before when burners first came out on the market.

The issue is not so much with the speed of your burns, more attention should be paid to the quality of CD-R mediums. I've always used TDK brands and never had a problem w/ them. The no name brands are the ones that can cause problems and should be avoided at all costs.