Burning Audio CD’s – which media?
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I’m trying to burn an audio CD for play back in the car. I’ve just bought a pack of DVD-R discs, which say they hold 2 hours video or 4.7 GB data. However my CD creating software (Adaptec East CD Creator) refuses to record to it saying insufficient space. Have I bought the wrong media or do I have to format the disc or something first? I’m running Wink 2K Pro BTW and yes it is a recordable drive 
Jay-Aim said:
Are you choosing 'Make a music CD'
If yes then you have too many songs and be more selective
The bottom blue bar tells you how space your selection will take
I'm using the "Audio CD" tool. The bottom bar says I have enough time on the CD. It happens even if I just try to burn one 5 min song.
agent006 said:
Hmmm.. that's what I thought. Trouble is the store only had DVD-R. I thought that had superceeded CD-R. Thanks for the info anyway
Surprisingly enough you need a DVD player to play DVDs. I believe oyu also need DVD writing software to use your DVD writer with.
Yes mate
but they also state they hold up to 4.7 GB of data. Since they hold video and data I assumed they would hold audio as well. I don't want to wrtie DVD's. I can still use them to hold data. Generally speaking, a DVD writer can write DVDs and CDs, whist a CD writer can only write CDs.
Likewise, a DVD reader can read DVDs and (generally) CDs, whilst a CD reader can only read CDs.
DVD and CD are recognised standards.
So even if you want to write a CD on a DVD writer, you need to use CD media (ie. CD-R). If you're trying to write to a DVD-R then you're not writing a CD, you're writing a DVD (they're different standards, remember?)
You've mentioned that you're using CD Creator which, as the name suggests, is for creating CDs. You can't therefore really expect to put a DVD-R in and create a CD on it.
If you want to create a CD with CD Creator then you need to use blank CD media (CD-R or CD-RW). Simple as that.
>> Edited by JonRB on Saturday 8th May 20:50
Likewise, a DVD reader can read DVDs and (generally) CDs, whilst a CD reader can only read CDs.
DVD and CD are recognised standards.
So even if you want to write a CD on a DVD writer, you need to use CD media (ie. CD-R). If you're trying to write to a DVD-R then you're not writing a CD, you're writing a DVD (they're different standards, remember?)
You've mentioned that you're using CD Creator which, as the name suggests, is for creating CDs. You can't therefore really expect to put a DVD-R in and create a CD on it.
If you want to create a CD with CD Creator then you need to use blank CD media (CD-R or CD-RW). Simple as that.
>> Edited by JonRB on Saturday 8th May 20:50
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