Why is my windows media player not burning any of my blank Cds

Anonymous
2010-01-27T20:51:41+00:00

for the past 3 hours i have been working on tryiong to burn cds off of windows media player. i have CD-R discs which is music discs which i never had any problems with until now. then after a while i tried using a DVD+R CD to record it as a sata CD but that did not seem to work either. it read the CD but it did not let me burn. it said how many mins it had remained but when i added music to the burn list it never moved or the burn now button ever came up for me to click it. it was gray. PLEASE HELP ME

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video

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Anonymous
2010-01-28T17:33:12+00:00

Hi RevDraiford,

A.      Are you able to burn CD’s using other programs?

B.      Are you getting any error while you try to burn CD?

C.      From when are you facing this issue?

If you bring up windows media player, then make a burn list, then insert disk to burn the music it will gray out the burn button. But if you insert the disk then bring up media player it will not be grayed out.

To burn an audio CD do the following:

1.     Click the Burn tab, click the arrow below the Burn tab, and then click Audio CD (this is the default choice).

2.     Insert a blank CD-R disc into your CD burner.

3.     If necessary, click the Clear List pane button to remove all items from the previous burn list.

4.     Find the items in your library that you want to copy to the audio CD.

5.     To create a burn list, drag items from the Details pane (the pane in the middle of the library) to the List pane (the pane on the right side of the library).

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Burn-a-CD-or-DVD-in-Windows-Media-Player-frequently-asked-questions

Hope this was helpful.

Bindu S -- Microsoft Support

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-10-20T19:26:23+00:00

    Windows Media Player cannot burn the files to the CD. Verify that the disc is clean and not damaged. If necessary, select a slower recording speed or try a different brand of blank discs. This is the message I get after I think it's working. Then it's not. So fed up and tried everything.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-09-21T14:44:30+00:00

    Did  all as directed. Still won't burn . Rejects CD Disc which is a CD-R.

    Media Player is not responding

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-12-18T02:06:34+00:00

    The burn button is still grayed out. At the top of the burn pane, It says to "connect a burner and then restart the player", as though I have an external burner. (?)

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-06-03T19:36:04+00:00

    I'm VERY irritated. I've tried different cd's, and it ruins them all. It will either not even recognize the disc, or it will act like it's burned to the disc just fine, but then when I play it, it will play halfway through and then sound all static-y. Is there another software I can get that isn't such a pain in the....

    MAD in Ohio.

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