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
    2017-06-06T13:46:24+00:00

    Thank you hoagy33 but I do not know what a 'sfc/scanow'' is. If we presume I know nothing about computers we are giving me a lot of credit. If the scan can be explained very simply I will give it a go. Than you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-06-05T23:22:59+00:00

    Doing the sfc/scanow worked for me. Somehow the windows media player gets bugs in it. And you have to restore media library.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-06-05T20:22:49+00:00

    I was hoping for something a bit more up to date than 2010. But anyway went ahead and did it as stated. Nothing changed. The burn button stays grayed out and says connect the burner and restart the player. I do not have a separate burner and have never needed one. Now what?? Help!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-05-06T21:42:22+00:00

    I do not believe you understand the question. Let me rephrase it so somebody might help us get this fixed. We (I) do not need instructions on how to burn a disc it is the simple fact the darn music player only works when it wants to! I can even do something as simple as insert a blank disc and have it read the amount of record time, and it will not even do that.

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