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

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
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

Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forumand let us know what you think

Was this answer helpful?

200+ people found this answer helpful.
0 comments

63 additional answers

Sort by: Oldest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2015-10-10T14:11:26+00:00

    WIndows 8

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-10T14:12:05+00:00

    I actually said in my previous comment that my daughter and I are both running windows 8.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-16T01:06:27+00:00

    First close Media Player. Then insert blank CD and wait for it to stop reading. Then open Media Player and go to the Burn tab. It should have the blank CD listed.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-16T08:54:49+00:00

    Tried that already. Also tried burning using the folder options.  It automatically opens media player and then faults.  As expected I needed to burn photos to disc last weekend for a client and it would not do it. Same problem, same discs I've been using all along (since it was last working and burning) different type of files this time.  Had to put the photos on a usb stick and burn them on another laptop.  Ridiculous.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments