Well, you hit the nail on the head. I didn't even check that because when I
put the blank CD in the drive, I told Vista to create a music CD.
And no, I know that my truck's cd player will not play MP3's, much the pity.
Thanks for the reply. I'll have to try again tomorrow...
Eric the Grey
"John Shaw [MSFT]" wrote:
> Did you create a data CD or an audio CD?
>
> More info at:
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...3a7131033.mspx
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...81033.mspx#ETB
>
>
> If you created a data CD, it would make sense that your laptop could
> identify the titles of the songs because that info is stored in the MP3
> file.
>
> Also, if you did create a data CD, does your truck player support playing
> data CDs? Many older CD players do not. If your truck does support data CDs,
> you might try using a different brand of blank CD-R media (some players can
> be finicky).
>
> --
> John Shaw
> Windows User Assistance team
> Microsoft Corporation
>
>
> "Eric the Grey" <ErictheGrey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3C5DFA4C-6670-4599-A1B2-2D138CC658F5@microsoft.com...
> > Today I tried to burn my first music CD using Vista and Media Player. I
> > used the MP3's that I've ripped from my personal CD collection to my
> > computer
> > using my old XP machine. All of which play fine on media player.
> >
> > When I popped the newly created CD into my trucks player, it only read one
> > track, and had no sound. Once I got to work, I tried it on my laptop, an
> > XP
> > machine, which also has MP 11. Here it not only plays, but it also
> > somehow
> > knows the titles of the songs on the CD, even though there is no internet
> > connection available to it.
> >
> > My question is, does WMP 11 do something to prevent regular players from
> > being able to play burned CDs, or is there something else. My thought is
> > that the format of the newly burned CD is not standard, which is why XP
> > knows
> > the titles of the songs.
> >
> > This is my first attempt, as I said, and I've not yet purchased new
> > burning
> > software for the Vista box, but will do so if I have to. Unfortunately,
> > my
> > older software was tied to my XP box and won't transfer, or just won't
> > work
> > (Older versions of Nero).
> >
> >
> > Eric the Grey
>