Noik wrote in message ...
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:49:59 -0400, "Rhino"
wrote:

I'd like to be able to put a bunch of MP3s on a
CD-RW, play it for a couple of weeks, then erase it and put different
music
on it for the next few weeks, etc.

Wait, are you burning data CDs or audio CDs? They're two different
formats. Many, possibly most, CD players won't know what to do with a
disk containing Mp3 files.

When I burned the CD-RW with Windows Media Player, I simply clicked on "Burn
CD" and there was no choice between making an audio CD or a data CD; I
assume it made an audio CD. When I burned the CD-RW with Express Burn, I
wasn't sure if I should make an audio CD or a data CD but it seemed very
unlikely to me that a 10 year old car stereo would have any idea what to do
with a data CD so I chose audio CD. As I've said before, those failed to
play in either the home stereo or the car stereo.

After reading your advice to try a CD-R instead of a CD-RW, I tried burning
the CD again in Windows Media Player but it didn't like the blank disc for
some reason and spit it out. I'm not sure why and am rather curious about
that. But when I burned it as an audio CD with Express Burn, everything
seemed to go fine. Much to my surprise, that CD-R plays fine in both my home
stereo and the car stereo!

So, I'm not sure why Windows Media Player had a problem with it but Express
Burn did fine with it. It looks like your theory about the reflectivity may
be on the mark.

I'd still like to burn CD-RWs though so that I can erase the music regularly
and replace it with other things.

Do you see any way that I could make that happen?

--
Rhino