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Can't make audio CD containing MP3s
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:26:51 -0400, "Rhino"
wrote: That *is* a bit tricky. Manufacturers generally don't put their brand on media, and brands generally buy from several manufacturers. But stay away from Memorex. I really do believe that they buy the dregs that didn't meet the specs of other brands. I don't remember seeing ANY of the different recommended brands listed above in my local stores but I could look around; maybe I'll get lucky. But it seems like a crapshoot. After all, aren't most of the house brands that you buy at places like Staples actually made by a major manufacturer and the store then just puts its house brand on it? Bingo. That's what I was talking about above. So maybe the Staples CD-RWs I have _are_ one of the recommended brands for this drive. Or not. I would guess that they probably are. You should have software that will tell you the manufacturer (CD info, something like that). But, you can't tell until you get them home. Well, that will tell you who made the die used to press the disks, but not necessarily who made the disk. But that's the best you can do. The stores, of course, are sworn not to tell you what brand you are really buying.... I doubt that that's true. But there's really no way of knowing unless you were involved in buying the disks from the manufacturer (or a middelman). Even then, I remember buying a spindle from a major brand, and half were from one manufacturer, and half from another. |
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Can't make audio CD containing MP3s
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:09:28 -0400, Noik wrote:
- Snip - The stores, of course, are sworn not to tell you what brand you are really buying.... I doubt that that's true. But there's really no way of knowing unless you were involved in buying the disks from the manufacturer (or a middelman). Even then, I remember buying a spindle from a major brand, and half were from one manufacturer, and half from another. I order mine from SuperMediaStore.com. Generally free shipping. And they promise that their Taiyo Yuden disks are genuine. I've ordered both CDRs and DVDs from them without problems. |
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Can't make audio CD containing MP3s
Rhino wrote:
... I've never been able to get the DMA to work on this burner although I've got a question in to LiteOn about that; maybe they'll have a solution. Burners are pretty cheap these days.... You need to fix the dma. Here's how with winxp (and I believe similarly with other Windows): To enable DMA mode using the Device Manager 1.Open Device Manager. 2.Double-click IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers to display the list of controllers and channels. 3.Right-click the icon for the channel to which the device is connected, select Properties, and then click the Advanced Settings tab. 4.In the Current Transfer Mode drop-down box, select DMA if Available if the current setting is "PIO Only." If the drop-down box already shows "DMA if Available" but the current transfer mode is PIO, then the user must toggle the settings. That is: Change the selection from "DMA if available" to PIO only, and click OK. Then repeat the steps above to change the selection to DMA if Available. |
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