To burn an audio CD that I bought today from I-Tunes

[lectrocrew]

 I wanted to buy Daniel Bradbery's new debut album released today so I purchased it online via ITunes.
 So now I want to burn a CD to listen to in my car.
 #1,  I cannot get my DVD drive to accept a blank disc in order to burn this file.
It keeps ejecting the disc followed with a dialog box that says "insert a blank disc"
I've tried blank CD-RW and DVD-RW disc but I still keep getting get this dialog box.
 This machine is HP Compact 6715b, Vista Business x86.
I've had no other issues with this optical drive and it boots/reads any disc that I put in it --- but it just will not recognize an empty disc in order to write/burn a file.
 
This may be a hardware issue but I suspect this may be something I'm doing wrong.
Thanks for any help!
Mike
 

[PCdoc]

Look for the optical drive firmware updates on its manufacturer's website. Sometimes, firmware updates fixes many problems.

[lectrocrew]

thanks for the help but firmware update has not helped.
I did manage get this drive to burn a disc of the file in question via ITunes burner. But now, when I load the disc into the drive nothing happens - no auto-play, and it is not accessible via 'computer>disc D, DVD drive'.
 The disc burn function obviously worked since I can see the visual tracks imprinted on the disc surface.
 I inserted a brand new 'known empty DVD-RW disc' into the optical drive and attempted to access it resulting in it ejecting the disc and displaying a dialog box as shown in my attachment.
 This may be a settings issue within my machine. That's why I'm here again asking for help. I'm lost on this one.
I do have another DVD drive that I can physically instal into this machine if that's what you recommend as my next step. or?
My thanks and cudos for your help PCdoc!!!
Mike

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[PCdoc]

You are most welcome
Yes you should try with another dvd drive. I also had this type of problem earlier and changing drive and sometimes flashing firmware has helped.

[patio]

Are you sure you remembered to "finalise" the burn when it finished ? ?

[lectrocrew]

The optical drive I intended to install from my other laptop will not work because the connection is different - IDE vs SATA. So, so much for that idea...
Patio, I followed the burn-disc directions and the ITunes burner never ejected the disc. I eventually ejected it manually. So you may be on to an error on my part of not letting it finalize. I'll try to burn another disc to see. It's irritating to use the I tunes burner because it shows no information about the status of the burner progress. I let the disc stay in for 1 1/2 hours before ejecting. So this time I'll let it run until it self-ejects.
I'll post back with the results later today, tomorrow, next week, next month.... or when ever the disc ejects automatically. Hopefully sooner than later.
Thanks again for your help!!!
Mike
 

[patio]

The other thing to consider is that car CD players probably won't recognise the iTunes format...so you will need to convert the files for the disc to work in that player...
Problem is i forget which format needs to be used.

[SuperDave]

The other thing to consider is that car CD players probably won't recognise the iTunes format...so you will need to convert the files for the disc to work in that player...
Problem is i forget which format needs to be used.

WMA or MP3

[Geek-9pm]

The OP says he wants to play the songs in his car. That would mean the standard CD-Audio format.
iTunes is a rather monster bit of software and includes DRM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes
My guess is you can not buy from the store and burn to CD-audio.

[PCdoc]

The OP says he wants to play the songs in his car. That would mean the standard CD-Audio format.

Mp3 also plays in car audio system. Sometimes it also depends upon the make and model of that audio system and the formats it supports, but IMO they all at least support standard mp3 format.

[Lisa_maree]

Hi

You would get that error if you were trying to format a write once disk not a rewritable. Neither of which need to be formatted to write mps files to a disk. You should just be writing the music to the disk. Once the itunes music is converted to wma or MP3 open your cd writing software and write the converted files.



 

[lectrocrew]

I believe my problem is solved. I did 2 things - I cleaned the optical drive lens with q-tip / alcohol / electrical cleaner air-in-a-can. And I also ran the original OS disc's that came with this computer and ran the repair option. I since burned 2 CD-RWs with no problem and they play fine.
 Thanks to you all for the help!!!

I have a question about burning disc using this HP Lightscribe drive but I'll do that in another post in the appropriate section.

Thanks again,
Mike