Is the car CD player old-ish? I'm wondering if it doesn't support
non-finalized CDs... ?

The inbox burner is pretty elementary. It's hard to know the difference
in what you're burning without seeing the burnt CDs. =\

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On 5/10/2010 10:31 PM, MotownJeff wrote:
oscar;1125982 Wrote:
According to your heading and your post, it appears that you do not know
the
dfference between mp3 and audio files.

WMP can easily create audio cd's that are useable in car cd players. I
do
it all the time.

This appears to be a user problem and not a Vista problem.

Vista is an operating system which allows software such as WMP to
integrate
with the hardware. If you have a problem creating audio CD's you should
be
looking at the software that converts the MP3 to audio or the hardware
involved.

Your post name, "VistaIsTickingMe Off", suggests that you would better
serve
yourself by reading a thick book on how Vista and its features work so
you
won't get confused by such simple tasks as creating an audio CD.
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oscar

....Right click is your very good friend...

Why is it when someone has a problem and spends time spelling out
“exactly” what it is, there’s always some smart*ss know-it-all that says
it’s a “user error” and ridicules the poster??

Look, “Oscar”, I have the exact same problem as many others have stated
in here. I shouldn't "have" to get a thick Vista book and learn every
friggin thing about the OP. People shouldn't have to become experts with
every new OP that comes out in order to do simple tasks.

I created MP3 discs on my old XP desktop that used to play fine in my
car, but don’t play at all when created on my laptop with Vista.

I have done NOTHING differently. My disc creating procedures are
exactly the same.

I then tried a bunch of different ways to fix the problem -- coming at
it from different directions, methods, and burn programs -- but the
results never vary. The Vista discs always get rejected.

Mind you, once burned they play fine on the laptop they were created
from, so I know the discs are good. There must be something the way the
data is being copied during the burn process that’s different and my car
doesn’t recognize.

I can create WAV (audio) CDs from my Vista machine and they play fine
in the car, so I’m sure the next prescient wisdom I’ll get is to just
stick with audio discs and forget about MP3s. Well, I don’t WANT to burn
audio discs! It defeats the whole purpose? MP3 CDs are able to hold many
more songs so is why most music lovers prefer the format.

I’ve been searching forums like this for months looking for answers and
nothing I’ve tried works. I've also seen many have had the same problem
on different machines and burners, so it's not a manufacturer's problem.


Like many others, I’ve reached the conclusion it must be a Vista
problem. I don’t know if it’s a bug or something "purposely" put in the
software that made the process more complex and incompatible with car
stereos. I was even thinking about spending $$$ to upgrade to Windows 7
to see if that fixes things, but thought, why? Why should I have to
shell out another couple hundred bucks to fix this? Like Gates isn’t
rich enough??? Just very irritating.