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SyphonX

June 8th, 2002, 11:22 AM

When ever i burn an audio CD from my Hdd or a copy it never recognises all the tracks and most of them r the worst quality with loads of muffly sounds and fuzzyness.

i thought it was the cd writer so i brought a new 1 (i needed a new 1 with my old 1 being only 4x) but it is still the same.

I am using nero but i have tried a few other progs and it is still the same.

Ne1 no wha t i can do to fix it without formatting?

MacGyver

June 8th, 2002, 11:52 AM

What are your computer specs? Are you running anything else while burning a CD?

FatalException0E

June 8th, 2002, 12:54 PM

If it was just from the HD, I'd wonder what your source files are (WAV, MP3...what quality, how/where you got them) but you say it happens direct CD to CD, too..........maybe you have crummy files AND a flaky old CD-ROM? :confused: :confused: :confused:
Who knows, this is kind of weird.....yes, need system specs...also need coffee. I'm not connecting my brain and my fingers very well.

SyphonX

June 8th, 2002, 01:02 PM

sry for not giving specs b4

athlon 800 tb
512 mb sdram
20 gb hdd
32x liteon cd-r drive
Win XP

usually i am running progs in the background, msn, mirc, sophus anti virus, IE. But i have turned em all off b4 and it has still messed up the cd

SyphonX

June 8th, 2002, 01:31 PM

just burnt a data cd with a video on (about 600 mbs) and i clicked explor drive when it was done and it said insert cd so it dont recognise it

and as usual when i click discard when cd has finished burning, nero crashes and end now thing and send error (and ur pc and secrets) to m$

i have been on xp for a few months but it started doing it a few weeks ago out of the blue

my hdd is on a dif ide to my cd-r drive

i have used about 5 different versions of nero 5, 4 from kazaa and 1 proper/offical 1

i am using megadata and datasafe cd's

SyphonX

June 8th, 2002, 01:35 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by FatalException0E:
If it was just from the HD, I'd wonder what your source files are (WAV, MP3...what quality, how/where you got them) but you say it happens direct CD to CD, too..........maybe you have crummy files AND a flaky old CD-ROM? <hr /></blockquote>mp3's 128/192 just usualy quality and i got em off simplemp3's. the files r fine afaik bcoz they run fine in winamp when i connect my pc to my stereo and i dont think it is my cd-rom drive bcoz i aint had ne prob with it

confus-ed

June 8th, 2002, 02:50 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by SyphonX:
....and as usual when i click discard when cd has finished burning, nero crashes and end now thing and send error (and ur pc and secrets) to m$
<hr /></blockquote>Well hello Mr Paranoid... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

<blockquote>quote:<hr /> have used about 5 different versions of nero 5, 4 from kazaa and 1 proper/offical <hr /></blockquote>Mmmmmm is this the prob? sounds like you may be using less than an 'offical' copy. Nero can behave very strangely when it's not a 'real' copy.... :rolleyes:

orange

June 15th, 2002, 03:24 PM

Ok, lets take this from the top;

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by SyphonX:
When ever i burn an audio CD from my Hdd or a copy it never recognises all the tracks and most of them r the worst quality with loads of muffly sounds and fuzzyness. <hr /></blockquote>Firstly, are you copying the tracks to your HD with the source cd in your Liteon drive, or in your writer?

Secondly, are you trying to copy a genuine cd, and if so, have you tried a few different ones, preferably something thats a few years old as some more recent cd's have a form of copy protection.

Thirdly, when your testing your newly burnt cdr, where are you testing it? Try it in a proper stereo CDplayer, rather than your PC, to ensure you don't have a sound card or audio lead problem.

Fourthly, you say:

<blockquote>quote:<hr />and as usual when i click discard when cd has finished burning, nero crashes and end now thing and send error (and ur pc and secrets) to m$
<hr /></blockquote>Ok, we need this sentence decoded, what exactly are you saying here?

Lastly, are you running a decent and UP-TO-DATE virus checker? Don't download Nero from Kazaa, Kazaa is full of d*ckheads trying to send you virused files, get it from <a href="http://www.ahead.de" target="_blank">www.ahead.de</a> and try it under trial to see if it fixes your problem. The fact that you couldn't successfully burn a data cd and that your old 4x drive gave the same problems, hints at something deeper here. Perhaps your correct in your assumption that a reformat is in order but theres a few things to sort out before you take the plunge...

SyphonX

June 15th, 2002, 07:50 PM

well i have formatted my hdd and tried a real version of nero and it didnt work then tried easy cd cr8er and that didnt help either. i have changed my IDE cable and still it wont work....

cud it b m/b?

orange -
1. im not doing cd to cd writing and it ****s up so no to q1

2. n/a

3. tested it in stereo

confus-ed

June 16th, 2002, 05:06 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by SyphonX:
.....cud it b m/b? ...<hr /></blockquote>Yup. Or your IDE somewhere, pressumably you are trying to use busmastering drivers....?

When 'inexplicable' writing errors occur I'm reaching for the flash utility and a new m/b bios.... Next chipset patches or even writer firmware...?

Can u test the unit elsewhere (though you changed it already?)? & have you tried with different media?

NooNoo

June 16th, 2002, 07:15 AM

Did you turn off win xp native burning? Nero really doesn't like working with that on.

SyphonX

June 16th, 2002, 09:29 AM

no

how do i do that?

NooNoo

June 16th, 2002, 10:43 AM

Right click the burner in my computer, select properties, recording tab, uncheck recording, apply or ok (can't remember which) then reboot.

Low Level Owl

June 16th, 2002, 11:05 AM

I was having weird problems with Nero last night at my aunts house. It would only allow me to burn one CD at a time. If I would go back and try to burn another CD it would just sit there and do nothing. I'll have to try turning off native burning. Hopefully that works.

obituary

July 3rd, 2002, 08:48 AM

just a thought..something i noticed a long time ago...you didnt happen to use winamp to decode the .mp3 files to .wav did you?
if so check you EQ settings ..these affect the output when winamp decodes to .wav
and try a lower burning speed..?
good luck