Cant play burned CD's on other computers/cd players

Question

The last few cd's I have burned will not play in my cars cd player. It will load and then play track one, but no sound comes out and I cant move through tracks. Any ideas? Help!!

Answer 1

I have the same problem - but, regretably, no solution yet in sight.
Up until a few weeks ago, I had a perfectly serviceable Pioneer DVR-109 Combo drive in my Dual 1GHz G4. It had given good results consistently until it finally failed to either read DVD-ROM or write anything at all. No complaints there, as it had given me nearly 6 years of service and "owed me nothing", as we say over here.
I rang my local Apple Reseller (Galmac Computers of Galway) for a replacement and was sold a Liteon LH20A1P Superdrive.
This will read DVD OK (haven't tried writes yet - reasons will be clear) but will not write an audio CD which can be read in anything except a professional Denon DN4000 deck (costing over €1000). A replacement of the same model gives the same result. Previously, the Pioneer would write, even at 48x, and every disc would play in every machine in the studio, house or car. No change in media has occured in the meantime. I use very reliable PMD Magnetics Audio CD-R media, as suupplied by StudioSpares of London to all leading recording establishments, and have never once had a bum burn with any of them.
The clue comes when I look in System Profiler and find that the Liteon drive, sold to me by an Apple dealer, comes up as "burn unsupported" ! ! !
Beware the Liteon LH-20A1P drive, folks.
I think I'll stick to names like Sony and Pioneer, even if it means ditching my Apple reseller as a source ............
Dual 1GHz G4 / 800MHz G4 / 867MHz G4 Powerbook / 350MHz G3 Blueberry iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.9)