CD won't play on CD player

My wife last night used Quicktime pro to make a audio recording of a book she uses in her classroom. But when we tried to play in on a CD player nothing was heard. Any ideas?

Here are a couple of quick ways to tell if your CD is an Audio CD:
Insert the CD into the Mac, and when it's icon appears on the Desktop, double click on the icon. If the files on the CD end in anything other than ".aiff" then it is NOT an audio CD.
Close the window showing the CD's contents, and with the icon still selected, choose "Get Info" form the Finder's File menu. The Format should show as: "CD Audio File System" - if not, you need to burn another CD, but this time as an audio CD.
Open iTunes Preferences, go to Advanced, and click on the tab for Burning. There you will see how to select "Audio CD." Next time you burn a CD from iTunes, it will be in a standard format (Audio CD) which should be playable in any CD player.
Oh yeah, and don't use CD-RW discs - many non-computer CD players have trouble with re-writable media.
If you have tried all of the above and are still having problems, try another brand of CD media.

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