Do I have to pay someone to come and solve a problem with making audio cds?

Question

I do not seem to get any answer to the question of itunes not allowing me to make an audio cd.
I have posed the question and waited a week for replies. I have searched the archives and have found others with a similar problem, and yet the question remains unanswered??
I would give anything to have my playlists on a cd to play in my car!!!!
Nikki
Fujitsu Siemens   Windows XP   IPOD 80GB Black itunes 7.2

Answer 1

Hi Nikki,
I assume you have followed the trouble shooting in iTunes help?
Here are things to note and try:
Make sure you're trying to burn a playlist (a list of songs). You can't burn a disc directly from your library, the Radio, a shared playlist, or your iPod.
If you burn a CD or DVD but the right songs aren't copied, or if nothing happens when you click the Burn Disc button, make sure the correct songs are checked in the playlist.
To create an audio CD, make sure you have an Apple Combo drive drive or SuperDrive. Some third-party CD-RW drives also work. To see if an external drive works with iTunes, choose iTunes > Preferences, click Advanced, and then click Burning. If your drive is listed, it's compatible.
Make sure the correct disc format is selected: Choose iTunes > Preferences, click Advanced, and then click Burning. To create a CD with any type of audio file that iTunes supports (MP3, AAC, AIFF, and so on), choose "Data CD or DVD." If the playlist you're trying to burn includes AAC files, make sure MP3 CD is not selected.
If your playlist includes iTunes Store purchases, you may have exceeded the number of times (seven) you can burn this playlist.
If CD burning stops at a particular song, the playlist might include iTunes Store purchases that haven't been authorized to play on this computer. To authorize this computer, double-click the purchased song (where CD burning stopped) and enter the information for the account that purchased the song. You can authorize up to five computers at a time.
If your computer or display goes to sleep while you're burning a CD, try increasing the sleep timing settings in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences.
If a burned CD stutters when you play it in an external CD-RW drive, try an internal drive or a stereo system.
If your CD burn is unsuccessful and your external drive becomes unresponsive, turn the drive off and on to reset it.
If you can't eject a blank CD, click the Eject Disc (in the bottom-right corner of the iTunes window).
Movies purchased from the iTunes Store can't be burned to a DVD or VCD that will play in a DVD player or Video CD.
One thing that struck me was the computer authorisation! Take it your PC is authorised ok?
This is a really annoying problem for you and you have my sympathies.
I can't really offer much help, other than when I create a playlist to play from my iPod through my car cd/radio player, because it is wired into it, I have to preceed each playlist with a number, eg 1 Rock, 2 R&B, 3 Jazz and so on.
Maybe try this, though you shouldnt have to!
Also have you tried burning a podcast or ripping a cd and burning tracks from that?
Finally how about downloading a DRM free song from iTunes to see if that makes any difference.
Good luck
Jon
iMac 5,1   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   JBL Creaure II (white) plus my iPod Nano