HELP Blank CD not recognized

Tried 4 different brands of CD's all eject when trying to burn from I-Tunes.

deb, when iTunes opens after you insert the CD-R, pick the playlist that contains the songs you want to burn, make sure the songs are selected (box checked), then click the Burn Disc button. Once the CD has been burned it should appear in the list on the left and the Desktop.

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Itunes does not recognize my ipod nano (6th generation). When I plug it in to the computer, nothing happens (except it charges). I have tried several of the recommendations (reinstalling itunes, resetting ipod, etc. etc.) I have Windows 7 on my computer with the latest version of Itunes. Interestingly, when I plug my Ipod into my other computer (which still has an older version of Itunes), it syncs right up and is recognized.
What can I do to get Itunes to simply recognize my Ipod? I am beyond frustrated.

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

Blank CDs not recognized by burning programs [SOLVED]

EDIT: By some divine intervention, the computer just started recognizing my blank CDs, I have no idea why it just started working, but it did!
Hi all, got a new laptop recently (Dell Vostro 1320) but burning programs don't let me choose a "destination drive", as if one doesn't exist. However, if I insert an acutal DVD, vlc-player will run it just fine. If I insert a blank disk, under gnome's "places" an option for Blank CD shows up, but when I click it, nothing seems to happen. How can I make burning programs recognize the existence of my drive? perhaps its not pointed in the right direction? I have brasero and graveman.
Here is my policy file for HAL
<config version="0.1">
<match user="tom">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
</config>
I also have my CD/DVD lines commented out in /etc/fstab
#/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/cdrom /media/cd udf ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /media/fl auto user,noauto 0 0
NOTE: I've tried playing around with fstab, commenting, uncommenting, but to no level of success. Please let me know if you need me to post more outputs.
I will try to post some more information about my burning program preferences.
Thanks for your help, and hopefully, it can be resolved!
Last edited by mongoose088 (2009-08-13 00:04:42)

fstab wont help you at all - that's for reading, not writing.
I know zip about brasero et al, but cdrecord/wodim should be ok to use.
Most probably, your cd will be /dev/sr0 and to burn an iso-image you do something like this:
cdrecord -v driveropts=burnfree dev=/dev/sr0 -dao -eject -data /name/of/iso/image
I hope you realize that cd/dvd-burning is mostly a matter of transferring a whole image, you can't really use it as a 'normal' filesystem (at least as far as writing is concerned).
I guess someone will jump down my throat and tell me it is possible - and it is ... though not in the usual way of using a filesystem ...

Blank cdr not recognized (still not answered)

i have a new intel imac 17" 1.83ghz. 2gb ram.
all has been great with this baby, i've been burning both in itunes and finder. no problems at all! and then all of a sudden itunes doesn't show the cdr anymore.
now i've tried changing it to "ask me", open finder and open itunes. when i open in finder, it's there in finder and on the desktop but still not in itunes. if i open with itunes, it will open itunes or flash the screen if it's already open and it won't show up in finder or the desktop.
now i can go to a playlist and ctrl click and burn a cd that way. but didn't it used to show the blank cd in that pane? like if i wanted to burn an mp3 cd, couldn't have i in the past dragged in the songs to the cd and then burn it?
i am fully updated on everything. this might be where it all changed. i recently installed the security update and since then, coincidentally or not, is when it happened.
i have yet to see anyone really address this. what's the deal?!
imac 1.83 intel 17" Mac OS X (10.4.7)
imac 1.83 intel 17" Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Is it a problem that you can't see the blank cdr in iTunes? Because you can still burn cds from iTunes... i don't think iTunes usually has or had a blank cd showing up in the source area. In iTunes Help they say that to burn a cd you have to create a playlist and then click "Burn CD" in the upper right hand corner. Then it tells you to insert a blank disk. I haven't seen anything about dragging the songs to the cd... maybe that was something they had a few years back.

Blank DVD not recognized

I built my project in Encore and checked the project for any errors and then clicked on Build to burn the project to a blank DVD, but I get an error message stating, Please insert DVD media, close the tray, and click OK. My DVD burner works with other applications so I know that the driver works. Does anyone have any idea what is going on?

John,
I have many problems with Adobe CS5. I have problems with CS4 and I have
nowhere left to turn.
I have problems with Fireworks in both versions. I can't associate image
file types with Fireworks CS4 or CS5 Adobe Support logged into two of my
computers and they were not able to solve the problem on either of my two 64
bit computers. They created new admin accounts on both machines. No change.
I went back to using Fireworks 8, which fits my work model better anyway
because I had to repeatedly "float windows" to build animated GIF files. I
totally gave up on that one.
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linked because its type (audio) does not match the original file's type
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screen (endless loop).
Apparently all Adobe phone and chat support is in India. They keep asking
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tell them the error, then they ask "what is the error message"... etc. They
asked me to enter a URL for access - I get a gray screen. They said use a
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Sales (chat and phone) got my order wrong four times in a row, and when they
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AMD 64 - Windows XP Pro (4GB), Windows 7/32 Pro (4GB), Windows Vista Home
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I'm building a new machine (Windows 7/64 Pro, 16GB RAM, AMD Phenom II x6).
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Hoping someone can help. I am posting this in this forum and in the Ipod forum, since I am not sure where it should go.
My son has a new G5 Imac that has been working great. He has the 60 gig Ipod Photo that has been re-configured from his original PC to now use with the IMAC and it has been working great, until now.
He had a problem with his IPOD and received a bad nasty error message and had to have it replaced under warranty. Tonight he plugged the new IPOD in and the IMAC did not immediately recognize it at all. So went to install the software and his IMAC told him that the IPOD needed to be updated, and when he went to update it he got a message stating that it is in use by another program and cannot be loaded or modified. There is no other program that is using the IPOD at the moment that he knows of.
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Just installed the latest security update and now the computer will not recognize either blank CDs or DVDs. The first time I popped one into my external burner, I got the notice that I'd inserted a blank DVD and was asked if I'd like to open it in the finder (even though I had already set this as the default option). Then when I said yes, I got an error message that the disk could not be read. Ever since, I no longer get the notice, just the error message. Moreover, "drutil eject tray" will not eject the disk.
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"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
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3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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Some people get away without Repairing Permissions for years, some for only days.
If Permissions are wrong before applying an update, you could get mixed OS versions, if Directory is the slightest messed up, who knows!
If many Permission are repaired, or any Directory errors are found, you may need to re-apply some the latest/biggest updates.
May even need to do an Archive and Install if you have room on the HD...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
I only use Software Update to see what is needed, then get them for real via...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
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The combo update for Intel-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateintel.html
Repair Permissions afterwards, reboot.

Blank DVD not recognized, blank CDs ok

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Hello! I know that iPod connectivity with Toshiba laptops seems to be quite a problem here, and unfortunatelly, I have become the next victim of this frustrating issue.
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i solved the problem!!
even no one replied to this, i will describe shortly what i did, for every one who runs into the same problem!
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so, i update your system, your usb drives and see if it works. it solved all the other problems i had with my usb connections before (like with my mouse and digital camera).
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Blank cd not recognized

i am trying to burn a song to a disc for a friend and itunes will not show the cd in the window on the left. itunes opens up when the cd is inserted (i have an ibook), i highlight the songs but "burn playlist to disc" is not highlighted. i can hit the eject disc and the disc does eject. i just burned a cd two weeks ago without a problem. whazz up???
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