ITunes rearranges my playlists ALPHABETICALLY when burning to CD !

When I carefully put together a playlist from my library...I put the individual songs in a specific order. But when I click on 'burn disc' it automatically rearranges the songs into ALPHABETICAL order ! How to I get it to leave the songs on the playlist in MY selected order when I burn the playlist to a CD ?

what kind of CD are you burning, monkeypuppet? is it an audio CD or an mp3 CD?

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But the file's size it should be revelant if I want to burn an audio cd (not an mp3 or acc)
No, not really.
When iTunes (or another burning application) burns an Audio CD, all source files are converted 'on the fly' to the native format of an Audio CD (16 bit PCM), which has a fixed size per minute.
Wether it's a highly compressed format (mp3 or AAC) or an uncompressed format (WAV or AIFF), the play time of the file is the only relevant parameter.
When you insert an Audio CD in your Mac, OS X usually "sees" the files as AIFF audio files. Windows usually "sees" the files as WAV.
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Have you burned a variety of playlists and tracks 5, 6 & 7 always skip, or is it just one particular playlist with specific tracks 5, 6, & 7?
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Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
iTunes 10.6.3.25
QuickTime 7.7.2
FairPlay 1.14.43
Apple Application Support 2.1.9
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
VoiceOver Kit 1.4.2 (222093/222742)
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 5.2.0.6
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.59.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
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The current local date and time is 2012-07-24 23:43:08.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
ATI Technologies Inc., AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
No external plug-ins installed.
iPodService 10.6.3.25 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.6.3.25 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.

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iTunes 10.6.3.25
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FairPlay 1.14.43
Apple Application Support 2.1.9
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 5.2.0.6
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.59.0.0
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Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
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ATI Technologies Inc., AMD Radeon HD 6570
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
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iPodService 10.6.3.25 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.6.3.25 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
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No drivers in LowerFilters.
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.2.0.1),
E: ATAPI DVD A DH16ABSH, Rev YA12
Data or MP3 CD in drive.
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Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Get drive speed succeeded.
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The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.

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