ITunes unable to read half of a CDr

Question

Hey Everyone,
I've come across a problem today which I would value your advice on. I have purchased some official music CDR's from an independent music shop and have been doing for many years with no problems. However, the last two I purchased have caused me some problems.
The first CDR will allow me to play the first four tracks in iTunes. I can also import these first four tracks to the library with no problems at all. The remaining three tracks, however, will not play even though iTunes acknowledges that they are there (track times correct etc.). They will also not import (imports one second of each track).
The second CDR again recognises all the tracks are there, but then sometimes the track will play and other times it will not.
If I try to copy the AIFF file from the CDR itself to the desktop, then I receive an error code -36 warning saying that the files cannot be read. On the First CDR those first four tracks that played and imported into iTunes successfully will copy from the CDR to the desktop.
The thing is if I play the CDR in my PS3 then all tracks on both CDRs play with no problems whatsoever. I suspect, and will test this tomorrow, that they will work on my PC at work too.
Has anyone experienced this and if so do you have any ideas what the problem is. I've done some research this evening and wondered could the CDRs have been burnt using a package that works better in Windows, but if this is the case, why does the first CDR allow me to listen to the first four tracks with no problems at all?
Any help gratefully appreciated

Answer 1

I have an intel iMac that has problems reading about a dozen of my purchased CDs. Some others in the forums have suggested that it may be caused by a slightly warped CD. I have noticed that slot loading CD drives on Macs tend to be more "picky" in reading CDs music or data than tray loading drives.
I have a CD that only the last track cannot be read by the iMac.
When this occurs I use my tray loading eMac to rip the CDs and it usually works and then manually import the tracks to the iMac and iTunes.
Rip the tracks using your PC and then transfer them back to your iMac.
Hope this helps
Message was edited by: kasa