When I burn mp3 files they appear as folders

when I attempt to burn the songs from mp3 files from 4 separate albums from an iTunes playlist they show up on the disc as 4 separate folders. when the album plays on my player only the first folder (the first album) plays and the CD stops. the songs from the other 3 albums won't play. The iTunes playlist doesn't show that they are separated by album. Very confused.

Rik Marsh,
When burning an MP3 CD with iTunes, you can have your choice of Artist folders, Album folders, or no folders (which is the one you want).
It all depends how the playlist is sorted before burning. See this guide:
iTunes: How to set the play order of songs on an MP3 CD

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