Why can't I burn a CD from iTunes.

My iTunes on my macbook pro is not allowing me to burn a CD.  It begins the process then stops and gives me an "unknown error" message (-3).  I thought I had accomplished it by ignoring the "burn playlist to CD" command and instead dragging the songs to the disk. They seemed to burn and played fine on my computer, but the disk only plays a high pitched buzz when I put it in my stereo.  Have upgraded to Yosemite on the mac and to iTunes Version 12.0.1.26.  Anything I can do to fix it without wiping out my music library?

BTW have tried two kinds of disks, one kind of which I have a burned playlist from last year so I don't think it is the disks.

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