Solved Copying a Music DVD

[RonBin79]

Can anyone please suggest a good programme for copying and burning a Music DVD?? I have Windows Media Player and ITunes but cannot seem to get anywhere with either. Is there some software I can download that will do the job please?

 

[fireberd]

Is it a DVD or CD? Most music disc are CD's.

I use Nero and it has copy features, for any disc CD/DVD and audio or video.

 

[RonBin79]

Burning CD's

Sorry about that, yes, it is a CD. Can you give me a link to Nero, one that won't pollute my machine with hoards of adverts and offers please? I tried to download Nero from a site and ended up spending an hour deleting all the rubbish that came with it. I am pretty sure I went into the wrong one

Thanks for replying and offering help, much appreciated. Do have a very happy and peaceful Christmas. No too much soda water, it's bad for your teeth, whisky is much better

Ron

 

[fireberd]

Nero is not a free program.

Try the free (and popular) CDBurnerXP (It says XP but its for Win 7/Win 8.1 too.

https://cdburnerxp.se/

I have it on my PC, for reference, and don't remember what if any garbage was attached. Just look at each screen as you install to see if there is something there and checked (such as a browser toolbar, make some other browser default, etc) and uncheck that.

Here is a screenshot of the program

 

[RonBin79]

CD Burner

Thanks for that, I picked up the link fro your screen shot and downloaded the programme however... I seem to have run into trouble, please see the screen shot and you will what I mean. I wont play the results of the burn. I have no idea why not, can you help please??

Ron

 

[RonBin79]

CD Burner

Here is another screen shot of a screen which has just appeared

RonBin79

 

[Boozad]

I hope Fireberd doesn't mind my butting in but you should be able to do it all through Media Player. At the top left of Media Player click Organize > Options then click on the Rip Music tab, there you can select all of your settings for ripping your CD,

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Then click on the Burn tab at the top right to burn your discs.

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I've always used Nero myself but this should work fine. I think you can get a basic copy of Nero for free, they used to bundle them in with CD drives, you just had to upgrade to unlock all of the extra features. That will give you the functionality to copy CD to CD directly.

 

[fireberd]

I'm not sure what you are doing in the Windows Media Player. If you are copying a CD (disk copy) with CDBurnerXP, that has nothing to do with the Media Player.

If you only have one CD/DVD drive then you may have to "rip" the audio CD to the hard drive and then burn a new Audio CD from what was ripped to the hard drive. But that is not "copying" a disc.

You also need a blank (unformatted) CD-R for burning the new copy. Do not use CD-RW media.

Perhaps more on exactly what you want to do and are doing will help us to try and help you.

I do a lot of audio CD burning, as I have a recording studio.

Boozad, not a problem, mate.

 

[RonBin79]

I want to copy a CD that has "Old English folk Carols" I really don't understand how this all works. I have done something in Media Player and am now being told "Updating Media Library", what ever that means. Trouble is, I don't know where the media library is and what I have to do if an when I find it, I presume I have to put them in a folder perhaps on my desk top and then burn the new disc from there?

Would it be better if I were to download something a little more simpler do you think??

Cheers,

Ron

 

[RonBin79]

I am assuming the 19 tracks on the original disc are being uploaded to the "Library". Will I be able to click on the "Burn" tab on the top right of the screen and pick up the tracks from there? I am sorry to be such a dim wit but I am not a computer buff, I just try to learn as much as I can.

Cheers,

Ron

 

[RonBin79]

I have put the 19 tracks into a folder and saved it kto my Desk Top. Where do I go from here please??

ronBin79

 

[MagusMagnus]

The following should help you out. You don't need fancy software but Windows itself.

Which CD or DVD format should I use? - Windows Help
Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Explorer

If you want the disk to work in any media device that is not a PC device, you need "Mastered" format.

 

[Arelem]

I used Audiograbber for my CDs, 45s and now vinyl.

Audiograbber, free CD ripper, mp3 encoder and audio recorder for Windows

 

[fireberd]

I use "Audiograbber" to "rip" songs as wav files from a CD to the hard drive. I can then burn those songs to a new audio CD-R using a burning program such as Nero or the CDBurnerXP.

Audiograbber is free

 

[RonBin79]

Using Windows Media Player, how do I copy the music from the CD in my drive after putting the disc in the tray, I cannot find anywhere in Media Player where it says copy disc. The links sent earlier are very useful and informative and would be great if I could get the tracks into the Library then drag and drop to burn a disc. Why isn't it all more easy to understand, very frustrating.

RonBin79

 

[Anak]

Has anyone noticed the 19tracks only have a file size of 1KB? That to me would indicate shortcuts and the tracks won't run because they can't associate with tracks on a different system, the CD disk.



Ron, the simplest would be to follow Boozad's suggestion and use Windows Media Player (WMP).

You didn't mention what version of WMP you have but follow this tutorial for WMP12, it should be very similar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/85590-audio-cds-rip-windows-media-player-12-a.html

 

[RonBin79]

CD copying

I have made four discs which will play o my computer but when I put them on a CD player, they won't work, any ideas why please?? Please see a screen shot of my Media Player page.

Sorry to be a pain but I have spent all afternoon on this, wasted 8 discs and got nowhere, getting a bit brassed off now.

Help please??:devil:

 

[Boozad]

You're burning it as a Data CD. You need to burn it as an Audio CD.

 

[RonBin79]

Copying a CD

I don't think I am burning it as a data disc? Please have a look at the screen shot where you will see my settings.

Thanks for replying. If I am burning it as a Data disc, how do I burn it as a music one please???

 

[Anak]

Try using this tutorial, it may be easier to follow.

How to Burn CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Player 12

By the looks of it you already have the songs/albums you want, on the playlist. Next, you'll have to add them to the burn list. That's step 1.

Step 2 shows how to make sure you're going to burn an audio disk.

Step 3 shows advanced options, follow the advice given. You don't have to burn at the absolute slowest speed, somewhere in between is okay. Use the Apply volume leveling across tracks, that will help because I'm seeing different albums.
Gaps? if you want a longer pause between songs, increase the setting, and look at the last two, I'd probably leave them at their defaults.

Step 4 Burn the disk, when done give it a test. Let us know how you've made out.