is there anyone who might know how to determine what update.....

[Hamish62]

.....specifically might have been provided (before discontinuance of support) which maintains the ability of song information (title, artist, date) to appear on data disks compiled with a non-MS burning platform (specifically, Infrarecorder; can't use WMA for such purposes, and reasons Microsoft couldn't ever determine through extended conversations, remote desktop diagnostics I had with them) during playback - haven't been for about a month now; just random letters & digits - such as a Sony car stereo unit? Associated problems began to arise as a direct result OF updating Windows programs some time ago, and not been doing so since (though this is a relatively new development).....thanks, much appreciate whatever assistance and / or insight can be lent!

 

[wither 2]

Hi Hamish62-

Normally, one would need to burn an Audio CD using software, and a burner, which supports CD Text to get that information on the disc.

 

[Hamish62]

Appreciate your replying, but - am compiling collections......

.....close to 10 times the size of an audio disk, entire artist catalogues in some instances - already have at least 50 done, most doubled, and backed up on flash drives / my PC.....

 

[wither 2]

I realize that your projects may be bigger than an audio CD but I'm just passing on the normal requirements. Do you have a burner that's CD Text enabled.

 

[Hamish62]

I'm not certain - how would I be able to tell? Can certainly edit / custom format files easily enough - just no longer reflected by the car stereo LED.....are there any particular indicators of as much in the model name / number, or within an MS registry?

 

[wither 2]

Normally, a CD Text capable drive would have CD Text written on the front of it. What is your model number?

 

[Hamish62]

.....a Dell Optiplex 790 - has the original classic 'disc' logo, letters ' RW' (for rewritable'?) and 'DVD / ROM' embossing as well.....

 

[wither 2]

I wanted the model number for your optical drive. You can get it by going to Control Panel, Device Manager, DVD.............drives.

 

[Hamish62]

Oh, OK - that was what I was alluding to in a previous reply - it's: TSSTcorp DVD + RW 'TS-H653J' ATA device; disc drive:

'WDC2500AAJS-75M0A0' ATA device in Device Manager Hardware 'Properties' tab

 

[wither 2]

I can't find anything definitive but, from what I've looked at, it appears that your optical drive doesn't support cd text.

The second drive you mention is your hard drive.

 

[Hamish62]

Which is what I thought (your second explanation) - so, am I to conclude then that MS was previously providing CD Text capability, but have now discontinued it as part of their abandoning support for 7, or something else? Does Infrarecorder have a setting to make sure it's included? Looking at this site's overview, doesn't seem so dissimilar to its platform.....

How to Add/update CD-Text on Audio CD: 10 Steps


.....so, would I then somehow use 'IMGBURN' with Infrarecorder, or in place of it?

 

[Hamish62]

.....so, would I then somehow use 'IMGBURN' with Infrarecorder, or in place of it?

 

[wither 2]

Microsoft has nothing to do with CD text. CD Text is part of the specification for an audio CD. The capability is included in the "firmware" (not a driver) of the optical drive. The software you use to create the disc would have an option for using it.

I had seen that article you linked to and was going to suggest it as a possibility but wanted to get through the CD Text issue first. Since it's burning an image, I guess you don't need CD Text capability on your optical drive. I don't know what the capabilities of Infrarecorder are so I would use Imgburn alone. I don't know if the free version will work.

 

[Hamish62]

.....if that's true - that MS has nothing to do with formatting capabilities - then I sure can't figure out what the problem might be; like I said previously, wasn't any with Infrarecorder up until about a month ago; I'd suspect more strongly that it's my not-new car stereo deck continuing to slowly fail but, then why would older data disks being played, display song / artist info? Was able to determine a couple of things yesterday, though: number not appearing but, appears there's a space between each letter in titles, names and release / charting dates.....

 

[wither 2]

You were burning a data disc which displayed artist, title, etc.?

 

[Hamish62]

Yes - in relatively chronological order (whereby formatting becomes necessary with data disks.....)

 

[wither 2]

Just to be clear, you could read the artist, title, etc. during playback on a device separate from your computer, such as in the car?

 

[Hamish62]

Yes - would progress left to right, only one time (as is probably typical.....)

 

[wither 2]

I just downloaded Infrarecorder and the only place I could find where it would let one choose the artist and title fields was for an audio CD.

This is from the help file-

This secion allows you to create CD-Text information. CD-Text is a format supported by some (many?) CD-players that allows track and artist information to be displayed when the CD is playing. These options are available in audio and mixed-mode projects.

 

[Hamish62]

Hmmmm - well, that would suggest that there was some way MS did allow for the info to appear until a month ago, then - and whether 'audio CD' also includes data disks with that type and Infrarecorder, remains to be determined.....