Emc 10:music Disk Creator Misreading Disc Size

[Z_man]

As a long time user of Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum on my old computer I was happy to purchased Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 10 at a retail store for my new computer. Install seems to have worked out well, nothing else on the compute.

 

Now working my way through some very annoying problems, which are taking away from my enjoyment of mixing music and creating CDs and MP3-CDs.

In Audio, Music Disk Creator: Project Type ..I wish to burn my audio selections as MP3s to CD disc, I have selected MP//WMA Disc. The program does NOT see the CD as having enough space calms the disc size is too small in others words is reading it as a standard Audio CD and not as a MP3-CD disc.. I had already made one MP3-CD disc before I got this problem. I can switch between DVD Music Disc\ MP3/WMA Disc \ Audio CD and the size and durations change between DVD Music disc but remain the same for Audio CD and MP3/WMA disc, which will not allow me to burn the MP3 music thinking the disc does not have enough space/is too small.

Am I missing something here? Other options menu, project settings??

 

 

 

Main System:

HP Pavilion m8100n PC (GC673AA)

AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core 5600+ processor

3GB DDR2-SDRAM (666MHz) memory

NVIDIA Nforce 430 chipset

Phoenix Tech BIOS 5.09

WDC WD50 00AAKS-65TMA SCSI 500GB (7200 rpm) hard drive

NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 w/TurboCache 128MB display adapter

HL DT ST DVDRRW GSA-H30L SCSI CdRom SuperMulti DVD drive w/Lightscibe

NVIDIA Nforce Networking Controller

HP w1907 19” Wide LCD monitor

Hauppaugge WinTV HVR-1600 NTSC/ATSC Combo Video Capture

Realtek High Definition Audio

MS Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (x32)

DirectX 10.0

 

[Jim_Hardin]

Two things come to mind…

 

Did you set the disc size in the window?

 

Are you sure the disc is actually a blank disc?

 

Did you try selecting a 'Save disc image file' instead of actually burning? Then use Classic to burn that image.

 

[tbrewst]

When you look at the bar and it's Red you are over limit,period.

You say you made one and when you went to make another the bar went red.Did you start a NEW project?If not you've overlapped projects and that would explain the overage.

Other than that the only reason it should go red is if that number below the bar on the right goes over 700Mb.And it doesn't matter if you try an image or burn to disc,if it's over it's over.

Another thing you said was it's giving you the Audio cd limit instead of the mp3 limit.How do you know this?Does the left hand number say more than 80 minutes?

 

 

Take a look at this pic and compare it to what you are seeing.Let us know.

[tbrewst]

You should see the same size for an Audio CD or an MP3 disc,you're using a cd for both.

One thing to remember is when you're burning and Audio cd you are going by time.80 minutes is around the max you can put on one.

When you're making an mp3 disc that is actually a data disc and is going by space.So no matter how much time they take up you're not going to get more than approx 700mb worth of mp3's on a disc.This may equate to many hours of actual playing time.

If you look at Jim's pic then you can watch the bar move across as the disc fills up when you're adding to the project.If you go over it will turn red.As long as it's not red you should be able to add and then burn.

 

Of course you could always use a DVD to make you're mp3 disc.That is if you're not making them for use in a cd player.

[Z_man]

Yes sometimes it's the simple things we over look, but no those were the first things I checked, disc size and blank CD. The duration bar tells me I'm over it's red. Next will try save disc image file ..idea. will let you know.

One other thought is saving the MP3s as WMA files, but then getting into other size and quality issues as well.

 

Two things come to mind…

 

Did you set the disc size in the window?

 

Are you sure the disc is actually a blank disc?

 

Did you try selecting a 'Save disc image file' instead of actually burning? Then use Classic to burn that image.

 

[Z_man]

I have already burned one MP3, when I went to create a new one the graph bar shows me being too large / over sized RED. But that is incorrect for MP3/WMA Disc setting, it's giving me the durations for Audio CD. When i flip back and forth DVD Music Disc gives me the correct size , but MP3 and Audio CD remain the same. In fact tells me how many blank CDs are required to complete the MP3 project. They are true MP3 files not converted CD audio. they all have 320 bit rate or lower. Audio CD will take about 30 songs, the MP3 closer to 100. Done this with Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum on my old computer. Thought is would be easier the new version instead it's taking all the fun out of it. Want to use the new features, normalized audio levels from track to track, and standard bit rate. And while I'm on a rank (sorry) I truly dislike the titling system on the newer version. I work with computers in another field and I have a rule about upgrades..called "KISS" keep it simple stupid. Reading all the posts on here seems Roxio wants EMC to do it all, but they forget the KISS rule, which is what made Adaptec software so much better. No need to fight to install, no special clean uninstalls. easy simple load CD install and enjoy..

 

You should see the same size for an Audio CD or an MP3 disc,you're using a cd for both.

One thing to remember is when you're burning and Audio cd you are going by time.80 minutes is around the max you can put on one.

When you're making an mp3 disc that is actually a data disc and is going by space.So no matter how much time they take up you're not going to get more than approx 700mb worth of mp3's on a disc.This may equate to many hours of actual playing time.

If you look at Jim's pic then you can watch the bar move across as the disc fills up when you're adding to the project.If you go over it will turn red.As long as it's not red you should be able to add and then burn.

 

Of course you could always use a DVD to make you're mp3 disc.That is if you're not making them for use in a cd player.

 

[bimicher]

Yes sometimes it's the simple things we over look, but no those were the first things I checked, disc size and blank CD. The duration bar tells me I'm over it's red. Next will try save disc image file ..idea. will let you know.

One other thought is saving the MP3s as WMA files, but then getting into other size and quality issues as well.

 

Did you read Terry's post? You say you want to create an MP3 disc which means that only file size matters since you are creating a data disc. What is the total size of all the mp3's you are trying to put on the CD?