Audio Cd Un-named

[julianlede]

Hi,

I just wonder what should I do to be able to burn an audio cd and the title and track name to appear once the cd is mounted.

What happens is that I burn a 4 track audio cd from 4 AIFF files and even after I name them in the Toast window (and also the disk it self), after burning the cd, when mounted it still says "Audio CD" and the tracks are Track 1, Track 2... etc. In other words, the names of the tracks and the cd I enter don't show up after burning. I checked the "add Cd-Text" option in case you might think I didn't.

I'm using power pc G5 dual 2GB and a Samsung WriteMaster internal burner.

Thanks,

Can you help?

Thanks,

J.

[tsantee]

Your Mac gets its track info by reading a cdinfo database file that can only be written to by iTunes or via download from the online CDDB. Toast writes what you entered as CD Text to the disc but cannot write to the database on your Mac's hard drive.

 

If you insert the burned disc in Toast and drag the tracks to Toast's audio window you'll see that Toast can read the CD Text info from the disc. But the Mac OS doesn't read CD Text.

 

The easiest thing to do is get the CD Text to CDinfo applescript from dougscripts.com and use it in iTunes to transfer the CD Text information to iTunes which automatically updates the cdinfo database so your Mac will show the info.

[julianlede]

Thanks for the reply. I'm gonna try that.

But what happens when the cd is inserted in a different computer? Does it read the tracks and name or it also searches a data base on the web?

Thanks,

J.

[tsantee]

Thanks for the reply. I'm gonna try that.

But what happens when the cd is inserted in a different computer? Does it read the tracks and name or it also searches a data base on the web?

Thanks,

J.

When it is inserted in a different computer it will be unrecognized again. If you plan to play music on computers then burn MP3 discs or data discs that have your audio recorded in AAC or whatever format is your preference.

 

If it is important that these also play in standard audio CD players and you plan to distribute copies then go ahead and upload the track/artist/album info to CDDB. You can do this with Toast. After burning the disc, eject and re-insert it and the option to upload to CDDB will be active. But this generally isn't done for just your personal CD mixes you're the only person with that CD and you can create a disc label or a sleeve insert that has all your track info for reference.

[julianlede]

When it is inserted in a different computer it will be unrecognized again. If you plan to play music on computers then burn MP3 discs or data discs that have your audio recorded in AAC or whatever format is your preference.

 

If it is important that these also play in standard audio CD players and you plan to distribute copies then go ahead and upload the track/artist/album info to CDDB. You can do this with Toast. After burning the disc, eject and re-insert it and the option to upload to CDDB will be active. But this generally isn't done for just your personal CD mixes you're the only person with that CD and you can create a disc label or a sleeve insert that has all your track info for reference.

 

 

Thanks for the replies..

But still I think this is not such a great idea, you should be able to add track names to your cd's without having to check a data base for it. I don't know if that's only a thing with Apple,Toast or a general way how the general way how this works.

Best....

[tsantee]

Thanks for the replies..

But still I think this is not such a great idea, you should be able to add track names to your cd's without having to check a data base for it. I don't know if that's only a thing with Apple,Toast or a general way how the general way how this works.

Best....

The audio CD spec does not allow for directly tagging the audio tracks. Audio CDs preceded computer CD drives so there apparently wasn't thought given to the possibility that people would want to see track info on their computers. The CD Text option is a workaround developed by Sony (I think) but it is for car and home audio CD players that are enabled with capability to read CD Text. It isn't for computers. This is no different for the audio CDs you burn or the audio CDs you buy. The computer does not read track info from the disc. I'm pretty sure it is true for PCs as well.

 

You can burn data CDs with tracks that have tags which won't play in standard audio CD players or you can have audio CDs that must access a database for track info (recognized by the number of tracks and track lengths) when played on a computer.

 

This is one reason I believe the audio CD format will become obsolete in a few years. We'll all be playing our music from other devices which don't have the limitations of audio CDs.