Two things real quick. 1) I am not computer illiterate... just computer literate at the 3rd grade level.

2) I am not a serious audiophile, just want a quality system that works well.

This being said, here is the problem. I have upgraded the stereo in my truck. I bought a Panasonic 200 Watt Head unit (50Wx4, 23Wx4 RMS). I also got a pair of Clarion 2 ways for the doors from a friend (he got them six months ago, but he ended up selling his car, and gave them to me. Rated at 180 Watts, 55 Wats RMS). I have a set of Kenwood 6x9 three ways in the back (rated 120 Watts, 45 Watts RMS). It sounds great for a patchwork system with a new head unit (sounds as good as my girlfriend's new 2004 Camry's system. Like I said,I'm not an audiophile. So stop laughing at me 'cause I am using a stock family car as my performance benchmark!) It recieves AM and FM fine, and plays CDs super clear. However, I decided to take advantage of the MP3 capabilities it has. So I ripped my discs to reduce the number of discs I carry (I got 9-11 Cd's on one MP3 disc) and I used the highest bitrate supported on my program (128 kbps). Now this is where things get sticky. It plays as clear as a CD in MP3 mode, right up to the point that it just freezes in the middle of a song. I can back the track up a few seconds, then fast forward past the blockage, and it will continue to play crystal clear. There is no rhyme or reason to it. The blockages can be repeated at the same points. Also, If I copy the disc, it will still happen, but at different locations on the freshly burned disc. This leads me to believe that my MP3 player is ok. However, if I play the same disc in my DVD player, or my computer, it never stops. Is there anything I can do to stop this? I have tried reducing the burning speed when making the discs, and although it has helped, it hasn't eliminated it. Is there something I am not aware of? Thanks to all who take the time to help me figure out what the heck is going on here.

Dave

 

Check your CD's, make sure they are rated at least 48x. If they are, there should be no problem with the CD's that you are using. It's possible it's the ripping program, or it could also be the burning program. Also whenever you are burning a CD, let it be, and don't do anything, such as play solitaire, surf the net or anything, just to try that out. If that dosn't work, you could try reloading a couple of songs from a CD or two and burn them onto a CD and see if they work. After you try those things, post back here, and we'll see how it went.

 

I would put my money on the ripping or burning program being at fault. If you can front the bill, Nero is a great program for both. There are also a few good free ones out there.

 

RomerB2 right on the money from what i no

 

Thank you all for your help. I do have Nero, and I am not multitasking the computer when I rip or when I burn. I am wondering if for some reason, the burning speed is too fast? Also, the discs are 48X CD-R. I think that slowing the burn speed to the minimum has helped... I listened to the newest disc on the way too and from work today. In total I listened to 24 songs (all 12 of the first folder, and all 12 of the second folder), with no problems (which, thus far, is unprecidented). So, I will keep you posted, as I still have 94 more songs to go before being sure that this is it. Tomorrow, I'll drive over the G.F.'s place after work, and then home from there, so that's worth at least another 10 or so songs. I'll propably know by Wednsday night. Thanks again fellas.

 

What's your Nero programs? Just the burner or is the ripper from Nero also? If you have Nero there is no problem with the program, assuming it's semi-recent. What cd-burner do you have and what's it rated at? That sounds like the problem, you should be able to burn anything with a 48x CD-R. I have a CD burner drive that's 52/24/52 and I use 48x CD's and I have no problems at all. You might also try new CD-R's assuming the problem isn't fixed. I hope it was just a glitch that you had.

 

i use nero to and i have used both the older versons and the newer, both
work fine just have to burn slow and away from the computer lol.

But you sould of fixed it but if not just go out and get a nother brand of
burning cd's and see if that helps if all fails

 

Just don't start out with a 100 pack

 

128kbit is the highest quality you can burn? You should at least burn them at 192kbits. Some mp3 player's dont play the lower qualities.

Anyways, I could be wrong though

 

when i download songs the lowest ill download is 128kb songs, cd's are at
i think 320kbs or somewere around that.

 

128 kbps is near CD-quality, CD quality is 192 kbps. When you go above that you are entering into .wav quality, which is for editing songs and such. Anything above 192 is not audible to the ear when played at regular speed, when you slow the music down while editing, that's when the higher kbps does you good, but it is not necessary. Any MP3 player will play 128 kbps or 192 kbps, and even lower.

 

Did a little experiment, and thought I'd make you guys aware of it. A few posts ago, I said that I'd try my luck recording at the slowest speed setting and see how it turned out. Well, I did and it worked out very well. No song jam up at all, played straight through all the tracks. I got curious (I still had all the ripped MP3 files on the computer) so I burned another at 48x. It took the burner 5:32 to complete the disc. I did the same thing again, only this time at 8x speed, and guess what... 5:04. The slower speed was faster than the higher speed. Guess that means the recorder had to keep going over the same spot again and again trying to record the data (kind of like trying to write with a dried up pen). Also, the 48X disc skips and locks up, just like the others, while the second 8x disc plays just as good as the first. BTW, my ripper only rips to 128, it doesn't offer the higher 192 setting. Granted, it is a free downloaded program. Anyhow, that's where it's at with my machine. Just need to slow down the recording speed so I can eliminate errors. Thanks for all your help, guys.

 

A 48x should burn in about 2 min, or so. I have a 52/24/52 and it burns at 52 in like 1 min and 57 sec, that's using right at 700 MB. I would say something might be wrong with the burner.

 

My burner is a detachable type (USB). I hear that USB's are slow? If so, could this be why I need to show my burn time down? It is rated at 48x, but that doen't mean it can handle it.

 

Its not the burner its the computer, Like the computer cant keep up with
the burner .... some were on the lines of that lol