iTunes for Windows - error burning CDs? in All Things Macintosh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r10284722 en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:40:26 EDT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:40:26 EDT Re: iTunes for Windows - error burning CDs? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10650783 cailyoung : Use a CD-RW until you fix the problem.

Or use one of the many tools out there that circumvent the copy protection. I'm not going to mention names, but they do exist.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10650783 Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:45:27 EDT Re: iTunes for Windows - error burning CDs? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10647762 mwb1100 : I also ran into iTunes erroring out with "Unknown Error 4000". I tried reinstalling iTunes and updating the DVD Writer's firmware; after the firmware was updated, the problem changed from an "Unknown Error 4000" to an outright hang.

Anyway, I ultimately got iTunes to burn to a CD successfully by going to the Edit/Preferences menu and on the Burning tab I set the "Preferred Speed" to 8x instead of the default ("Maximum Possible").

It's burning fine now.

Hope this helps.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10647762 Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:13:41 EDT Re: iTunes for Windows - error burning CDs? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10361412 linicx : TaseerDC

When I had a problem burning CDs on my PC, I took a different route. I copied it to my desktop and then burned it. Never had another coaster or error message. And yes, PC can have memory issues even when more than enough is installed.

One of the problems that can be encountered when moving data between Unix and MS boxes is hardware and/or software issues; it isn't all that rare.
I had CD-RW heartburn with one PC until I found a PINE burner that was made by Mitsumi. Another PC puked over all Lite-on products; a Phillips burner was the answer for this machine. Today, CDs that won't burn on my PC will burn on my Mac and CDs that don't burn on Mac will burn on PC.

I don't know the answer; I wish I did.
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Now go back and Download everything that is audio/video related. I have been were you are many of times, not with itunes but with other programs. I would also not get behind on these updates.

I just had a freind that when after updating to XP she couldnt get her iRoc Mp3player to work. The first thing I asked if she had ALL the updates downloaded. She spent 2 days updating and it fixed it.
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"The attempt to burn a disc failed. An unknown error occurred (4450)."

At first, I thought that maybe I'd been using an already-written-on CD-R, but Windows XP recognises it as a blank disc. This wouldn't be so bad, were it not for the fact that since I've installed iTunes 4.5, I can't use ANY of the other burning software I have on my PC. At all. Ahead Nero doesn't work, neither does Windows Media, or Roxio. And it was all good about a week ago, before I installed the new iTunes.

MY CD-RW drive is an internal (laptop) Matshita UJDA330. I can't find updated drivers for it from anywhere, but by the same token, it was working fine with the previoud version of iTunes. And even when I uninstalled the program, I STILL can't burn anything. It's like I've been cursed!

About 20 useless CDs later, I'm totally ready to rip someone a new orifice. Any help or suggestions at all would be appreciated. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10326090 Mon, 24 May 2004 16:03:25 EDT Re: iTunes for Windows - error burning CDs? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10312366 Sarah : When I get a chance, I will try some variations.

The gap was already set to 2 seconds.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10312366 Sat, 22 May 2004 23:32:08 EDT Re: iTunes for Windows - error burning CDs? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10312259 prwood : Just for giggles, can you try setting iTunes to put a 2-second delay in between tracks on the Audio CD?

Also, can you try adding some regular, unprotected mp3 files into your iTunes library and burning them to an Audio CD? And an mp3 CD?
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I downloaded the new version of iTunes when I had the problem at first and it didn't fix it, so it had the same issues with two different versions of the software.

The drive is internal and quite new, but it's still older than the latest version of iTunes. None of my other software (Nero & Roxio), which are a year old and a few months old respectively, had any trouble. Shrug. I don't get it.

joako See Profile - I'm not sure about the Windows update, I usually just install the critical ones. I'll check into that. I don't have DirectCD or AheadCD installed.
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Sorry I'm late to the party (story of my life:) )

A couple of questions, what version of iTunes are you using? Also, is the burner internal or external?

My PC is probably similar to yours in that it is P4 2.4, 1Gig of RAM, XP Pro and using iTunes 4.5.

I just tried to burn to a NEC 2500a drive that is external on firewire and got the same message. Then I successfully burned to the internal Pioneer A04 drive. And, I think that I remember burning to the external drive with iTunes 4.0 - not sure about that though.

I'm not sure if the problem was in writing to an external drive, or writing to a much newer drive. The Pioneer drive is probably 2 years old and the NEC 2500 drives are fairly new. It could even be a problem with iTunes 4.5.
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said by Sarah See Profile:
The burner is a Plextor DVD-RW PX-708A. I ought to have the newest drivers, they're just a couple of weeks old.
What about rolling back to an older driver?
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said by hyperjoe See Profile:
then i was right about the control-alt-delete lifestyle as well. ;-)
Hey, I can do so much more than just close Not Responding programs... ;)
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I'm thinking my solution is to coaster my way through burning the rest of the songs - seems to be about every other disc - and then uninstall the dang program and solve my 'Windows' problem for good. :( I hate it when I can't get a potentially cool technology to work... seems like such a waste. :p
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BTW, look for the website that should be un in a week or less and a press conference soon to come...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10286867 Wed, 19 May 2004 23:58:43 EDT Re: iTunes for Windows - error burning CDs? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10286776 Ctrl Alt Del :
said by hyperjoe See Profile:
You right. Im wrong.
Hey, The President is never wrong!
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said by hyperjoe See Profile:
what im about to say is not meant to start any fights but, when using windows, this is common. Windows does not manage memory well at all.
I wouldn't say that. Windows manages memory fine. The problem is when a poorly programmed application or a curropt something does something funky, then Windows freaks out (where the Mac simply slows down until you Force Quit it). I've had 10.2.8 do the same kinda crap I've had happen to me in XP. OS X recovers better.

As with the CD Burning issues... if other programs are able to burn correctly, it may be an issue with iTunes or with iTunes and your hardware. I think iTunes uses a 3rd party service (or it used to, the gearsec service), so you might be dealing with an issue with the program.

If you want to convert your protected AAC files to MP3 for your MP3 player, you can also set an audio recorder to "listen" to "what's on my computer speakers" which makes the audio program capture the sound as it goes to the sound card. Great loophole for any protected audio format, but, everything has to be done in realtime, and some audio quality loss may occur. But since the other method you also loose audio quality, just the time difference is an issue.
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Just reinstalled iTunes, will see if that helps... I remembered that the last two times I had to reboot my computer it was because iTunes locked and crashed it hard. I'd forgotten since it's been a few weeks. So maybe it's a faulty installation. I just want to get all this stuff onto my new player so I can forget about it.
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Depending on the Virus protection software you have and if its scanning all the time, not sure why, but something about its guarding...not sure.

The truth is, depending on how you have your CD burner and drives set up and on what bus or cable they are at, these problems will arise, especailly, what im about to say is not meant to start any fights but, when using windows, this is common. Windows does not manage memory well at all. Just see how many resources and memory is used when you start IE. Also, most people do NOT have a clue that what is loaded by the clock is whats ACTUALLY running. This is another way in which things get all screwed up.
I also want to add that whenever you BURN on a windows machine you use a but load of resources and if trying to multitask, your better off not. On the flipside, Apples are masters at mulitasking and we tend to tout our ability. ;-)

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I did manage to burn another CD without errors after turning all the programs off that I could, but that still seems strange to me... I mean, I have 700 MB of free memory, how taxing can it be to burn a CD? Why would freeing up another 50MB make a difference?

I've never coastered a single CD or DVD on this computer before today, even when I was running 3 browser windows, e-mail, F@H, anti-virus, and a firewall while burning... that's why I assumed it was an iTunes issue and not a Windows issue.
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»www.livejournal.com/community/ip···498.html

You might wanna start googling as I have been. ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10285391 Wed, 19 May 2004 21:27:05 EDT Re: iTunes for Windows - error burning CDs? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10285197 Sarah : The burner is a Plextor DVD-RW PX-708A. I ought to have the newest drivers, they're just a couple of weeks old.

My setup - WinXP Home with a gig of RAM, 160GB HD, Barton 2800. There is no way in hell this thing is running out of resources unless iTunes is doing something seriously screwy.

tmpchaos See Profile, I checked both of those pages, nothing really leapt at me as a solution. I haven't reinstalled anything yet, that's a last resort...

I'll try shutting down the virus scanner and everything while burning, but I'd be surprised if that were the problem. I can burn DVD movies with no problem with the virus scanner running.
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I just found this
»www.ipodlounge.com/forums/archiv···0-1.html
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»docs.info.apple.com/article.html···um=93360

Or this?
»www.markallanson.net/archives/000053.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10284972 Wed, 19 May 2004 20:44:18 EDT iTunes for Windows - error burning CDs? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10284722 Sarah : I'm trying to convert my iTunes songs into regular mp3s via burning a CD and re-ripping it since I have a new (non-iPod) mp3 player. But in spite of everyone telling me how easy it would be, I keep getting errors. :( So far I have 2 CDs, 3 coasters, and a half dozen "The attempt to burn a disc failed. An unknown error occurred (4000)."

Anyone had this error before? I don't know what to do. I mean, I paid for all these songs and now I can't listen to them 'cause I can't get the CDs to burn... :( Is there another way to do this?
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