Can't Copy w/MediaPlayer

Posted: 03-17-2005, 07:22 PM
I'm wanting to copy a playlist to a CD with MediaPlayer. When I use the
File/Copy command the "Copy to audio CD" command is not available
(highlighted). The device is working, just can't be accessed from
MediaPlayer. Any ideas?


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Mike Williams [MVP]
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Re: Can't Copy w/MediaPlayer
Posted: 03-17-2005, 10:10 PM
David Glass wrote:
> I'm wanting to copy a playlist to a CD with MediaPlayer. When I use the
> File/Copy command the "Copy to audio CD" command is not available
> (highlighted). The device is working, just can't be accessed from
> MediaPlayer. Any ideas?
You can't copy files to Audio-CD, explorer style. You can lay down
audio-tracks, but a playlist is superfluous on an audio CD.
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Re: Can't Copy w/MediaPlayer
Posted: 03-17-2005, 10:20 PM
Hi Mike,

I think you're trying to clarify my problem statement and, if so, yes I
can't copy files to an audio CD. More specifically, I want to focus upon
Windows MediaPlayer function. The standard process to copy audio files to
CD is to select the "Copy to CD or Device" button, go to file/copy and
select "Copy to Audio CD". The selection "Copy to Audio CD is not "bolded"
and, therefore, not available. I'm thinking the CD drive (which is a write
drive) is not recognized by MediaPlayer and I don't know what to do.

"Mike Williams [MVP]" <mikew@Nospam.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> David Glass wrote:
>> I'm wanting to copy a playlist to a CD with MediaPlayer. When I use the
>> File/Copy command the "Copy to audio CD" command is not available
>> (highlighted). The device is working, just can't be accessed from
>> MediaPlayer. Any ideas?
>
> You can't copy files to Audio-CD, explorer style. You can lay down
> audio-tracks, but a playlist is superfluous on an audio CD.

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chicagofan
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Re: Can't Copy w/MediaPlayer
Posted: 03-17-2005, 11:32 PM
Have you seen this KB article?

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324129



David Glass wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I think you're trying to clarify my problem statement and, if so, yes I
> can't copy files to an audio CD. More specifically, I want to focus upon
> Windows MediaPlayer function. The standard process to copy audio files to
> CD is to select the "Copy to CD or Device" button, go to file/copy and
> select "Copy to Audio CD". The selection "Copy to Audio CD is not "bolded"
> and, therefore, not available. I'm thinking the CD drive (which is a write
> drive) is not recognized by MediaPlayer and I don't know what to do.
>
> "Mike Williams [MVP]" <mikew@Nospam.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:423A004B.8020402@Nospam.mvps.org...
>
>>David Glass wrote:
>>
>>>I'm wanting to copy a playlist to a CD with MediaPlayer. When I use the
>>>File/Copy command the "Copy to audio CD" command is not available
>>>(highlighted). The device is working, just can't be accessed from
>>>MediaPlayer. Any ideas?
>>
>>You can't copy files to Audio-CD, explorer style. You can lay down
>>audio-tracks, but a playlist is superfluous on an audio CD.
>
>
>
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Mike Williams [MVP]
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Re: Can't Copy w/MediaPlayer
Posted: 03-18-2005, 01:20 AM
David Glass wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I think you're trying to clarify my problem statement and, if so, yes I
> can't copy files to an audio CD. More specifically, I want to focus upon
> Windows MediaPlayer function. The standard process to copy audio files to
> CD is to select the "Copy to CD or Device" button, go to file/copy and
> select "Copy to Audio CD". The selection "Copy to Audio CD is not "bolded"
> and, therefore, not available. I'm thinking the CD drive (which is a write
> drive) is not recognized by MediaPlayer and I don't know what to do.
Where is the "Copy to CD or Device" button? Don't you have a "Burn" pane?

Which versions of WMP and Windows are you referring to?
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David Glass
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Re: Can't Copy w/MediaPlayer
Posted: 03-18-2005, 09:36 PM
Hi Mike...thanks for the reply.

I'm using WMP 9 and Windows XP.

In WMP 9 there are a series of buttoms vertically on the left side of the
application window. (I don't know what 10 looks like. I was tempted to load
10 but suspect that the problem I'm having is not related to WMP
specifically and I don't need to add more variables to the equation. For
example, I also can't copy a picture to a CD using XP tools.) The help
instructions say to select that button, then select file/copy. Copy has
three selections 1) Copy from audio CD 2) Copy to audio CD, and 3) Copy to
portable device. 1 and 3 are in regular font and apparently functional...#2
is in a light font and not functional.

A little history on my problem...I lost the connection to my CD drives.
That is, in My Computer I couldn't see the CD drives and no applications
would recognize them. This may (probably) happened when I tried to use a
third-party burner software for the first time since upgrading to XP. I
read a MS KB article that said this could/would happen upon upgrade. The
article said to make a registry mod to correct the problem. I did it and it
did! The CD drives returned but the CDR is not recognized as a write device
(it originally was). If you have any suggestions I would appreciate them.

Thanks...DG

"Mike Williams [MVP]" <mikew@Nospam.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> David Glass wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> I think you're trying to clarify my problem statement and, if so, yes I
>> can't copy files to an audio CD. More specifically, I want to focus upon
>> Windows MediaPlayer function. The standard process to copy audio files
>> to CD is to select the "Copy to CD or Device" button, go to file/copy and
>> select "Copy to Audio CD". The selection "Copy to Audio CD is not
>> "bolded" and, therefore, not available. I'm thinking the CD drive (which
>> is a write drive) is not recognized by MediaPlayer and I don't know what
>> to do.
>
> Where is the "Copy to CD or Device" button? Don't you have a "Burn" pane?
>
> Which versions of WMP and Windows are you referring to?

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RE: Can't Copy w/MediaPlayer
Posted: 03-18-2005, 05:05 AM
i want tocopy

"David Glass" wrote:
> I'm wanting to copy a playlist to a CD with MediaPlayer. When I use the
> File/Copy command the "Copy to audio CD" command is not available
> (highlighted). The device is working, just can't be accessed from
> MediaPlayer. Any ideas?
>
>
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RE: Can't Copy w/MediaPlayer
Posted: 03-18-2005, 05:11 AM


"kokar" wrote:
> i want tocopy
>
> "David Glass" wrote:
>
> > I'm wanting to copy a playlist to a CD with MediaPlayer. When I use the
> > File/Copy command the "Copy to audio CD" command is not available
> > (highlighted). The device is working, just can't be accessed from
> > MediaPlayer. Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
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