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Thread ID: 25196	2002-09-28 05:18:00	cd writable problems	farmdude52 (2056)	Press F1

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84067	2002-09-28 12:54:00	Out of interest, apart from ability to play MP3s (which I do understand) what is the fundamental difference between a CD-R and a CD-RW that stops them from playing in a CD audio player if recorded with straight audio tracks. I would have thought media was media so what is the critical specification difference? Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
84068	2002-09-28 21:46:00	It's something to do with the way they get recorded Billy. I only vaguely remember the details but the disks have got different layers and need a different type of laser to read them, which the older CD players haven't got. Or something like that, I dunno. It's in my notes.... somewhere! :D The latest non-el cheapo DVD players can read CD-RW disks as long as they have been closed.	Susan B (19)
84069	2002-09-28 22:11:00	i know this has nothing to do with it . . but on my stereo you can see little writing that says mp3 and id3 tag . now i tried getting a cd r withmp3's on it but that didnt work . maybe because there is a optical port at the back that is where a "mp3 player" would plug into?	Beef (1415)
84070	2002-09-29 01:13:00	Billy, it's to do with the reflectivity of the discs. CD-R are highly reflective, and thus are easily read by older CD players. CD-RW are (as you may have noticed) a lot darker and less reflective. Most old CD players will not be able to read these discs. The same goes with the new DVD writable formats. DVD-R is supported by more older players than DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW as DVD-R have a more reflective surface. I have used all sorts of crummy CD-R's and they work on all my stereo equipment (all less than 5yo). CD-RW's only work in my newer stereo, and in my DVD player. farmdude - I just want to confirm that you select the option in Nero for "Audio CD". Other wise you are just copying the mp3s across, and your stereo won't read them. G P	Graham Petrie (449)
84071	2002-09-29 06:49:00	I have an 18 month old Panasonic CD player which does not specifically support CDRs, but it seems to have no trouble playing the BASF CDR disks that I use. Unfortunately, the signal to noise ratio seems to be quite poor. I am tempted to invest in some audio CDRs to see if I can get better quality out of them.	Alasta (1420)
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