As a gift a friend of mine gave me a bunch of music burned on CD-R's but I cannot access it with my computer running Windows XP. If I remember correctly, he uses an Apple computer and I suspect this has something to do with my woes. Also, I know much of the music he gave me is also on his iPod, so I'm not certain what format the files are in. My computer won't even acknowledge the discs as containing any data whatsoever, it seems, and I've not dealt with an issue like this before. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks!
2007-03-15 06:48:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
While Macs will easily recognize CDs burned for Windows the opposite isn't true! But Macs can easily burn CDs that Windows can read, using the Toast CD/DVD burning program.
But maybe your friend just didn't burn the CDs properly. In iTunes, you need to burn an AUDIO CD not an MP3 CD (you change this in the preferences pane) and any computer or CD player can read them (just like a CD you would buy in a store).
2007-03-15 07:57:19 · answer #1 · answered by Greg S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something to note does the music have digital rights management encoded into the tracks? ipod uses files from itunes which does have drm encoded into them...this only lets you play it on an ipod or on the pc where they were downloaded to but not other computers
2007-03-20 21:31:40 · answer #2 · answered by david_m_grogan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might be able to access it if you install iTunes ...
2007-03-21 14:42:18 · answer #3 · answered by BluesMutha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋