cannot play wav file
 

May not be the right group, but I have recorded a wav file onto a RW disk
( creating an audio disk ). However the wav file cannot play on a cd player,
its fine on my pc though. Is it due to not being recorded onto a R disk and
finalised ?

cannot play wav file
 

"news" wrote in message

May not be the right group, but I have recorded a wav file onto a RW
disk ( creating an audio disk ). However the wav file cannot play on
a cd player, its fine on my pc though. Is it due to not being
recorded onto a R disk and finalised ?

No, its about being recorded in the CD data format, not the audio format.

cannot play wav file
 

news wrote:

May not be the right group, but I have recorded a wav file onto a RW disk
( creating an audio disk ). However the wav file cannot play on a cd player,
its fine on my pc though. Is it due to not being recorded onto a R disk and
finalised ?

CD players don't read wav files. A CD player also needs a table of contents -
which is also not produced by burning a wav file to any type of PC-CD format
media.

Look at the burning options in your CD writer software - there should be a 'make
audio CD' type option. That'll work. It has to be 'finalised' the 'first time
round' though, so decide on the 650MB or so you want to burn first.

Graham

cannot play wav file
 

I think the answer lies in your second part answer. I've recorded in an
audio format ( using Nero - make audio that plays on any cd player ) so it
should work. However, as I said, i've tried it on a rw disk first to see if
its ok.

So the reason is :- it has not been written to an R disk and finalised ?

cannot play wav file
 

"news" wrote in message
...
I think the answer lies in your second part answer. I've recorded in an
audio format ( using Nero - make audio that plays on any cd player ) so it
should work. However, as I said, i've tried it on a rw disk first to see
if
its ok.

So the reason is :- it has not been written to an R disk and finalised ?



Some player's don't like RW's. Make a copy of a original CD onto a CD-RW. If
the RW doesn't work then the CD doesn't like RW's. Try using a R if that
happens. Learn to write off red book audio CD's first though.

cannot play wav file
 

news wrote:

I think the answer lies in your second part answer. I've recorded in an
audio format ( using Nero - make audio that plays on any cd player ) so it
should work. However, as I said, i've tried it on a rw disk first to see if
its ok.

So the reason is :- it has not been written to an R disk and finalised ?

Ahhh - ok in that case you haven't *actually* burnt a *wav* file. Nero sorts
out the CD format stuff for you.

It may well be that your CD player won't read RW media ( very true of older
units especially ).

The disc is 'automatically finalised' in audio CD mode or it wouldn't work
IIRC.


Graham

cannot play wav file
 

testing
 

I'll keep you posted, and try tomorrow with a CD-R. The file by the way is
an answerphone message left for me. Recorded via windows media player I
think.

cannot play wav file
 

news wrote:
I think the answer lies in your second part answer. I've recorded in an
audio format ( using Nero - make audio that plays on any cd player ) so it
should work. However, as I said, i've tried it on a rw disk first to see if
its ok.

So the reason is :- it has not been written to an R disk and finalised ?


Doesn't matter if it is a CDR or CDRW, most regular CD players will
not play it unless it has been finalised.

Ian

cannot play wav file
 

I know that the 12 month old Numark CD-Mixer
I use at one of the venues I work definately won't
read CDRW ("Error"), but in contrast my
cheapo Goodmans personal CD that I use in
the company van reads anything I throw at it...
For a cheap basic (2 yr old) player it has been
absolutely brilliant.....

Chris

cannot play wav file
 

In article ,
Gemini wrote:
I know that the 12 month old Numark CD-Mixer
I use at one of the venues I work definately won't
read CDRW ("Error"), but in contrast my
cheapo Goodmans personal CD that I use in
the company van reads anything I throw at it...
For a cheap basic (2 yr old) player it has been
absolutely brilliant.....

For some reason, car players always seem to play CDRW - even although
domestic ones of the same age can't.

--
*Happiness is seeing your mother-in-law on a milk carton

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

It Plays !!
 

Rw could not play on an ordinary cd player, but a cd-R finalised could. Does
a cd-RW actually get finalised ?

It Plays !!
 

I have two Technics SL-PG380A CD Players,
neither of which seem particularly happy to play
even CD-R audio, generally the first couple of
tracks play ok albeit after quite an initial delay,
but then it seems to 'lose' the track listing half
way through the disc, and the only way to
get it back is to eject the CD and re-insert it!
I guess this may just be a trait of these older
generation of players, not a fault as such...
'Proper' CD's are absolutely fine and the units
are decent all-rounders otherwise.

Chris

cannot play wav file
 

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Gemini wrote:
I know that the 12 month old Numark CD-Mixer
I use at one of the venues I work definately won't
read CDRW ("Error"), but in contrast my
cheapo Goodmans personal CD that I use in
the company van reads anything I throw at it...
For a cheap basic (2 yr old) player it has been
absolutely brilliant.....

For some reason, car players always seem to play CDRW - even
although
domestic ones of the same age can't.


Probably because most car players have three lasers, two for tracking
and one for tracking and reading. A single laser having to do both can
have difficulty if there is a reflection problem with the disc - as
with CDRW - but three together would potentially be 2E3 or 8 times
more capable of tracking.


--
Woody

cannot play wav file
 

In article ,
harrogate2 wrote:
For some reason, car players always seem to play CDRW - even although
domestic ones of the same age can't.


Probably because most car players have three lasers, two for tracking
and one for tracking and reading. A single laser having to do both can
have difficulty if there is a reflection problem with the disc - as
with CDRW - but three together would potentially be 2E3 or 8 times
more capable of tracking.

Excellent. Nice to know I wasn't just imagining it.

--
*Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.