Cd burner

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:09 pm

This is wierd. I can put a blank music CD into the drive and it askes me what I want to do. IF I select play music CD and ther is one in the drive it plays it. IF I select burn music to CD and there is a blank one in the drive it sends me to the Media player music library where I get an Unknown error. It says I dont have a CD burner and asks be to hit F5 to refresh. I do that and it still says unknown error. I just updated to Media player 10 from 9. Any ideas as to why this is?

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:04 pm

personally, I wouldn't use the burning software that comes with Media Player, instead I would get Nero, so much simpler, and it reads most all of the newer drives; I think you're encountering a problem with Media Player in that it's executing commands improperly for CD's and/or it's not recognizing the drive. The least likely, though possible, is that it's a bad drive, and you may need to replace. If you have Windows XP, try burning data onto a CD with Windows cd burning software to test the drive.

BuCk · Post by **BuCk** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:57 pm

yea, i have the exact same problem as u but im pretty sure that its a problem with the burner because i tried atleast 4 different programs and it doesnt work for either of the programs so im thinkin of buyin a new burner or gettin a genius to fix it.

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:37 pm

Yep, WMP is probably pretty flaky when it comes to that sorta thing. I have been using Nero Express or whatever it's called and I have had zero problems with it, works great and super quick/easy to use. I'd say try and find a copy of it cheap on the internet. Checl http://www.pricewatch.com and froogle for best prices ;)

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:40 pm

Nero is good for copying music CD's too, not so much for application CD's, but still a good thing to have. Very very simple interface

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:29 pm

killswitch83 wrote:Nero is good for copying music CD's too, not so much for application CD's, but still a good thing to have. Very very simple interface

I've burned music CD's, Data CD's, Copied software CD's, copied Music CD's, and burned images with it and every time has been simple and error free (not counting the time it couldn't read a severely scratched disk). The only other app I've used is Roxio easy CD creator and nero is 500 times better than that Roxio "easy coaster creator".

BuCk · Post by **BuCk** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:42 pm

yea, i'll try this nero program ur talkin about, but about the burner?? i think its the burner that's the problem so how the hell is nero suppost to work if the burner doesnt work??

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:33 am

Well, considering that Media Player was being used to attempt to burn a CD, and I know that it's crap, I believe it's in the software being used. Nero is much easier to use, and will tell you right away whether your burner is bad or not when you try to use it. It either won't recognize the drive, like media player, or will give errors when trying to burn. Also make sure the drive is installed correctly, because you gotta make sure everything is right (I build these things all the time and even I miss things from time to time).

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:22 am

BuCk wrote:yea, i'll try this nero program ur talkin about, but about the burner?? i think its the burner that's the problem so how the hell is nero suppost to work if the burner doesnt work??

There are times that you may need to update the drives firm ware depending on when you got it, how old the drive really is and what software you're using, it all plays a role in how well, or if the drive works at all.

BuCk · Post by **BuCk** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:46 pm

i tried updating the driver but their are no updates for it. And killswitch, i said already, its not the friggin software thats the god damn problem, i already tried like 5 different programs including nero and it doesnt work. its the burner but i need to kno how to fix it.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:52 pm

Bio-Hazard wrote:
BuCk wrote:yea, i'll try this nero program ur talkin about, but about the burner?? i think its the burner that's the problem so how the hell is nero suppost to work if the burner doesnt work??
There are times that you may need to update the drives firm ware depending on when you got it, how old the drive really is and what software you're using, it all plays a role in how well, or if the drive works at all.

didn't think of that Bio, yeah that could fix the problem, but personally, when the burner is dead, it's dead, and it's time for replacement; and buck, I know you're frustrated, but that's no way to talk to a person man, and I didn't see where you said you already tried Nero, so that's why I suggested it, that's all.

BuCk · Post by **BuCk** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:49 pm

damn... well that sucks. I guess i'll go on ebay and get a new one or somethin. thanks anyway

Post by **Apoptosis** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:57 pm

bummer the drive doesn't have any firmware updates as most do. Nero doesn't see my AOpen drive, but it did on my old drive. Not sure what causes it, but I fix the issue with a format and re-install.

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:09 pm

Looking through the thread I don't see the drive brand or model. Post that and lets see what we can do

BuCk · Post by **BuCk** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:09 pm

my drive is a mitsumi cr-4802TE, it used to work perfectly. its weird

BuCk · Post by **BuCk** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:11 pm

i also tried reinstalling it but that didnt work. iunistalled it and restarted my computer and it reinstalled by itself. is there a better way of reseting my drive or something??

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:06 pm

Seems like lots of people have problems with this drive, not just you. You might want to check out the firmware and reinstall it, then try some of the fixes people in these groups tried.

Drivers Download and Manuals
http://www.mitsumi.com/enduser/1_drivers.html

Google Groups : alt.comp.periphs.cdr
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp ... 28f7e84cf2

Google Groups : alt.comp.periphs.cdr
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp ... b9b8760eb5

Google Groups : alt.linux
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.linu ... 0a01d08611

BuCk · Post by **BuCk** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:20 am

ok, i'll try firm. I'll post again to say if it worked or not

BuCk · Post by **BuCk** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:40 pm

this is weird, nothing comes up when i click on the firmware that i need

BuCk · Post by **BuCk** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:47 pm

can someone download the firmware and send it to me please?? cuz i cant click the firmware download link thing. thanks