"Disc burner or software not found"

bleek · Sep 10, 2005, 10:09 PM

my iTunes Cd burning application or whatever isnt working. it says "Disc burner or software not found" and still doesnt work even with Patchburn. what should I do?

jim. · Sep 11, 2005, 12:16 AM

First Question: Is it an Apple supported CD-R (or DVD-R) drive?

Second Question: Does patchburn list it as supported by the driver?

If the answer is "no" to both of those questions, then you are SOL for the most part. You will need an actual driver for the drive that you are using. I am sorry if this is too blunt, but you don't give much of an indication one way or the other in your post.

If you are experienced with other UNIX-like OS's you could try to use cdparanoia from the command line (it is a free program, google for it). It tends to support most generic drives, assuming Apple has a generic CD-R driver in the kernel.

Give us some more details, and maybe we can help.

Jim

bleek · Sep 11, 2005, 08:34 AM

i dont know much about computers but i have a CD-R drive and a DVD drive. Patchburn is SUPPOSEDLY made specifically for iTunes but when i look under the iTunes preferences for burner software it says F:SAMSUNG COMBO SM-304B.

jim. · Sep 11, 2005, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bleek

i dont know much about computers but i have a CD-R drive and a DVD drive. Patchburn is SUPPOSEDLY made specifically for iTunes but when i look under the iTunes preferences for burner software it says F:SAMSUNG COMBO SM-304B.

Hmm...not really what I was asking, but by using your type of CD-R drive, I took a look at patchburn's website. I got this from the FAQ:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patchburn FAQ

Q: What drives does PatchBurn support?
A: Theoretically any! There are some drives, PatchBurn can generate a correct profile for, but they won't work correctly. Some of those drive I currently know of are made by Samsung.

It looks like you are stuck with this Samsung problem, and won't be able to burn cds from iTunes until it is resolved. Sorry. One thing you can look into is maybe getting a Pioneer DVD-R/CD-R drive. Those are Apple-supported, I believe, and should work nearly flawlessly. If you search the forums, I do believe that there have been product suggestions for burners that work well with Macs.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful with the problem.

Jim

bleek · Sep 11, 2005, 09:10 AM

k ill look into it thanks..

bleek · 05:50 PM

ok the disc burner or software not found error is gone! altho now it wont get past Checking media lol. any ideas on that?

Sep 10, 2005, 10:09 PM	#1
bleek macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2005	"Disc burner or software not found" my iTunes Cd burning application or whatever isnt working. it says "Disc burner or software not found" and still doesnt work even with Patchburn. what should I do?
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Sep 11, 2005, 12:16 AM	#2
jim. macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: C-ville, VA	First Question: Is it an Apple supported CD-R (or DVD-R) drive? Second Question: Does patchburn list it as supported by the driver? If the answer is "no" to both of those questions, then you are SOL for the most part. You will need an actual driver for the drive that you are using. I am sorry if this is too blunt, but you don't give much of an indication one way or the other in your post. If you are experienced with other UNIX-like OS's you could try to use cdparanoia from the command line (it is a free program, google for it). It tends to support most generic drives, assuming Apple has a generic CD-R driver in the kernel. Give us some more details, and maybe we can help. Jim __________________ Sometimes there is knowledge in my ramblings. me, more or less
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Sep 11, 2005, 04:14 PM	#6
bleek Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2005	ok the disc burner or software not found error is gone! altho now it wont get past Checking media lol. any ideas on that? Last edited by bleek; Sep 11, 2005 at 05:50 PM.
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bleek Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2005	i dont know much about computers but i have a CD-R drive and a DVD drive. Patchburn is SUPPOSEDLY made specifically for iTunes but when i look under the iTunes preferences for burner software it says F:SAMSUNG COMBO SM-304B.
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bleek Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2005	k ill look into it thanks..
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