Can't burn tunes from iTunes to a CD

[ButchVA]

I'm trying to burn some songs to CD, and (only on certain playlists) iTunes keeps telling me there is not enough room on a 700mb CD-R to burn them. I'm trying to burn like 45 minutes worth of classical music, and I *know* it's nowhere near 700mb (or the 80 minutes the CD-R is advertised as).

Anyone know why this is? And why it doesn't happen for all tunes? Some of them burn just fine.

Thanks!

Butch

 

[sahnert]

You might check in iTunes preferences to see what type of CD it is trying to burn (data, audio, etc.). I think if you burn an audio CD, iTunes converts the files into a different format before burning them. This might account for the discrepancy in file sizes.
That's all I can think of for now.
you could also try repairing permissions and/or moving the iTunes preference file and restarting iTunes.

if you click "get info" on the songs, what type of files are they?

 

[Xavier]

Yup, mp3 cd works nicely

 

[ButchVA]

File origin??

This seems to be an issue of the origin of the file. On files that I loaded from my old CD collection, it's no problem to burn them. Anything I've downloaded from the iTunes Music Store doesn't seem to want to burn.

When I do a "get info" on a file I've purchased, it says it's a "Protected ACC Audio File". On tracks I've imported from my old CDs, it says it's an "ACC Audio File". So how does one "unprotect" the files??

Tks!

B

 

[sahnert]

Is the computer you are trying to burn on authorized to play the purchased files?

 

[ButchVA]

Uh, yeah, it's my computer...

I'm the only one who owns/uses it, and I purchased and downloaded the music that's on it, so I suppose it is...

B

 

[sahnert]

just to double check, if you try to play these files on your computer, they play with no issues?

 

[ButchVA]

Yep. They do everything except burn to a CD...

B

 

[apb3]

B

can you burn just one of the tracks?

 

[ButchVA]

I didn't try, as I didn't want to waste a CD

I posted this on the Apple web site discussion forum, and there are a number of people who seem to be having the same problem. It's got to have something to do with it being a "Protected ACC Audio File". The question is, how does one "unprotect" the files?

Tks!

B

 

[theBB]

It's got to have something to do with it being a "Protected ACC Audio File". The question is, how does one "unprotect" the files?

You cannot "unprotect" files. It just means Apple has put restrictions on it such as 5 authorized computer limits etc. I've never had problems burning any iTunes purchased tracks. Good luck...

 

[killmoms]

Have you ever attempted to burn this playlist before? Try deleting the playlist you have and making a new one, maybe?

If the total length of the files is really only 45 minutes you should be able to create a standard Audio CD just fine. "Protected AAC" means that they are files purchased from the iTunes music store, which can be burned up to 10 times in a single playlist. Not sure what the problem might be, seems strange. Hope you get it figured out!

 

[sahnert]

Can you walk us through the steps you are using and post screen shots (apple+shift+3) of the error messages you are getting?