Computer Problem
 

I purchased Easy CD&DVD Burning 2 from Best Buy. I want to make audio cd’s for my songs and I want the songs information which should show when I put the cd in my computer, so I know what song I want to listen to. I tried several times to burn an audio but each time I burn one it shows Track 1, track 2 etc. No information ( artist, song, genre, time etc) is displayed. I have tried to use help but there is no step-by-step guide to help guide me through from the beginning to the end. It will not let me use another cd to get music off of to transfer to another cd.I must be doing something wrong but can’t figure out what.I tried calling the company and they were no help couldn’t understand their English.
Donna 353-633-3883

did you check at the store in Lady Lake for help?

I am guessing you are using records, tapes or some other audio source for the songs, therefore the CD burning device has no idea what the song is and therefore there is no information on the CD. The easiest way to do what you want is to use your computer to make the CDs with an audio CD ripper software. This type of software will usually be able to fill in the artist and song info. You will need an internet connection for this. NOTE: this does not always work I have made dozens of audio CDs and have actually had half of the songs show no title or song info and half so all of the info on the same CD.

If you are just making audio cds, the Windows program, Windows Media Player, is a better way to go. You just put the CD into the drive and "rip" the CD to the program library, using a high quality file format, like WAV. Then, you can "burn" the songs to a blank CD-R disc, using the "audio CD" format. As far as whether or not the song information will appear on the burned CD, sometimes it will and sometimes it won't. I think it depends on how the original CD was made and how the individual song information is embedded on the CD. If you have specific questions, send me a PM.

As a follow-up, if your only issue is that the song information does not transfer to the CD copy, I don't think the problem is with the software you purchased.

Donna you can edit each track by renaming it and type the info you desire.

You may be able to edit it on the computer within the software's library, but I don't think the track information will transfer to the copied CD disc. When you insert a music CD into a computer drive, the computer reads the information on the CD, but, if the song information has not been embedded onto the disc, it will not appear on the screen, unless the information was burned onto the disc when the disc was created.

Donna - do you have the music on your computer already? What's the name of the file? Is it <something>.mp3 or <something>.wav?

You need to make sure that the song information is present on the file itself before you burn it to a new CD. You can download the program MP3TAG (Mp3tag - der universelle Tag Editor (ID3v2, MP4, OGG, FLAC, ...)). This will let you edit the information on the music file - title, artist, track #, etc. - before you burn it to the CD.

Note that there are two ways to burn music to a blank CD. You can use the "CD Audio" format, or you can just copy the music computer file to the CD, such as mp3 or wav files. The CD audio format will allow the CD to be played on almost any CD player or boom box, and it is the best format to use. The CD audio format is not a regular computer file and it needs to be converted to a computer file format before it can be played on a computer, but most computers will do this automatically. The process of converting commercially made music cds to use on a computer is very complex because the "CD audio" format was created by the music industry before home computers even existed.

I ripped a CD (just to get the music onto the computer) using Windows Media Player and it couldn't find the CD name or the track titles.

I think the problem may be that the on-line website that the program originally used is no longer operational.

Ended up putting everything in manually.

Google is your friend
 

Try Audacity. It’s a free software tool that allows CD track and comment editing.

why would anybody buy software to rip a cd? If all you want is to rip music from a cd, there are many free programs that ae so easy to use. The easiest is iTunes. If you are on a Mac, you put in a cd and it prompts you if you want to rip it and you click yes. You are done! It works the same using windows, not as elegant though. On a Mac, you can also download XLD which is free. I have a few thousand cds ripped using these free programs.
If you are an audiophile, then use XLD, if not, use iTunes.

That is if you rip to the cd. First rip to your computer, add the info then copy those files to the cd

Yes, if you are just copying music files to the CD. But, if you burn the music to the CD using the "CD audio" format, you are not just copying computer files. You are totally changing the file format to a music format that is read differently by CD players than regular computer files.

your software
 

Go to the screen where you picked a CD Music file. On the left of the screen. Click on that and this time, choose Edit (existing files). Then add the info you want displayed for each track. I don't have the software, but the guide on their website points in that direction. Next time do it before copying the files to the CD. This also assume you bought read write CD, which you did, and that you did not "finalize" them as no longer editable.

It's been a while but I thought Windows Media Player does all this

It does for music CDs, but not DVD videos. For most commercial CDs, when you rip the CD to the Media Center library and then burn a disc, it will include all of the information for each song. But, I have found that some commercial CDs will not transfer the song information. I don't know why, but I think it has something to do with the information embedding process used to create the original CD.

How to Burn an Audio CD With Track Information


When you download music from the Internet or rip songs from a CD, they may not always include the full and correct track information. Using an audio CD without track information can be frustrating, as it's not always immediately clear what the song titles are or which order they are supposed to be played in. If you want to burn an audio CD with the track information included, you can manually add in the information prior to burning.


Step 1

Open up your audio playback program of choice, such as Windows Media Player. Click on the "Library" link at the left side of the window.

Step 2

Click on the "Songs" icon underneath the "Library" heading to arrange your list of music alphabetically by band and then by album. Scroll down through the list of albums and find the music that you want to add track information to.

Step 3

The "Advanced Tag Editor" Option

Right-click on the song that is missing track information. Select the "Advanced Tag Editor" option from the pop-up menu. Navigate to the "Track Info" tab at the top of the new window.


Step 4

Entering Track Information

Click inside the "Title" text box and type the title of the song. Click on the "Genre" button and select the music genre from the drop-down menu. Click on "Track Number" and enter in the order that the track should appear on the album.


Step 5

Press the tab button to navigate down to the "Album" text box. Enter the album title. Click on "Apply" and then click on "OK" to save the track information. Repeat the process for any of the other tracks that you want to burn to a CD.

Step 6

Burning a New Audio CD

Insert a blank CD-R into your computer's CD-RW drive. Click on the "Burn a new Audio CD" link in the window that will appear.


Step 7

Click on "Library" again and find the songs you want to burn. Right-click on each of them and choose "Add to Burn List." Click on the "Start Burn" button at the lower right corner of the window to burn the audio CD with the corresponding track information.

First of all, your instructions depend on which version of Media Player you are using. There are many versions. But, also, I have several albums where all of the information for the song tracks show up correctly within the Media Player library. But, when you burn those songs or the entire album to a blank CD, the only information that appears on playback are the track numbers. I have burned and copied thousands of CDs and most of them show the correct song information, but a few of them do not transfer the information to the blank CD, even when you edit the information in the Media Center library before burning the CD.

Donna, I found a good straight-forward youtube video tutorial that you can follow to do this. It uses the itunes software. The key is after burning the CD, you need to submit the CD track names to the Gracenote CDDB service. This usually takes 24-48 hours. Until then, the track names will likely only show up on the PC that you used to burn the CD. After the 48 hours, the info will appear for other internet-connected devices that you use to play the CD. Believe it or not, this is the easy way . . .

How to share track names on burned audio CDs in iTunes - YouTube

The more difficult way is to use software that you will allow you to burn with a CD-Text. Here are a couple links to get software and how it's done.

How to Burn With a CD-Text on Windows Media Player | It Still Works

How to write or burn a CD (CD-R) that includes CD-Text with ImgBurn - Scott Hanselman's Blog

For future reference, you might want to be a little more specific for the title of your post. This is not actually what most people would consider a "computer problem" but more of a "need help burning a CD" or "need help making a CD". I hope this advice and the youtube tutorial and other links are helpful. Please let us know if your problem gets resolved.

Been using iTunes in a Windows environment for years and I agree with this post. Adding CDs is very easy. CD info including artwork will transfer quite fast and accurately. I've also added vinyl and cassettes after digitizing the tracks (using an ION machine) and in this instance track titles and artist name must be added manually.

Level of expertise
 

I am pretty sure the level of expertise for the op was less than many of us . Not everyone is a geek , thus the question was raised. Lets not forget we were all there once and some of us still don't understand calculus:)

It all depends on the software you are using. The software I use will go to a number of online databases to pick up the metadata for the cd: track names, icon for cd.
In today’s environment, why would anybody want to burn a cd? I have ripped thousands of cds and never touch them for over a decade. I stream everything in my home, in my car, riding a bike, etc..
I also have 140,000 audio tracks that are in my music library (virtual) from Tidal, a subscription service. I use Roon and I can send my music to individual rooms in my house, with each oom playing a different song, all controlled from an iPhone or iPad. I use hands free airplay in my car with all my cds ripped to my iPhone and access to tidal, so I can play 100,000 songs from my iPhone. This is very easy to do

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I want to thank everyone who responded to my question about adding music info to CD’s before burning. I was amazed at the number of responses. A lot of the answers really helped me and I will not hesitate to ask for help again. Thank you Villagers.:bigbow:
Donna