So much frustration.

I just tried to burn MP3 using Roxio and WMP won't let it happen.
That aside, what are some of the reasons that this Vista experience is so
frustrating.

Is it MS trying too hard for market share through smoke and mirrors?

I will be returning this $1489.00 HP Notebook in three weeks if I can't
figure why Vista keeps blocking the burning of books on CD in MP3 format. The
files were saved as MP3 and moved to playlist and the dropdown list only
offers wpl and m3u for burning.

The books on cd were taken from my Public Library and are not Copyright
protected and want to save it to one cd to play in automobile instead of five
and have to keep swapping out.

If this frustration continues I will almost certainly pay twice the amount
for straight forward OS in Mac when Leopard comes out. I have never had a MAC
and always been a Windows guy but it just seems that all this frustration is
getting to me.

Edward,

What steps are you taking? What are the error messages?

Have you tried to copy one on a Mac. You might be surprised?
"Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
message news:483F7E53-9312-4C4E-AE9F-...
>I just tried to burn MP3 using Roxio and WMP won't let it happen.
> That aside, what are some of the reasons that this Vista experience is so
> frustrating.
>
> Is it MS trying too hard for market share through smoke and mirrors?
>
> I will be returning this $1489.00 HP Notebook in three weeks if I can't
> figure why Vista keeps blocking the burning of books on CD in MP3 format.
> The
> files were saved as MP3 and moved to playlist and the dropdown list only
> offers wpl and m3u for burning.
>
> The books on cd were taken from my Public Library and are not Copyright
> protected and want to save it to one cd to play in automobile instead of
> five
> and have to keep swapping out.
>
> If this frustration continues I will almost certainly pay twice the amount
> for straight forward OS in Mac when Leopard comes out. I have never had a
> MAC
> and always been a Windows guy but it just seems that all this frustration
> is
> getting to me.
>
>

Please repost your WMP related inquiry in the WMP newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...&lang=en&cr=US

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in message
news:483F7E53-9312-4C4E-AE9F-...
I just tried to burn MP3 using Roxio and WMP won't let it happen.
That aside, what are some of the reasons that this Vista experience is so
frustrating.

Is it MS trying too hard for market share through smoke and mirrors?

I will be returning this $1489.00 HP Notebook in three weeks if I can't
figure why Vista keeps blocking the burning of books on CD in MP3 format. The
files were saved as MP3 and moved to playlist and the dropdown list only
offers wpl and m3u for burning.

The books on cd were taken from my Public Library and are not Copyright
protected and want to save it to one cd to play in automobile instead of five
and have to keep swapping out.

If this frustration continues I will almost certainly pay twice the amount
for straight forward OS in Mac when Leopard comes out. I have never had a MAC
and always been a Windows guy but it just seems that all this frustration is
getting to me.

Leopard also has DRM.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
message news:483F7E53-9312-4C4E-AE9F-...
>I just tried to burn MP3 using Roxio and WMP won't let it happen.
> That aside, what are some of the reasons that this Vista experience is so
> frustrating.
>
> Is it MS trying too hard for market share through smoke and mirrors?
>
> I will be returning this $1489.00 HP Notebook in three weeks if I can't
> figure why Vista keeps blocking the burning of books on CD in MP3 format.
> The
> files were saved as MP3 and moved to playlist and the dropdown list only
> offers wpl and m3u for burning.
>
> The books on cd were taken from my Public Library and are not Copyright
> protected and want to save it to one cd to play in automobile instead of
> five
> and have to keep swapping out.
>
> If this frustration continues I will almost certainly pay twice the amount
> for straight forward OS in Mac when Leopard comes out. I have never had a
> MAC
> and always been a Windows guy but it just seems that all this frustration
> is
> getting to me.
>
>

"Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
message news:483F7E53-9312-4C4E-AE9F-...
>I just tried to burn MP3 using Roxio and WMP won't let it happen.
> That aside, what are some of the reasons that this Vista experience is so
> frustrating.
>
> Is it MS trying too hard for market share through smoke and mirrors?

Sounds like a Roxio issue to me. Which you don't even need to do this.

> The books on cd were taken from my Public Library and are not Copyright
> protected and want to save it to one cd to play in automobile instead of
> five
> and have to keep swapping out.

I assume your car stereo can play MP3s of a disc.

Open explorer, navigate to the CD writer, and drag the MP3s into the it and
burn them.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Point is WMP won't let you burn MP3. I don't want other software. I would
like MS to include it all. Charge more money for it just include it all.
I will send them a wish at
Thanks for your reply which got my yes vote.
Ed.

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
> message news:483F7E53-9312-4C4E-AE9F-...
> >I just tried to burn MP3 using Roxio and WMP won't let it happen.
> > That aside, what are some of the reasons that this Vista experience is so
> > frustrating.
> >
> > Is it MS trying too hard for market share through smoke and mirrors?
>
> Sounds like a Roxio issue to me. Which you don't even need to do this.
>
> > The books on cd were taken from my Public Library and are not Copyright
> > protected and want to save it to one cd to play in automobile instead of
> > five
> > and have to keep swapping out.
>
> I assume your car stereo can play MP3s of a disc.
>
> Open explorer, navigate to the CD writer, and drag the MP3s into the it and
> burn them.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>

It might not let you burn it, but you should be able to drag it into a play
list and still burn it to CD as an Audio disk. If that does not work, try
iTunes 7 from Apple.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
message news:27159994-CECC-4C85-8FFE-...
> Point is WMP won't let you burn MP3. I don't want other software. I would
> like MS to include it all. Charge more money for it just include it all.
> I will send them a wish at
> Thanks for your reply which got my yes vote.
> Ed.
>
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
>> "Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
>> message news:483F7E53-9312-4C4E-AE9F-...
>> >I just tried to burn MP3 using Roxio and WMP won't let it happen.
>> > That aside, what are some of the reasons that this Vista experience is
>> > so
>> > frustrating.
>> >
>> > Is it MS trying too hard for market share through smoke and mirrors?
>>
>> Sounds like a Roxio issue to me. Which you don't even need to do this.
>>
>> > The books on cd were taken from my Public Library and are not Copyright
>> > protected and want to save it to one cd to play in automobile instead
>> > of
>> > five
>> > and have to keep swapping out.
>>
>> I assume your car stereo can play MP3s of a disc.
>>
>> Open explorer, navigate to the CD writer, and drag the MP3s into the it
>> and
>> burn them.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>>
>> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>>
>>

he dosent want other software he says...

Vista is full of problems....

so thats what he will get.


"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> It might not let you burn it, but you should be able to drag it into a
> play list and still burn it to CD as an Audio disk. If that does not work,
> try iTunes 7 from Apple.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
> message news:27159994-CECC-4C85-8FFE-...
>> Point is WMP won't let you burn MP3. I don't want other software. I would
>> like MS to include it all. Charge more money for it just include it all.
>> I will send them a wish at
>> Thanks for your reply which got my yes vote.
>> Ed.
>>
>> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>>
>>> "Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
>>> message news:483F7E53-9312-4C4E-AE9F-...
>>> >I just tried to burn MP3 using Roxio and WMP won't let it happen.
>>> > That aside, what are some of the reasons that this Vista experience is
>>> > so
>>> > frustrating.
>>> >
>>> > Is it MS trying too hard for market share through smoke and mirrors?
>>>
>>> Sounds like a Roxio issue to me. Which you don't even need to do this.
>>>
>>> > The books on cd were taken from my Public Library and are not
>>> > Copyright
>>> > protected and want to save it to one cd to play in automobile instead
>>> > of
>>> > five
>>> > and have to keep swapping out.
>>>
>>> I assume your car stereo can play MP3s of a disc.
>>>
>>> Open explorer, navigate to the CD writer, and drag the MP3s into the it
>>> and
>>> burn them.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paul Smith,
>>> Yeovil, UK.
>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>>> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
>>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>>>
>>> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>>>
>>>
>
>

There is a give and take here, one of the hallmarks of Windows is the
ability to choose something else if the built in stuff does not work.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Taibear ios" <> wrote in message
news:470d660d$...
> he dosent want other software he says...
>
> Vista is full of problems....
>
> so thats what he will get.
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> It might not let you burn it, but you should be able to drag it into a
>> play list and still burn it to CD as an Audio disk. If that does not
>> work, try iTunes 7 from Apple.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
>> message news:27159994-CECC-4C85-8FFE-...
>>> Point is WMP won't let you burn MP3. I don't want other software. I
>>> would
>>> like MS to include it all. Charge more money for it just include it all.
>>> I will send them a wish at
>>> Thanks for your reply which got my yes vote.
>>> Ed.
>>>
>>> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
>>>> message news:483F7E53-9312-4C4E-AE9F-...
>>>> >I just tried to burn MP3 using Roxio and WMP won't let it happen.
>>>> > That aside, what are some of the reasons that this Vista experience
>>>> > is so
>>>> > frustrating.
>>>> >
>>>> > Is it MS trying too hard for market share through smoke and mirrors?
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a Roxio issue to me. Which you don't even need to do this.
>>>>
>>>> > The books on cd were taken from my Public Library and are not
>>>> > Copyright
>>>> > protected and want to save it to one cd to play in automobile instead
>>>> > of
>>>> > five
>>>> > and have to keep swapping out.
>>>>
>>>> I assume your car stereo can play MP3s of a disc.
>>>>
>>>> Open explorer, navigate to the CD writer, and drag the MP3s into the it
>>>> and
>>>> burn them.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Paul Smith,
>>>> Yeovil, UK.
>>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>>>> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
>>>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Edward Spaghetti" <> wrote in
message news:27159994-CECC-4C85-8FFE-...
> Point is WMP won't let you burn MP3. I don't want other software. I would
> like MS to include it all. Charge more money for it just include it all.
> I will send them a wish at
> Thanks for your reply which got my yes vote.

If Windows Media Player isn't letting you do it, which is foremost designed
to write Redbook audio to a CD-Audio disc. Although I have just tested it,
and it wrote all my WMAs to a data CD fine.

Try using Explorer instead. It is included, Windows Explorer, every time
you open a window with files in, that is Windows Explorer. That can write
data to a data CD just fine.

If you provide more details in exactly what you're doing perhaps somebody
can say where something is going wrong.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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