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Music to Burn: Burning CDs using Windows Media Player Michael Ruzicka CSM564 Fall 2004 Price

Elements Needed to Burn Website to Download Windows Media Player for Free: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx To start, the computer must have a CD burner drive to burn CDs. Windows Media Player is software that is available as a free download. Most new PCs already have the media player downloaded. The image on the right is how the media player looks when it is online. The CD to burn and blank CDs would help also!

Copying the CD Insert the CD to be copied into the CD-R drive. The menu of songs on the CD will appear on the media player. The menu on the left will give an option to “Copy from CD.” Click on this option and the songs will appear all checked. You can choose the songs you wish to copy onto the PC’s hard drive. Now you are read to copy the music.Just click the red “Copy Music” button at the top menu.

Personalize your Playlist Editing the playlist to mix your own CD: After the CD has been copied, click on the “Copy to CD or Device” button on the menu to the right. Click on the “Edit Playlist” button now appearing at the top menu.  The media library will open in a new window. Just double-click each song to be burned onto the new CD. Be aware of the time limitations of the blank CD to be burned so that all the songs will fit.  Click “OK” when done.

Get your Blank Disc Blank Disc Basics: CD-R:  Compact Disc Recordable.  Used in burning CDs very inexpensive. Only one burn session. CD-RW:  Compact Disc ReWritable.  Can be burned in multiple sessions until space runs out.  More expensive than CD-Rs. All blank CDs are not alike.  Like the blank tapes of yesteryear, quality varies with the company.

Ready to Burn It’s all automatic from here. The song list should not be displayed on the media player. Make sure all the songs that are to be burned have the “Ready to copy” prompt on their status. If a song has the status “Will not fit” the playlist must be shortened to allow for disc space. Click on the red “Copy” button at the top menu and the media player will begin to convert the songs to be burned onto the blank disc.

The CD is Burning Once converted, the songs will now burn, or copy, onto the disc.

The CD is Completing. The songs will now individually complete, or verify, on the disc.

Your CD is Burned Time to label your disc. Once the burning process has finished, the CD will automatically eject from the PC’s CD drive. Now you can label the disc anything you want.  I went with a marker.

Remember to Check your New CD Always be sure to check your CD in another machine. Just because it burned, does not necessarily mean it will play. Try the new disc out in a stereo or other computer. Make sure your songs are all listed and the CD can be read. All types of blank CDs can be finnicky and will sometimes not read in some machines—Buyer Beware. But most of all have fun!

Music to Burn: Burning CDs using Windows Media Player Michael Ruzicka CSM564 Fall 2004 Price