Music CDs...I have a bunch. What can I do with them?

[The UnDoug]

Me, too, Grateful.

[Seacrest]

I love the RIAA




























...as something to POOP ON!

[rickard5]

only one thought comes to mind

[Racer X]

Joey is right. Stand alone music recorders need special blanks with a data bit on them that indicates that the RIAA gets a cut of each blank sold. Computer burners don't have this restriction, as they have multiple uses other than just copying a music CD.

Bear in mind that they need to be recorded slowly. Check the label for max recording speed, it is almost guaranteed that max speed is below 16x, probably 4x.

[OWC Larry]

When using iTunes to burn audio CDs (not MP3 though....) playable in any regular music player - it throttles the burn speed.

[Racer X]

right. But that is different than trying to burn a Music CD-R rated at say 4x burn speed at 52x in a burner hooked up to a computer.

I checked that batch of Imation Music CD-Rs, and they aren't labeled as to max burn speed. But most stand alones were real time, so they were 1x. I think there were faster high-speed dual drive machines that were 2 or 4x. Even then, you will need to butn them slowly, as opposed to blasting them at full speed.

The dyes are designed to be heated up within a certain time frame, and burning too fast won't allow for proper dye burning, and may make them unplayable, or at least prone to read errors unless you have major oversampling in your playback machine. Burning a high speed disk to slowly can be just as bad. but I usually burn music CDs at about 8x, which is still safe for media rated at 52x AFAIK.