WMP loses album information when burning .WMA

I believe that's because you burnt them as audio discs, take a look at one of your audio discs is the tracks in CDA?
Burn them as Data discs or MP3  cd then they retain all the information just like the mp3 on your hdd.

Yes, they are CDA, but so are the original CDs. It seems to lose the data when burning CDA from WMA.

Strange. Anyway, I used CloneCd which works fine.

He wanted standard CD format as they are for someone who has an old stereo that doesn't support MP3.

Thanks.

Maybe they are losing their metada after you have burnt them in albums.
 I then dragged and dropped each WMA album<< you burnt an album?
Is this a selection of WMA in an album?
What if you drag and drop one single file at a time not in an ALBUM?
I never burn audio mp3 or any type of files with the folders they may lose the integrety.
Also you woudl never know what the file info is until you have input that into the media player of your choice.
Looks like this information  gets lost after the WMP11 burn.
try this on the WMA r/click it then properties > summery> add a comment then open the advanced and insert ithe data and any necessay information. Album Title Track number etc.

Windows media player does not actually burn the disc it uses your default burner software..  which is it?
Roxio ? Nero?
 If you have "mmswitch.ax" or neroburnplugin.dll  on your system, you should remove those - they don't work with WMP.  Or Don't use WMP to burn your CD's.
If you have ffdshow.ax  mpegsplitter.ax  donot play kindly with WMP 11.

There is a handful good help tips for WMP 11 if you have a problem with something.
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID%3D1033&spid=11372&query=windows+media+player+11+fix&adv=&mode=r&cat=False

I woudl burn a test cd, using the default burner Nero if you have it, then take the Audio files and drop onto the audio CD one at a time.
Then they may retain the information.

Now I'm confused ;-)  Ok, if I look at the properties, all the correct detail is there.

I have Nero 7.9.6.0 installed.

I tried just burning the WMA tracks with Nero to make an audio CD, but it completely misread the info, Artist became 'track05' etc.

I tried ripping the CD with Mediamonkey, but that didn't even look up the artist (Pink Floyd) correctly.

I tried ripping with Bonkenq, which just falls over ;-(

hmm this is fun.. Give me a little time and I'll see what I can come up with. Definately something in those 2 areas,
they are WMA in this file format they have the full metadata and is a native format for WMP when dropped into WMP it can read all the information. Makes sense,
but then when you burn to disc as an audio cd  in Nero or any other burn software, converting WMA to CDA removes the digital rights manager and any file data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Audio#Windows_Media_Audio

Once you click the Burn CD button, the files will automatically be converted into 44.1k/16bit audio
CDA file stored on discs simply points to the track and sector on a disc where a song begins.
All audio CDs will contain .CDA files.
The .cda files are representations of CD audio tracks and do not contain the actual pulse code modulation (PCM) information.
Also another very good point your computer can't store files in CDA format, so you still have to convert CDA files to another format to store on your hard disk. WMA as is this case.

MP3 CDs--These are data CDs consisting of MP3 files. Some MP3 players can also play WMA files, so if you want, you can mix formats on the MP3 CDs. Mixed-format CDs can be played on any computer, and are also compatible with a growing number of CD players, including CD portables and car stereos.

What format are audio CD files in?
An explanation of the CDA and CD-DA format
http://www.wizbit.net/cd-dvd_production_faqs_what_format_are_audio_CD_files.htm

So my thesis is this:
 converting from WMA to CDA  removes the metada, probably better to burn a data  disc leaving the WMA as is for your own personal use on the PC.
My preferred is MP3 as all my CD disc players including DVD player on the TV supports playing Data discs MP3.
Even though they are CD.

I tried ripping with Bonkenq, which just falls over<< what is Bonkeng,  On that note I'd like to add having several burners with Nero is dangerous, Nero likes to be the burn king it lisenses itself to your CD/DVD recorder and is very sensative when it detects other burner software and may spit the dummie.

Thanks a lot..that seems to make a lot of sense...though it's interesting that there is metadata on the original cda tracks.

here's bonkenc...

http://www.bonkenc.org/

Thanks!!!