CD Burner Burns, but CD's have no sound

>>It just need to be cleaned ( the burner ).<<
Should read  "  It may just need to be cleaned ( the burner ) "

be sure you didn't just "simulate" that session!
does that cd play sounds on your computer? (or is there anything on that cd when inserted on PC?)

Try recording data onto a disc.  If you have the same problem (in this case, no or corrupted data on the resulting disc) then the drive is probably bad.  Consider using another recording program just to make sure.  If the burn is successful, try connecting a 4-pin (might vary) analog audio connector between your burner and your sound card.  Roxio might be "playing back" the MP3s in real-time and recording them using the analog channels of your sound card, in which you'd need this cable to get audio to the recorder.

you are converting your mp3 file to wav right?


who knows?


you never know!

good luck

You don't have to convert to WAV first since EZCD 4 (maybe 5.0)!

does your cd-rw drive is equipped with the audio cable that is connected to the motherboard or sound card?
if u havent connected this, there will be no sound..

put in the cd and push play button on the front panel of drive if it has one...
connect headphones to the cd-rom audio connector in the front and u should be able to hear the sound...

Last night after i originally posted this question I updated my Easy CD Creator the the latest version. This just corruppted the program. I'ts definately not a sound problem with the drive. Like i said it doesn't work no matter what i play it in, and the drive plays other Audio CD's fine. Also, it most likely isn't the new CD brand because it has burned from the same "batch of CD's before (three days ago). The thing i can't understand the most is how it can write the "track markers" but isn't writing the tracks. Could that mean it needs cleaning?- I mean it DID write the Track Markers every time i tried it (3 or 4 times). I Think the laser might be dying, in which case, hey, it had a good run.

                                                                                       Thanks for your help, Matt

"Like i said it doesn't work no matter what i play it in"----- It being the CD

UPDATE: I did try writing to a DATA CD via DirectCD. Everything went smooth. It worked DATA fine.
                                                     
                            Thanks, Matt

UPDATE: I also tried using NTI CD-Maker 6.0 Platinum. This gave me the following errors: The First try: General Error (i.e. something like buffer underrun), The Second try: "Hardware Error" (messed up drive?), Third try: "Medium Error" (i.e. bad disc)
                                                                                           thanks, Matt

UPDATE: (Sorry for so many small updates, but these should all hopefully help) My computer recognizes the CD as an audio CD and starts MEDIA PLAYER. But all the tracks are silent. However, Easy Cd Creator does not recognize any tracks on the CD to extract to a file. (i.e. put in an audio CD and convert a song to an MP3 file on your PC)
                                                                 Thanks, Matt

Did you try downloading/burning with Nero? www.nero.com

It also has much better error detection than EZCD.  To be on the safe side, uninstall EZCD Creator and reboot before loading Nero.  If you reinstall EZCD, install from the CD, then restart, then apply the patch for 5.3.xxxxwhatever...

-dog*

I have a problem similar to Matt's. The only difference is that I can still play recorded CDs, including ones previously burned on my laptop burner. But when I try to burn new CDs, I receive a message that they have been created successfully and finalized. When I play them back, the tracks are recognized, the playing times are displayed, and the cursor moves along as though the song is playing--but there's never any sound. I've also tried playing them on my other CD players with no luck. I recently upgraded to MusicMatch Plus. I have Roxio 5 and never had trouble before burning CDs on Roxio and playing them on basic MusicMatch. Always worked like a charm. I just downloaded the Roxio Patch (as someone else on this site suggested) and received the error message that "the burner engine is not detected" (even after rebooting). I tried downloading Nero but I'm still in the dinosaur dial-up age and the download times were unreal. I'd gladly purchase the software but how can I be sure it will work? I also tried to restore my system to a date before I added MusicMatch Plus. The system couldn't restore it to any previous date. What's that about? I've been relying on Gateway tech and haven't gotten anywhere (although they're very cooperative and courteous) but I've yet to ask them why the restore didn't work. I'd do that now but it's late in the evening and I couldn't tell you how many hours and CD-Rs I've wasted trying to fix this. (I'm now using CD-RWs.) As you can see, I'm batting .000. I read on another website where someone said that Roxio and Musicmatch make a bad combo and that Roxio damages files that aren't restored even after Roxio is uninstalled--leaving a complete hard drive restore as the only option, according to this person. I uninstalled and reinstalled Roxio and basic MusicMatch. No luck. Maybe I should just delete MusicMatch and uninstall/reinstall Roxio and use that alone. But if that user was right and files were damaged (he didn't indicate which ones), what difference will it make? Is this a sorry situation or what? Matt, I feel your pain.

Tom

Tom:
You really need to open your own question for this.  Click here: https://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/askQuestion.jsp

dogztar

The topic is CD Burner burns but has no sound. And my situation is very similar to Matt's, that is, burns the CD, reads the tracks and has no sound.
So I don't really see this as a major protocol violation.

Thanks so much for the help dog tzar.

Well seeing as how you are a new user, I will tell you that it is a protocol violation, if not an official one (like asking how to write a virus, etc) its not the way things are done here.  Furthermore, by tacking your question on to the end of this one, the only people who will ever see your question are those who participated in this question, if they are even still subscribed to it.  So do yourself a favor.  Click the link I posted above to ask your own question, and in the question body, refer back to this question (http:Q_20628350.html as a shortcut) for more information.

However, I would suspect the problem is with the MP3 decoder that Roxio is using, which is decoding the files incorrectly and making them empty WAVs that are being written to the CD.

dogztar

I stand corrected. Thanks for the advice.
Best,
Tom

Thank you, and welcome to EE! :)

dogztar

Dogztar,

I took your advice and downloaded the Roxio patch from their web site.
Easy CD Creator 5 Basic has had some software "problems" and this patch uninstalls the old software and replaces it with an improved version. My Roxio is burning CDs with sound like it used to and seems to be fixed. I never would have thought of this suggestion without you. You have saved me many repair $$$ and my $anity.

Many thanks!
Best,
Tom

Tom,

Glad to hear it.  I hope you'll come back to EE the next time you have an issue with your computer, or even better, help out in a Topic Area you have knowledge in.

Kyle