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WMP On XP Machine

Why does WMP refuse to acknowledge my DVD disc?  I'm trying to burn them on to a disc that is in my system tray but it says 1) that the feature is disabled and 2) up on the upper right side it says to connect a burning disk.  Also, it seems that it is set up to burn CD's and not DVD's which is what I want to do.  I was able to do it using iTunes but that format will not play on regular devices.  Can someone tell me how I can do this and will WMA format play on regular devices such as DVD players?
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Many thanks.  I'll try CD BURNER.  The other part of my question seems to have gotten overlooked.  Will WMA format play on other devices and if not, which format will?
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Many thanks.  A little disappointing because I thought WMA could be played in your car or home DVD players but at least I learned something.
there *are* units which will play wma in car, there just not as common; you just need to make sure you get the appropriate one or play it through ios or android device
Just to clarify something said above regarding WMA ["... but as its lossless  ..."]  ==>  WMA is NOT a lossless codec !!   It's simply a different compression technique than MP3 and others.

There IS a lossless variant of it ["WMA Lossless"] ... just as there are other lossless alternatives [e.g. Monkey's Audio, ALAC, WavPack, etc.].

But WMA was developed as a compression technology, and unless you specifically specify the lossless variant, it is NOT a lossless compressor.