Hi, I have been warned against using the drag and drop approach. I use Nero for creation of the CD-ROMS. I think EZZ CD Creater is also available. Best George > -----Original Message----- > From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Shults > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:19 PM > To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: No luck creating MP3 CDs to play on PTR1 > > > Robert and George, > > Thanks for your responses. Looks like I am pretty clueless > here. Did you > say I have to use software?? > > On my XP computer, I just put the CD in the drive and dragged > and dropped > the files to it using Windows Explorer. When I clicked > "eject", Windows > asked if I wanted to save my files as a music CD or a data > CD. I clicked > "data". > > On my Win98 computer, I had similar results, but in that case > I ran "Direct > CD" while dragging and dropping the files with windows explorer. > > Are the methods I used only for computer backups? Do I need > some software > for putting files on a CD for use by Plextalk? > > Many thanks, > Tom > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Kerscher" <kerscher@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:07 PM > Subject: RE: No luck creating MP3 CDs to play on PTR1 > > > Dear Robert, > > CD-ROM burning software sometimes comes with a quick create > function. This > may include a drag and drop feature, which makes the burning > process look > like just copying to another drive. This is windows specific > CDs and may not > even work from one Windows machine to another. I don't even > know why the > heck this feature is put in. I suspect you may have used this. > > Try it again and make sure you are doing a CD-ROM for > sharing. Select the > Joliet character and file names, which is probably the default. > > Use mode 1 and finalize the CD. > > If this does not fix it, I don't know what the problem is. > > Best > George > set > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Acosta > > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 8:55 AM > > To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: No luck creating MP3 CDs to play on PTR1 > > > > > > remember that PTR1 must match with your computer. I have > > some mp3 disks > > which because for formatting will not play on the ptr1. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Shults" <TPShults@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 11:08 PM > > Subject: No luck creating MP3 CDs to play on PTR1 > > > > > > > All, > > > > > > Can anyone clue me in on what I might be doing wrong? I am > > trying to copy > > > some MP3 files on to a CD, and then play the CD in my PTR1. > > Copying the > > > files to CD from my computer seems to work okay, but my > > PTR1 does not > > > access > > > all of the files. There are 40 files, and the PTR1 indicates this > > > correctly. Unfortunately, when I select a file to play, > > the PTR1 always > > > goes to file 18 or file 28. > > > > > > This is the first time I have tried to make CDs for the > > PTR1. Other > > > people > > > have given me MP3 CDs in the past. They all play fine. > > What am I goofing > > > up? > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------- > > > To leave the list at any time, please write to > > > <ptr1-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with unsubscribe > > ptr1-users in the > > > subject or the body. 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