That's about right. Finalizing is the functional equivalent of formatting, but you do it at the end of the process, rather than the beginning. Every commercial CD is mapped out with a TOC, so the hardware can find it's way around the disk, and so you can choose the cuts you want. I have one homemade live CD where the guy burned the whole thing as one track--talk a bout a pain in the neck trying to find something. Nonetheless, it's finalized, or it wouldn't work in anything except the drive that made it. Ted -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Sherman Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:46 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: jaws 6 with windows media 10 snip Doing it that way though, at some point you're going to have to finalize, if you want to play it on a home or car player. end snip Ted, What is meant by finalize in your quote above? I think you mean that you need to burn them to a cd in some format that a car or home stereo player can recognize but am not sure. Thanks for clarification. Rich