<p>Hi.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to use iTunes to burn a CD using songs bought off iTunes onto a CD-R disc? </p>
<p>The problem is that it will burn but will not play in my car or my DVD player etc. It says it will play using Windows Media Player but it won't even do that.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance..</p>
<p>I heard somewhere that all iTunes songs have some sort of protection on them that doesn't allow you to play burned songs (or burn them at all?). I don't know for sure if this is true.</p>
<p>i burn cds using my itunes songs all the time...what i do is just make a new playlist on itunes then go to my music, add the songs i want on the cd to the new playlist and then hit burn at the bottom right of the screen.</p>
<p>This always works for me! Hope this helps :D</p>
<p>If you bought the songs off iTunes, they're copy protected and you can't burn them to a CD.</p>
<p>"If you bought the songs off iTunes, they're copy protected and you can't burn them to a CD."</p>
<p>When in iTunes:</p>
<p>File--->Burn Playlist to Disc</p>
<p>Oh, yeah...I never buy stuff off iTunes, so I was thinking for some reason that you couldn't burn them to CDs, but you're right...</p>
<p>Thanks for replying.
Though I did that exactly as you said and it didn't play. It said "writing files" and then it said "finishing" so I took it out when it was done and tried to play it in my car.. Didn't work. I think it could be the CD I'm trying to record it to.?</p>
<p>Make the songs into a playlist, insert disc into drive, click "Burn Disc". You HAVE to do it in iTunes, and make sure that you have it set to audio CD and NOT data CD. I used to burn iTMS songs all the time when I had my old job, and they worked fine in my car.</p>
<p>what kind of cd are you using? cd-r or cd-rw because a lot of cars cd players wont play cd-rws....</p>
<p>Are these all songs that you bought from the iTunes store? I'm asking because I'm getting ready to buy a car with a CD player that I'm expecting to play my iTunes songs on from CDs</p>
<p>HelloKiki- I think you might have saved me! I had it set to Data cd...when I "burned" it used Data cd it finished in a minute, Now that I changed it to audio it says time remaining is 10 minutes.. Might actually be working!</p>
<p>prd2beblonde22- Cd-r Music. Maxwell</p>
<p>frostburg2010- Yes I bought them all from itunes store..but read what I wrote above. It might be burning correctly so I'll keep you posted on whether it plays in my Camry--which is 1998. A tad old.</p>
<p>I did it! THanks to everyone for replying. HelloKiki you were right. I had it set to Data cd the whole time. Never even thought to change it. And frostburg2010 it plays in my car so no worries on your new car!</p>
<p>i have a 98 camry and mine doesn't have a cd player... hrmm.... haha.</p>
<p>I don't have a CD player in my car either...
so I use my ipod and an FM transmitter. it was cheap though and now is quickly dying...</p>
<p>heh my car's 1991.
you guys got nothin' on old ;)</p>
<p>oh and the stereo system is worth more than the danged car (cuz it's custom)... yah...</p>
<p>on a semi-related question, how do you guys get songs purchased on itunes OUT of itunes? and un-write-protected? the burn-to-disk then place-disk-back-in-laptop gig isn't working, so i'm kinda miffed xD</p>
<p>I have the Monster FM transmitter that can pre-set three FM stations to play my iPod in the car. The connection goes into the dataport (not earphone jack) so it keeps the iPod charged. I've gone thousands of miles, having thousands of songs at my fingertips.
If you want to move tunes from one computer to another, the second computer must be authorized to play them.
You don't have to burn disks to move songs. You can copy the files to a flash drive and move them that way.</p>
<p>YAY!! I'm so glad I could help! :)
I have no clue on moving your songs. The CD trick has always worked for me.</p>
<p>Removing the DRM (protection) from iTunes songs is a violation of their terms of service.</p>
<p>That said, search google for a program called SoundTaxi. $15 bucks for registration, and you can remove the protection from as many songs as you want.</p>
<p>hmm... thanks! will try.</p>
<p>As a general rule of thumb, I would recommend not installing any programs on your computer that are meant to break copy-protection or do anything of the sort. You never know when these people might decide that they are tired of giving their product away/selling it at a low price and decide that they want to start getting paid big bucks, preferably through your credit card numbers.</p>
<p>Instead, just place the music CD into a Windows computer, open up Windows Media Player, click "Rip", type in all the song information (using the tab key helps quite a bit), and then copy the songs to your computer like that. Now you've saved $15, and the next time your computer has a problem, you don't have to worry about the possibility that some shady 3rd party copyright breaking program is causing it.</p>