Thanks for that James. However in my case, as I mentioned to Alex, the CDs were all just purchased Music CDs not burnt discs.
Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/11/08 10:54 AM, James / Hans Kunz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > bear in mind > audio/data hybrid always should be made that the audio is burned in > the first session & the data in the second session, a lot of the burn > apps do it the other ways around > burning the audio first makes sure the "audio cd" is recognised > use a burn apps & get disk info to see which data track is holding > the audio > James > > On 10/11/2008, at 9:17, Alex Dawson wrote: > >> Hi Neil, >> >> I've had issues like this with hybrid audio/data CDs. If it isn't, >> I'd start suspecting something amiss with the optical drive.. >> >> On 08/11/2008, at 3:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> (Itunes 8, Leopard 10.5.5, 24" 2.4 GHz iMac, 4GB RAM) >>> >>> Anybody else getting this problem: >>> >>> - insert CD >>> - queries Gracenotes CDDB correctly & gets track info >>> - asks me if I want to import CD to iTunes (as per my prefs) >>> - I hit yes button >>> >>> OK to this point, consistent and as it should be, but: >>> >>> - sometimes iTunes goes ahead and imports OK >>> - other times the CD just unmounts - ie it doesn't mount in iTunes >>> and when >>> I check in finder it's not mounted >>> >>> Now it's not a huge problem, I leave disk utility running if I'm >>> importing >>> CDs and if I check there - the disc is showing as "Audio CD" but >>> unmounted - >>> I then mount it and the iTunes dock icon bounces - switch back to >>> iTunes and >>> I again have the "do you want to import this CD into iTunes" box - >>> hit Yes >>> again and this time it imports OK. >>> >>> I can't see any pattern to whether the CD imports first time or >>> has to be >>> re-mounted via disc utility & then imported. >>> >>> Before my current session of re-importing my CDs it had been quite >>> a while >>> since I had done any - so I'm not sure if this problem is new to >>> Leopard or >>> iTunes 8 or either/both? >>> >>> Anybody else seeing this or have any ideas? >>> >>> Like I say, not a big problem - I just don't like it when it >>> doesn't "just >>> work" !! >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> >>> Neil >>> -- >>> Neil R. Houghton >>> Albany, Western Australia >>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 >>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
