Let us know how it works.

 

Finally got it done, burned it as a data file and everything plays fine. Thanks to everybody for helping me solve the problem.

 

I am burning data CDs to play in the HK factory stereo on my 13 SG. When I put the cd in the bike, it will skip the first 3 songs, play numbers 4-7, skip a couple, plays about 70% of what's on the disk. I am using itunes, have tried a couple of different burn speeds, using Memorex blank CDs. Have any of you experienced this? Was it the burn rate, cheap CD's, dirty CD player, how did you fix it? Going through a bunch of CDs here, any help appreciated, thanks.

 

its the id3 tags and embedded artwork. get rid of those and you won't have any problems

 

[[ using Memorex blank CDs ]]

As Skratch said, strip out the embedded art work.

And I was gonna recommend -- ditch the Memorex, and get some -good- CDR media. I'd suggest Verbatim...

 

Thanks, I think it's the id3 tags too. Yesterday, I used the iTunes "get info" screen to manually delete all the info except the song title and artist. Burned a CD, did the same thing, obviously I did not strip out the id3 tags. How do you strip out the id3 tags and artwork?

 

Simply stripping out the info does not remove the ID3 tag. If you are using Windows there are many free ID3 tag editors that are much easier to use than iTunes. I have not used Windows for some time so I am not up to date on the editors available.

In iTunes I would create a copy of all your music if you still want to maintain a functioning music library. Once you have created a playlist select all songs, right click selecting "Convert ID3 Tags" then select none. Setting it to ID3 v1.1 will retain some info and the mp3s will still work.

ID3 v1 tags do not support album art so the conversion will remove the art. v1 tags also have other minor limitations such as 30 character limits in the song, artist and album fields. Long entries will be shorten due to these limitations. Not a big deal and the artist name will still display on the head unit.

 

Thanks, I finally got it yesterday. Learned you can't use iTunes to strip out id3 tags. Downloaded one of those free programs you mentioned - Mp3tag - and stripped all the bad 1d3v2 tags, burned a cd, 75 songs worked perfectly. Think I need to get away for iTunes and just go mp3 for my music files. Thanks for all the good advice.

 

Definitely the way to go ... Just add the files to a disc ... and remember that if you want them to play in a certain order just add a number to the "lead" of the file

01 - Van Halen - Jump
02 - Bob Seger - Sun Spot Baby

etc

 

replied to save for future- thanks