Attempt to burn disc failed. error 4261 occured.

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I wasted 20 blank cd's already and i'm still having the same problem. brought
my computer @ best buy they just did some diagnostics didn't solved the
problem. I tried to lower my burning speed to 8x or even tried 2x nothing
happened still getting that error 4261. I need help please. thanks
 
S3xypinay said:
I wasted 20 blank cd's already and i'm still having the same problem.
brought
my computer @ best buy they just did some diagnostics didn't solved the
problem. I tried to lower my burning speed to 8x or even tried 2x nothing
happened still getting that error 4261. I need help please. thanks
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I found this on Google:

A 4261 Suggestion
by tracejm - 4/2/08 8:55 PM In reply to: itunes error 4261 when trying to
burn disc by sherbet
I've just encountered this "unknown 4261 error" and a strange solution.
Here's the course of how things went:

1 - Encountered two days ago trying to burn a specific play list in iTunes.
Playlist contained both MP3 files and protected AAC. PC is four years old
and never this problem to date.

Restarted the PC - no change. Changed brand of media - no change. Finally
decreased burning speed from "maximum" to 20x and was able to burn this
playlist. I thought I had it solved.

2 - Encountered again today on a different playlist in iTunes. This playlist
contained only MP3 files. No matter how slow you set the burning speed it
didn't want to burn.

Restarted PC - no change. Changed media - no change. Tried burning in
RealPlayer - no change (same error, different looking dialog box). Tried
burning different iTunes playlist - no change.

I created a new playlist of one MP3 song and burned it successfully.

I tried burning my original playlist and still got the error.

Finally, I MOVED the first song of the playlist from the first track to the
last track and the playlist. Since it always bombed on the first track of
the playlist, I wanted to see if it could burn the others and would then
bomb on this track again. However, the CD successfully burned all the way
through.

Here's the really strange part - I then moved the track BACK to the original
order and it burns fine.

I don't have a solution or an explanation. My suggestion to everyone is to
not dismiss that this is very file dependent, and not just file type. Don't
be afraid to move your tracks around and see if you see the same behavior I
did.
 
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