Burnatonce issues

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Richard Steinfeld

I've tried installing the last two versions of Burnatonce, v0.99b
and the current v0.995. I've had the same two identical problems
with both versions.

1. I wanted to compile a CD from CDs that I own. However, I could
find no way to do it in this program. Burnatonce doesn't seem to
recognize standard .cda CD audio files/tracks.

2. When I go into "Read/Copy," Read to image," my computer
crashes; It locks up so I've got to do a hard power-off and
reboot.

I'm using a Windows Me system.
I've searched the Burnatonce web site to the point of
user-insanity without coming up with anything addressing these
issues and the 7-day delay on posting means that I can't ask
them.

Should I abandon Burnatonce? Any recommendation as to what to use
in its place?

Richard
 
Richard Steinfeld said:
I've tried installing the last two versions of Burnatonce, v0.99b
and the current v0.995. I've had the same two identical problems
with both versions.

1. I wanted to compile a CD from CDs that I own. However, I could
find no way to do it in this program. Burnatonce doesn't seem to
recognize standard .cda CD audio files/tracks.

2. When I go into "Read/Copy," Read to image," my computer
crashes; It locks up so I've got to do a hard power-off and
reboot.

I'm using a Windows Me system.
I've searched the Burnatonce web site to the point of
user-insanity without coming up with anything addressing these
issues and the 7-day delay on posting means that I can't ask
them.

Should I abandon Burnatonce? Any recommendation as to what to use
in its place?
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Instead of trying to copy an audio CD on-the-fly, you might find that you
get much more reliable results by ripping the original CD to your hard drive
first, and then burning the tracks from there. It's not even clear to me
that burnatonce is designed to rip or copy on-the-fly, but I have not used
it. I'd recommend that you use the freeware CDex to rip the tracks from
your audio CDs: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ as WAV files, or as high
bitrate mp3 files at least, and then let burnatonce have a go at burning
those files to CD-R.

Another fine ripper which just recently became freeware is AudioGrabber:
http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

Good luck,
Ian.
 
Should I abandon Burnatonce? Any recommendation as to what to use
in its place?
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Use a ripper or make an image. Burners are so fast these days that not being
able to copy on-the-fly is no longer a handicap. On-the-fly copying is the
least reliable method anyway.

Ask in the BAO support forums. jamieo is very responsive to all questions.

Bob

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| >Should I abandon Burnatonce? Any recommendation as to what to
use
| >in its place?
|
| Use a ripper or make an image. Burners are so fast these days
that not being
| able to copy on-the-fly is no longer a handicap. On-the-fly
copying is the
| least reliable method anyway.
|
| Ask in the BAO support forums. jamieo is very responsive to all
questions.
|
| Bob

I cannot ask in the BAO support forums. New registrants are
automatically locked out from posting there for a week! I've not
been able to pull up any answers using the site's search
function, and the documentation page on the site has been
disabled.

It is understandable that much freeware is not accompanied by
documentation, which is too bad for non-hobbyists.

Richard
 
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|
It's not even clear to me
| that burnatonce is designed to rip or copy on-the-fly, but I
have not used
| it. I'd recommend that you use the freeware CDex to rip the
tracks from
| your audio CDs: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ as WAV files, or
as high
| bitrate mp3 files at least, and then let burnatonce have a go
at burning
| those files to CD-R.
|

Thanks, Ionizer.

Although I've not been able to put Burnatonce to work, I've
looked over the skimpy documentation (the Help file) and the
menus. It's obvious that extraction has been on the minds of the
developers -- I believe that I see some serious read options on
the menus. Perhaps these functions are in the alpha stage and not
ready for end users; I can't tell because the program won't read
my standard CD source files.

Let me address a couple of other points that you mentioned: I'm
using a good Plextor burner; this is a product with professional
lineage; it also predates the cuthroat competition that reduced
burner prices by almost two thirds. So I'm not concerned about
the need for unusual capability on the part of burning
software -- the drive is solid and dependable. It will burn
perfectly using the common software that came bundled with it
(and the common software that Plextor sent me to upgrade it to
Windows XP). On the other hand, I recently picked up a TDK
Velo-CD ("Velocity" ouch!) external burner. I'd have more concern
for that device needing help in this regard: it's one of those
current cheap "throwaway" pieces of consumer hardware. The
manufacturer told me flat out that if it breaks, it's
unrepairable, even by TDK! Thank god I got it at a thrift shop
for seven bucks. Maybe Burnatonce could help the Velo-CD drive
stay on course when burning, especially after someone has given
that drive a couple of gentle taps.

Musicians can detect the loss of quality imposed by high-bitrate
mp3. This may be OK with many types of popular music and rock,
but classical music has rigorous audio requirements that have
been the quest of audiophiles for many decades; lossy compression
flies in the face of what they've been trying to accomplish (and
still haven't achieved). Am I an audiophile? Not exactly: I know
too much.

If I need a serious extraction tool in this context, how about
Exact Audio Copy? Thanks again for the references and the
suggestion!

Richard
 
Richard said:
If I need a serious extraction tool in this context, how about
Exact Audio Copy? Thanks again for the references and the
suggestion!
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Fine, excellent...if you have a problem CD. If not then CDex, AudioGrabber
et al will do as well.

--
dadiOH
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....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
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If I need a serious extraction tool in this context, how about
Exact Audio Copy?
Click to expand...

EAC is very good. As you have a Plextor burner, you could also use
Plextools.
 
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