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Show Me How   Click for text instructions. How do I burn a CD?

• Tracks that you have purchased from Rhapsody's Music Guide.
• Downloaded Rhapsody tracks, if you choose to purchase them. (You can add streamed(process of breaking a large audio or video file into smaller pieces and transferring it, piece by piece, so it can be viewed immediately rather than waiting for the whole file to be downloaded) and downloaded Rhapsody tracks to the Burn list. When you start your burn, you will be prompted to purchase the tracks if they are available.)
• Tracks that you have imported from CDs.
• Local(computer resources such as drives or files that are part of a computer, or available on a Local Area Network; music files located on your computer's hard drive(s) are referred to as "local") tracks that you have added from your hard drive(s) to My Library.
• Entire playlists, if all the tracks in the playlist are local and/or available for purchase.

 

• Media that is only streamed to your computer, such as Rhapsody Channels and other internet radio.
• A few Rhapsody tracks are only available as streams, and are labeled Stream Only in the Music Guide. If a track is not available for purchase, you will receive a message to that effect when you start your burn.

• If a track or album displays an active Buy button next to it, it can be purchased and burned to CD.
• If a track displays a grayed-out Buy button next to it, it cannot be purchased and burned to CD.

Look at the Burn column next to any track in My Library:

• OK: You can burn the track without purchase.
• With Purchase: You can burn the track, but it must be purchased first.
• Unavailable: The track cannot be burned to CD.

Rhapsody can access all the compatible CD drives installed on your computer. Whenever you insert a prerecorded CD and Rhapsody is running, a CD icon ( ) and the name of the CD (if available) will appear in the Sources area. Click the CD icon to view the contents of the CD in the Display area (below).

From the CD view of the Display area, you can:

• Play CD tracks from a prerecorded CD.
• Import tracks from a prerecorded CD to My Library.
• Retrieve CD information for a prerecorded CD.
• Edit the CD information for a prerecorded CD, or a CD that you burn.
• Eject the CD from your CD drive.

Viewing CD Contents

In your CD Importing and Playback Preferences, you can set Rhapsody to automatically display the contents of a CD as soon as it is inserted. If that preference is not selected, click the CD icon ( ) in the Sources area (left) to display a CD's contents. All CD drives that contain an audio CD appear in the Sources area. If your CD drive is equipped with a CD burner, you can create your own music CDs. If you have more than one CD burner on your computer, you can choose your default burner in CD Burning Preferences.

Edit CD Info Using Track Info

You can edit the CD information displayed in the CD view of the Display Area using Track Info. To use Track Info, highlight the track you wish to edit, then select Edit Track Info from the right-click menu(menu of alternate commands; available when you click the right mouse button while using an application). CD information changed in Track Info will be retained on the computer on which it was edited.

Buttons in the CD View of the Display Area

Depending on whether you select Burn a CD or a prerecorded CD in the Sources area, different buttons will appear in the Display area.

Button		What does it do?
CD Options		This button appears only in the prerecorded CD view. Click to Get CD Info, Import CD Settings... (opens your CD Importing and Playback Preferences), or Clear CD Info.
		This button appears only in the prerecorded CD view. Click to play the CD.
Eject		This button appears only in the prerecorded CD view. Click to eject the CD from your computer's CD drive.
Import CD		This button appears only in the prerecorded CD view. Click to import tracks from the CD to My Library.
Clear All		This button is available in the Burn a CD view, and only when you are adding tracks to a Burn queue. Click to clear your entire queue. To delete individual tracks from your queue, select the track and press [DELETE] on your keyboard.
Stop Burn		This button is available in the Burn a CD view, and only during the CD burning process. Click to stop your burn. (The CD will no longer be usable.)
Erase CD		This button is available in the Burn a CD view, and only when you have inserted a CD-RWCD-Rewritable. The term can refer to a recording drive on your computer, or a type of CD disc that enables you to write onto it in multiple sessions.. Click to erase the contents of the CD-RW. You can then add songs to the disc if you wish, and burn a new CD.

This is a complete list of the columns available in a Burn queue in the Display area.

Default columns are in bold. Any column can be hidden, except for Burn Status and Track. Columns in a Burn queue cannot be sorted.

Burn Status Track Artist Album Time Genre Sub-Genre Rating Track Number Disc Number Release Year Format Bit Rate Size Play Count Date Added Last Played Beats Per Minute Mood Track Type Composer (classical) Conductor (classical) Ensemble (classical) Performer (classical) Comments Burn (rights) Transfer (rights)

Note: The Transfer column will only be visible when you have a portable device connected to your computer.

You can use CD-RWs (a type of disc that can be written to in multiple sessions, or erased and rewritten) to burn CDs with Rhapsody. However, you should be aware that not all CD players can read and play CD-RWs.

The CD burning process with a CD-RW is very similar to the process with a CD-R (recordable disks that can be recorded only once).

• Burning tracks onto a blank CD-RW follows the same process as burning tracks onto a CD-R.
• To burn tracks onto a CD-RW that already has content on it, follow the steps below:

1. Insert the CD-RW into your CD drive.
2. Click Burn a CD in the Sources area. The current contents of the CD-RW will appear in the Display area.
3. Click Erase Disc at the top of the Display area to erase the contents of the CD-RW.
4. Once the erasing process is finished, add tracks to the blank CD-RW and follow the CD burning process as usual.

The CD or CD/DVD burner you already have is probably compatible with Rhapsody. Rhapsody uses CD burning technology that works with thousands of different CD burners.

However, there are many variables involved in CD burning. While Rhapsody cannot guarantee that CD burning will work on your system, you can check a list of drives that are compatible with Rhapsody's burning software.

There are many issues that can cause a burn to go wrong, but there are also many things you can do to avoid some of the most common problems. Below are suggestions for helping you create a perfect disc every time.

• Use high-quality, name-brand discs. These discs are usually less flawed and have a higher success rate than no-name, cheaper discs.
• Ensure that media is clean and free of any scratches before attempting a burn. Frequent handling of discs can cause scratches and dirt to accumulate on the disc surface. Scratches and dirt can cause a burn to fail.
• Do not attempt to run a large number of applications during a burn. Depending on the speed and memory of your computer, running many applications at once can cause data to be lost during the burn process.
• If you are having trouble playing audio CDs burned with Rhapsody in your CD player, try lowering your write speed in the CD Burning preferences to help reduce buffer underrunEvery CD recorder temporarily stores data during recording, acting as a buffer against slowdowns in the data stream from the computer to the recorder. Buffer underruns occur when the buffer empties completely, causing skips or gaps in your recording. issues. Even drives with buffer underrun protection do not stop buffer underruns from occurring; they only avoid failure during a burn by linking information across small gaps on the disc. If too many buffer underruns occur, the disc can become unreadable to a standard CD player.
• Purchase the proper discs for your drive; make sure the media is rated for your drive speed. Most lower-speed drives do not write well to newer, high-speed media even though the high-speed media states it is also rated for lower speeds (such as 4x).
• Store your discs appropriately. Do not store discs in a bright or hot environment. Heat and ultraviolet light from direct sunlight or high-intensity fluorescent bulbs are detrimental to the dye used in the disks.
• If some tracks will not fit on the CD, try reordering the list of tracks to get your preferred tracks to fit. Space on the disc is assigned from the top down in the list of tracks to burn. Reorder tracks by dragging them into a new order.
• If you continue to get errors while burning, and you are using quality media that is appropriate for your drive, try reducing your write speed in the CD Burning preferences.
• After you have burned a CD using Rhapsody, you cannot add more tracks to it. As a part of the CD burn process, Rhapsody finalizes every CD burning session. Finalizing the CD session closes the CD, preventing additional tracks from being burned to the CD. In addition, finalizing also ensures that the CD will be playable on most CD players that can play CD-RCD-Recordable. The term can refer to a recording drive on your computer, or the recordable disks used with the drive. CD-R disks can be recorded only once. discs.
• When burning CDs, you can make up to seven (7) copies of any specific playlist. When you have created a CD using Rhapsody, you can copy it; however, the same legal restrictions apply to CDs burned using Rhapsody as to any music CD you purchase at a retail store. CDs burned using our service may be copied solely for personal use of the subscriber. You may not make copies for others.

Note:  Rhapsody burns CDs in CD Digital Audio (.cda) format. This is the format used in music CDs from local retailers.

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