hi murasame!tried what you suggested,i get to the preferences,importing,then mp3 encoder.the files are all in .mp3 not .m4a so i dont think thats the problem,any other ideas?the burner still wont "accept"particular songs like i downloaded zero 7's new album when it fals and none of the songs burn to did they just "bounce"off.

can u suggest anything else??

spoon.

I forgot to ask: by bouncing off do you mean that you try to burn the songs by simply inserting a CD and drag-and-dropping songs into it? If so, then I hope that you kept iTunes since it allows you to burn music CDs (and .mp3 CDs) in a much faster way: say, you want to burn a playlist you just created. All you have to do is click the Burn at the top right of the window and then insert a CD when you are asked to.
I don't know if you've already tried this, so that's why I'm telling you. If , by any chance, you did try it, then post back and I (and many others) will try to figure something out.

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thanks i will register.yes i mean that the bounce means exactly what you said i have tried to burn a cd using itunes but i dont have an internal burner and my external burner isnt compatible with itunes!so i dont think i have a chance of burning new albums.

Didn't your external burner come with burning software? You might want to buy Roxio's Toast Lite (or try finding it via LW) since it's a nice app to have. It shoud be quite cheap too (I figure about 20 bucks or sumthin')

yes,the burner come with software,but can i use software other than the software that came with the iomega burner then?

Well sure, but you'll have to buy (or find via other means) an app that will support your burner.
Why don't you wanna use the app that came with the burner? Is it crappy?

tried that,still wont work.personally i think it is a copyrighted cd/file so u cant copy them because i am not the only 1 here with this problem!!thanks alot anyway murasame.

I realise this is an old thread & I don't know whether you found a solution, but may I suggest you use murasame's suggestion about using Toast. Toast versions 5 (OS 9 & X) & 6 do recognise the m4a format, what's-more it will recognise external burners. Open Toast & click open the Audio tab/window. Drop your m4a files in & Toast will convert them. Then put your blank CD in & press Record (burn.)
It is NOT a good idea to convert mp3 to m4a or vice versa! Both are 'Lossy' formats which means they throw away information to help them compress in size. To compress them twice would have a significant effect upon their quality & most likely quite noticeable. However, converting them upwards to a full audio CD will not result in any loss of quality! Take murasame's suggestion about how to obtain Toast. (I've seen plenty myself.)
In the past & still many cases now, software that accompanies burners is for pc windows only.