Songs sound broken up/skipping--Please Help
 

Help! I'm brand new to Limewire. Just got a cd burner just for this. My brother has been telling me how great Limewire is--but--every song I download sounds all broken up, like they're skipping, when I play them. What's wrong??? I'm disappointed and desperate.
:mad: robin

(1) Which platform are you using & (2) what player are you using to play them. It sounds more like a player issue. Your player 'might' not be fully compatible with that format depending on how it was encoded. Are you talking about mp3 or m4a/m4p files.

There's a large multitude of mp3 players out there & many are free (not so many m4a players however). Try another one & see if the same thing happens.

I forgot to ask, is the skipping happening within your mp3 player or after you burn to CD. And is this an mp3 disk or an Audio CD. There may have been issues with the conversion process for the latter (or your disks have a problem.)

I have a feeling that robin_a is trying to play the songs with LW's own mp3 player. If so then please don't. Just find the files in your PC (in the Shared folder somewhere in your hard drive) and play them from there in your usual player.
Man, they must either remove the playlist function from LW (so that people don't use it as their regular player and think that files are corrupted and stuff) or upgrade it.

songs skipping
 

please keep in mind I am completely ignorant about Limewire. I know I downloaded Limewire (not pro). Then I started downloading songs. They all say mp3 under type. I have a cable connection (if that means anything). I also have quicktime player installed on my pc, but I just try to play them from Limewire. Please tell me what to look for and where to look and I'll be more than happy to let you know. I'm completely lost. Thanks. robin

Songs skipping--I'm sooooo stupid and such a newbie!
 

I believe murasame just answered my question. Thanks. Now, how do I play songs? I have Windows Media Player and Quicktime Player. I also have a program that came with my CD burner--AvRack.
:) Thank you all for helping me. robin

AvRack? Wazzat? If it came with your burner then isn't it burning software?
Anyway, for playing the songs (you have PC right?) when LW is open, click Tools->Options->saving and remember the path that is indicated there: it tells you where the completed dlds go. Now open a new window in your browser and go to that folder (it's called Shared). Do what you want with the files in there.

saving songs / non-skipping player
 

AvRack is the program that came with the burner (the guy who built my new pc installed it) but I just got it and I've never tried to fool with it at all. Just purchased blank cd's yesterday for the first time. Anyway, thanks for your instructions. I think I can figure out how to save the songs anyway.
Thanks everyone and if anyone else has additional info, please...:D all help is much appreciated!

See: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=25972
However, if it's an mp3 disk you want to burn then refer to your burner software's instructions (select mp3 disk.)
Get back to us in this thread if you have any other problems with this issue.

still not working
 

I'm saving songs to "my music" folder and playing thru my cd burner program and thru windows media player. Still skipping terribly. Could my ZoneAlarm Firewall program have anything to do with this? Is there compatibility problems with Windows ME? thanks.

I'm not a pc windows person, but I've read other posts about ZoneAlarm affecting dwnlds. Sure, try turning it off & see if it makes a diff. There's more knowledgable pc people on this forum who might be able to answer this question or suggest other reasons for your problem. What is your objective? To burn an audio CD or an mp3 CD? If you have a CD-RW burner you could try burning it onto a CD-RW & trying it on a DVD player or other device that can play mp3's/audio-CD burnt on CD-RW media. It doesnt seem too good though if you can't play it on your computer properly. Or you can take my earlier suggestion & try another player. Google mp3 player or try http://www.winamp.com/player/free.php which is quite popular b/c it also plays video media as well. Some players are more reliable than others.

Could it be that you are trying to play the songs with many windows up? Windows consume RAM, even if 'inactive'. Try closing all windows/apps and playing the songs like that. Also, (even though you say the skipping occurs even outside of LW) see if you got the latest Java.

I'll try your suggestions
 

Lord and Murasame. I'll try your suggestions and see if it helps. I'm going to download that player you suggest, lord. This has to be a minor problem. I hope anyway. Will let you know.
thanks!

everything sounds choppy
 

okay, I have a "sound effect" icon in my system tray. (like I said, just had this pc built). when I click on this icon, it says audio configuration and has a tab HRTF DEMO. I go to this and click the play button and the demo music here sounds the same as the Limewire and Windows Media and Winamp players. Is it my speakers, ya think?? Or something config'd wrong? Should I just call the guy who built this?
All I want to do is save music from Limewire and burn my own CD's for personal use.
thanks again, Robin :cool:

I would tell you to do alomst what Lord suggested, meaning try burning an Audio CD, but do it onto a CD-R (audio-only if possible), not RW

Call the guy who built it! If it happens for everything, then there's definitely a problem with the way it's been set-up/configured! (Although demo apps annoy me personally. Because the things they do are not permanent, generally can't save these functions for a particular file or has a limited working time.) You paid for a service but it hasn't been provided to be fully sufficient, get them to fix it (at no xtra cost, why should you pay for something they haven't done properly, which is what they offered [an offered service with certain guaranteed & 'expected' ' outcomes])!

Yes CD-R's are a much prefered option than RW's. It'll certainly give you a broader choice of devices to play it on than RW's. Plus they are read more easily than CD-R's (although I did hear from more than one source that for some strange reason some dvd players play RW's better than R's.) The price some CD-R's are nowadays, it's not a problem if one is used purely for experimental reasons. Perhaps I prefer RW's b/c it doesn't waste a CD-R if it doesnt work (let's not forget waste into the environm't.)

You still havent told us the answers to some of our questions such as what your intended output of the music is (audio CD/mp3 CD/portable mp3 player?) Keep in mind that unless you have a portable mp3 player to use for the mp3's, converting the tunes to Audio CD status will 'not' improve their quality, but 'will' allow you to play them in almost any CD player for home, car or portable player. (however mp3 disks can hold 7 to 8 times as many tunes, perhaps more depending upon the conversion quality.)

Try the other mp3 players you've just got a hold of. If the same thing happens then get back to the party that set your comp. up & tell them it's not up to scratch! I'd be interested to hear how things go.

cd-r, etc
 

Remember, i'm new.
The only blank cd's I have are memorex cd-r, 700mb, 48x. Are these ok? I only want them to play music in the car and on my home stereo. Music only. thanks again!

If it's the car where you want to play them, then it seems a full-audio CD is what you require (unless you have an iPod with xtras to connect to your car audio). Then it's a maximum 74-80 min CD you will have. Yes Memorex are fine, (I haven't tried them myself but I've heard they're quite OK.) Try one out & see how it goes. Yes perhaps, you might need to sacrifice one or so to see if it does work ok!. If it does, then it reinforces my point about your comp. configuration having some type of a problem! Put together the songs you would like to put together, so if it does work, you don't waste a disk!

700 MB disks will hold roughly 79 min 54 sec of music max'm. 650 MB Disks hold about 74 min 14 secs appox. That'll give you a reasonable guide as to how you can fit & arrange your tunes as to how it pleases you! Do this first before you burn your 1st one so you don't waste with an experimental one!

cd program
 

What I thought was the cd burner program turns out to be just a player program. It does have a "record" button and I don't know why, but no "burn" button. (I now have 3 player programs on my pc-lol).
I got the box out he gave me and started looking thru the paperwork. My cd burner program is Nero Express. I thought he hadn't loaded it, but he did. There just wasn't a shortcut for it.
So, I'm going to save a bunch of songs from Limewire even though they sound terrible. After I figure out everything and burn a cd...or a few trying to get it right, I'll let you guys know how it sounds and if it worked. This may take me awhile (but you probably already know that--lol).
You are right. My discs say 80 minutes.
thanks for all your help!!!!!

This really sucks
 

Honestly, I'm not stupid and I usually catch on pretty quickly, but...

I'm really needing your expertise now. I burned my first cd. Thought everything was going great too. 16 songs fit on the CD. No error messages and it took less than 20 minutes. I used Nero Express, recorded an audio CD (not mp3 or WMA), added songs from "MY Music" file which I downloaded from Limewire, changed the writing speed to 48x (because that's what's on the box), then clicked "burn". Thought it went perfectly.

I took it out to the car--nothing. I skipped thru the 16 tracks while in the car, but no music. (It did show 16 tracks, so shouldn't the music be there?)

I brought it back in to my pc, knowing it would sound distorted/choppy when I played it, but still, nothing.
Winamp acts like it playing, but no music comes out (It does show 16 tracks also). AvRack doesn't do anything (but shows 16 tracks). Windows Media Player gives the error message "cannot play back the file. format is not suported." When I check the disc drive at my pc from Windows, 16 little "track" icons are there.

Please help. I really thought I was making headway. Any suggestions as to what I did wrong? thanks

:confused:

Yup, sounds like your PC is at fault here, not you. To make sure, I'd make another CD while reducing the speed (maybe to x32) as Lord suggested.

For audio CD burning, the slower the speed the better! Only a few years ago, CD players wouldn't even play CD-R's with music 'unless' they were burnt at single speed. But things have improved since then. But all the same, it's not the 1st time I've heard of burning at highest speed with today's burners & nothing appears to be on disk whfen it's played (more noticeable with VCD's). As murasame said, try another at a lower speed before we come to any conclusions.

audio cd-r burning
 

Okay. I'll try another. From what I've gathered from you 2, the cd's are ruined if they've been burned incorrectly? So I can just toss the first try cd?
thx

If a CD has been burnt too fast for the media to cope & it won't play on your normal CD player at home or car, generally your computer is the only place it will play (some exceptions for devices like 'some' portables & dvd players.) Try it in both your car & home stereo before tossing it out. I did suggest you might sacrifice 1/so until we know what the problem is. If it doesn't work next time at a slow speed, then both murasame & I are agreed it's a computer set-up/config. issue.

It's a miracle...
 

Guess what!?
I put the cd I burned yesterday in my pc (was going to try to burn on it again) and the winamp program popped up and started playing the songs. Of course they sounded horrid and distorted on my pc, but---took it straight out to the car and it worked perfectly and sounds pretty good too.
I have no idea what happened. It was healed. lol.
Anyways, been burnin' 'em up. I've burned two more at 32x. I'll burn more at slower speeds to see if that improves them more.
I'm still contacting the dude that built my pc though. I assume it shouldn't be sounding this crappy. My old pc didn't, for sure.
Thank you all for your help and patience. Will let you know what the problem is with my pc, so you can help future newbies.
Thanks so much! :)

I'm also old school. I always burn audio & vcd at the minimum speeds possible on the particular burner I'm using. But make available a porche with a capability of 250mph in 20 or so secs & how many people will want to hold back. It's marketing, they say it will burn at 50 or so speed so that's what everybody wants to do. Despite it's pushing both the burner & the media to their limits. Graphics (which includes both audio & video) are the most difficult of all medias to burn to CD (i.e.: it is the most easily corrupted b/c of its complexity & difficulty for a cd burner to read & write simultaneously.) Multiply this by 50 times & you might have a problem, it's fine for text files & stuff though.

Fantastic, yes I agree. It's definitely something with your setup. I was slow to post my last post b/c I did some weight loss exercises so-to-speak in-b/w starting & finishing the post so you beat me. But I'm wrapped to hear your cd's work fine! Take my much earlier advice, there's no way you should pay for services not rendered properly! But then I'm sorry to hear you have a problem with your config.
Please excuse my total ignorance with net language, but what does lol stand for?

lol
 

lol mean laugh out loud. tx means thanks, so TX alot! again.
Will let you all know about the config prob.