how to burn cds with itunes

[bhome83]

sounds simple, but for some reason itunes doesnt recognize that i have a burner. i burn cd's all the time using nero and my lite on burner. How do i do it through itunes? thanks guys

[pam123]

Here you go : http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/itunes/it4-2.html

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/itunes/it7-1.html

[bhome83]

thanks for the tutorials pam but my problem goes beyond this. just says 'disc burner or software not found' when i click on 'burn disc'

[pam123]

There have been reports of that happening when Nero is used to burn music from iTunes.
I won't be able to check that till later today and I'll post back what I find out.

[pam123]

OK there are two solutions for the problem.

If you've never been able to burn then read through this : http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=986028&tstart=45

Go over to Gear and get the right drivers for your OS (32 bit unless you do have the 64 bit OS) : http://www.gearsoftware.com/support/drivers.cfm

If your problem started with 7.3/7.3.1 update but 7.2 worked for you then go back to it.

[bhome83]

sorry for the late post pam. anyways, ive never burned with itunes before. this is the first time ive tried. how do i know if i have 32bit or 64bit OS? thanks pam :)

[pam123]

You have XP Pro, in your signature, XP 64 is entirely another operating system.

[bhome83]

hmm...i installed the 32bit drivers, restarted itunes and still doesn't work. I have itunes 7.3.1.3 version. again, this is the first time ive tried burning so i have no idea if it would work with previous versions. why wouldnt it work with this version anyways? I have nero installed and a lite on cd burner.

[pam123]

When you go into burning, under the Preferences tab, is your drive listed or does it say "no supported disk burners found" ?

[bhome83]

it says 'no supported disk burners found.' i even uninstalled and reinstalled nero. not sure what is going on.

[pam123]

One more step.
Run the drive diagnostic and please post the results ( all of them) here.
It looks like iTunes and Nero are having an argument in XP (it's happened before) but why isn't clear ( lots of people with the same set-up have no problem).