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At this point, I don't know what to think any more. I simply assumed that since the CD wouldn't play in the player and the .cda files on the disk were showing up in Windows Explorer as 1 kb each, they must have been written to the CD wrong. But when I tried the CD on the computer, it played just fine. The fault seems to lie with the CD player, which, due to other problems we've had with it, should have been suspect to begin with. However, I could be wrong about that as well.

I can't remember how I figured it out, but I found I could load the file through File > Import (after installing FFmpeg_v0.6.2_for_Audacity_on_Windows) instead of File > Open (which I was trying to do). I'm still not understanding what's messing up the .cue files, though. Any ideas or would it be better to start a new post under the "Bugs" forum?

I appreciate the confirmation on the tacks and .cda to DVD issues. As for Audacity, it doesn't "recognize the type of file" for the .mp3 and I have nowhere near enough knowledge about the file to import it as raw data. If you have any ideas of how to get such information, I would be grateful. If not, well, it's not the end of the world. Thanks for all the help you've already given me. UPDATE In addition to the above problems, ImgBurn is now creating .cue files of 0 k, 10 k, and then 8 k. Log for the 8 k file: STEPS: 1) Open up ImgBurn 2) Tools > Create .cue file 3) Drag 'n' drop 001_ESP.mp3 through 034_ESP.mp3, wait for analyzing 4) Drag 'n' drop Eng_001.mp3 through Eng_034.mp3, wait for analyzing 5) Confirm Track Listing: Unknown - Unknown (66:59:55) 01 - 001_ESP (00:48:45) 02 - 002_ESP (00:55:02) 03 - 003_ESP (00:54:14) 04 - 004_ESP (00:57:14) 05 - 005_ESP (00:53:50) 06 - 006_ESP (00:42:40) 07 - 007_ESP (00:52:27) 08 - 008_ESP (00:53:09) 09 - 009_ESP (00:41:66) 10 - 010_ESP (00:45:29) 11 - 011_ESP (00:38:27) 12 - 012_ESP (01:42:01) 13 - 013_ESP (00:46:50) 14 - 014_ESP (01:33:61) 15 - 015_ESP (01:02:66) 16 - 016_ESP (00:58:74) 17 - 017_ESP (01:20:70) 18 - 018_ESP (01:31:15) 19 - 019_ESP (01:47:12) 20 - 020_ESP (01:11:46) 21 - 021_ESP (00:51:57) 22 - 022_ESP (01:26:53) 23 - 023_ESP (01:28:54) 24 - 024_ESP (01:01:02) 25 - 025_ESP (01:08:49) 26 - 026_ESP (01:24:15) 27 - 027_ESP (00:37:15) 28 - 028_ESP (00:40:51) 29 - 029_ESP (02:16:74) 30 - 030_ESP (00:39:57) 31 - 031_ESP (01:51:02) 32 - 032_ESP (00:44:43) 33 - 033_ESP (00:33:67) 34 - 034_ESP (01:08:10) 35 - Eng_001 (00:40:71) 36 - Eng_002 (00:46:61) 37 - Eng_003 (00:47:39) 38 - Eng_004 (00:46:10) 39 - Eng_005 (00:48:23) 40 - Eng_006 (00:39:61) 41 - Eng_007 (00:45:05) 42 - Eng_008 (00:48:23) 43 - Eng_009 (00:40:49) 44 - Eng_010 (00:45:33) 45 - Eng_011 (00:35:16) 46 - Eng_012 (01:26:26) 47 - Eng_013 (00:41:56) 48 - Eng_014 (01:12:18) 49 - Eng_015 (00:51:53) 50 - Eng_016 (00:53:67) 51 - Eng_017 (01:00:48) 52 - Eng_018 (01:03:68) 53 - Eng_019 (01:12:14) 54 - Eng_020 (00:51:45) 55 - Eng_021 (00:44:39) 56 - Eng_022 (01:08:08) 57 - Eng_023 (01:00:12) 58 - Eng_024 (00:48:31) 59 - Eng_025 (00:56:05) 60 - Eng_026 (01:04:36) 61 - Eng_027 (00:36:14) 62 - Eng_028 (00:38:23) 63 - Eng_029 (01:44:16) 64 - Eng_030 (00:38:19) 65 - Eng_031 (01:20:66) 66 - Eng_032 (00:49:21) 67 - Eng_033 (00:30:54) 68 - Eng_034 (00:48:58) 5) Track options: 0 second gap no CD-Text Prefer Accurate Audio Track Duration Checked Preserve Full Pathnames Unchecked Add To Write Cue when Done Unchecked Disc/Track None/None 6) Press "OK" 7) Save to C:\Downloads\USCIS5.cue CUE Files - Ansi (*.cue) 8) CUE File Successfully Created! C:\Downloads\USCIS5.cue

TASK: Download .mp3 files from 100 Civics Questions and Answers with MP3 Audio (English version) and (Spanish version) and burn (after conversion?) to DVD so that my wife can play them on her Jensen portable CD player (which appears not to support .mp3 files). STEPS: 1) Downloaded .mp3s. renamed English files to ENGQ+A_[3 digit track number, 001-100).mp3, renamed Spanish files to ESPQ+A_[3 digit track number, 001-100).mp3. 2) Using ImgBurn, burned .mp3s to DVD. RESULT: DVD plays on computer, but not on CD player. My best guess as to why: CD player doesn't support .mp3 format, possibly also too many tracks for player to handle. FURTHER STEPS: 3) Read How to write an Audio CD from music files using ImgBurn guide. 4) Tried to use ImgBurn to create a .cue file using the .mp3 files above. RESULT: ImgBurn balks at Spanish question #47 BEST GUESS: I would assume that John Boehner recently became Speaker of the House of Representatives. When they updated the .mp3, they damaged it enough so that ImgBurn (as well as FX Audio CanCat- see below) couldn't recognize the file, but not badly enough that it couldn't still be played in media players (e.g., it worked in Windows Media Player and VLC player, both the original download and the DVD copy). FURTHER STEP: 5) Removed errant file ESPQ+A047 and created a .cue image using the rest of the files. RESULT: .cue image successful, but when I try to burn it to DVD, I get a "Track number out of range" error message. BEST GUESS: Must... reduce... number... of... files [rarrrgh]. FURTHER STEPS: 6) (at least I think it's "6") Using the internet (sorry, the Internet), I locate a handy dandy .mp3 file joiner (the aforementioned FX Audio CanCat)and laboriously join the .mp3's into 34 English files and 34 Spanish files (like ImgBurn, FX Audio CanCat also balks at the infamous ESPQ+A_047.mp3, refusing to join it with its mates. No amount of begging, wheedling or retrying to join it with other files can make it change its mind). 7) Create a second .cue image, but when I try to burn it to DVD, I get the following message: BEST GUESS: Actually, it's fairly self-explanatory, but I have no clue as to how to change the formats. Also, a light suddenly goes on in my head alerting me of the possibility that one cannot play a DVD in a CD player, even if it only has audio tracks on it. FURTHER STEP: 8) Hit dead end in regards to my own resources. I think I know why things might have been wrong, but lack the knowledge to say with any certainty whether my "BEST GUESSES" are anywhere close to reality. So, I typed up the above and will soon hit the "Post New Topic" button after asking the following questions: The first obvious question: how close was I on my guesses? 2) Assuming that Spanish question #47 was somehow corrupted what's the best way to "uncorrupt" it, if possible? 3) Can one play DVD's on CD players if they contain only audio files: yes, no, maybe (depends on the player)? 4) If "yes" to the above question, what's the best way to convert the format from CD to DVD? (if "no" or "maybe", I probably need to use CD's instead of DVD's, I assume).