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Originally Posted by wnharris3
...It will play the mp3's, but in a strange way. I burnt a cd using itunes with three artists, coldplay, kidrock and sublime. When i go to play the cd, coldplay works fine (no id3's though). Then when it should switch over to kidrock, next folder in the directory, i get a track number and no song/sound, and it skips to the next track within a few seconds...
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You need to burn just the songs you want and arrange them in the folders the way you want them to playback. By using a media player or itunes to burn the cd all sorts of hidden files (playlists, album art etc.) are also copied - these are the "blank tracks" you are experiencing. The alpine will go to the root of the cd and play the first (alphabetical) folder - the songs in that folder will be played back alphabetically (not necessarily in correct track order). Root folders are all played first and then nested folders so it's not a good idea to have artist folders with album folders inside as you would on your PC.
Use windows explorer to create the burn list and arrange just one hierarchy list of folders for Albums (ie no folders within folders). When you use windows to right click a selection of tracks on your PC and "Send to CD/RW Drive" it will create the burn list. You can then create/rename album folders and rename tracks in the burn list without affecting the original files. Ensure each folder name and track name is preceded with a number 01, 02, 03 etc. to achieve the desired playing order.
Name them in the burn list window like this:
01 Artist Album [Folder]
---01 Song Name.mp3 [File]
---02 Song Name.mp3 [File]
---03 Song Name.mp3 [File]
etc...
02 Artist Album [Folder]
---01 Song Name.mp3 [File]
---02 Song Name.mp3 [File]
---03 Song Name.mp3 [File]
etc...
Delete any index files, art files and any non mp3 files from the burn list before writing to CD.
I know this is messy but it's the only way to get the play order right unless you want to splash out on a later generation OEM changer or Intravee.