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After burning an audio CD, I can't play my original mp3s

Good afternoon folks,

First post to the board!   

I'm burning CDs with Windows Media Player version 10.00.00.4058. My operating system is Windows XP with SP2.

I have mp3 files on my PC.  I can play them with no problems at all on several different programs (Winamp, WMP, Creative Media Source, etc.)

Every time I use these files to burn an audio CD, my original mp3 files on my computer are rendered useless. I am unable to play them because I get an error suggesting that WMP might not support the file type or perhaps may not support the codec that was used to compress the file (the dreaded C00D1199!!). In fact, none of the audio programs I have listed can now play the mp3 files on my computer, so it would imply to me that WMP has somehow changed my original files during the process of burning the audio CD.

The mp3 files on my computer still retain their mp3 extension and the size appears to be the same. The file details, however, (bitrate, length, tag information, etc.) have all been stripped.

I receive this message whether I burn a data CD or an audio CD.

The files that I've burned to the CD work fine.

Does anybody have any suggestions? (I realize I could copy the CD files back to my computer and overwrite the originals, but I'd rather not)

Thanks for all of your help!

After burning an audio CD, I can't play my original mp3s

Reply #1 –
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Does anybody have any suggestions? (I realize I could copy the CD files back to my computer and overwrite the originals, but I'd rather not)

Thanks for all of your help!


You could rollback your computer to before you burned the disc.

After burning an audio CD, I can't play my original mp3s

Reply #2 –
That sure is a weird problem. Anyway the first obvious thing do to would be to make another copy of an mp3 (renamed and placed in another folder) before burning it to CD. Then after burning the CD do a binary file comparison between the afflicted mp3 and its saved copy.

After burning an audio CD, I can't play my original mp3s

Reply #3 –
Maybe this will help.

You may need to see if the following is UNCHECKED in Windows Media Player options.

Within WMP:

1.) Goto Tools -> Options

2.) Select the "Media Library" tab.

In this Media Library tab, there may be a setting that states:


"Automatic media information updates for files"

[]Update my music files (WMA and MP3 files) by retrieving missing information from the Internet.

    ()only add missing information
    ()overwrite existing information


Make sure that the "Update my music files (WMA and MP3 files) ..." option is UNCHECKED so that WMP will leave the tag information of your WMA and MP3 files alone.

Now, goto the "Privacy" tag in your WMP options.

Once again, here make sure that "Update my music files (WMA and MP3 files) ..." is UNCHECKED.


It could be this that is causing the corruption.

After burning an audio CD, I can't play my original mp3s

Reply #4 –
I hardly ever use WMP, but this smells a bit like some sort of anti-piracy/DRM ploy...  You might try a different ripping program, or a different burning program.