I would like to selectively rip songs from two cd’s in order to burn them to one single cd. The operation succeeds but the resulting cd is not readable on a standalone cd player.

I used Nero 6.6.0.1 to create the audio disk. I picked the songs and carried out the burning. I ended up with a cd containing CDA files which were indices to the songs I selected.

In another instance, I recorded the songs as mp3 on a data cd and still could not get them to play on the standalone.

What is the best procedure to obtain a standalone readable cd?

My burner is a Plextor 40/12/40A

You're going to need to "rip" the files to wma first, or rip them to MP3, and then let Nero code them (when you burn an audio CD)

I suggest using EAC, it's free and one of the best rippers available.

You can get it here:

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

just select download from the lefthand menu, then download the prebeta download.

(in reply to Gswiss)

MP3 format might be not supported by your standalone player.

As for utility I also use EAC, it's just the best.

(in reply to MP3Mogul)

I used EAC and burnt the audio cd at low speed using Nero and everything turned out fine. Thanks for your help.

(in reply to Iggy)

Glad everything worked out!

(in reply to Gswiss)