nero says sonar .wavs are protected?

[mtjames]

So nero should be able to handle .wav files when burning a cd, but whenever i try to burn a .wav generated by sonar4, it says "the selected WMA files are protected and cannot be processed." they're not even wma's! So is Sonar doing something to cause nero to think these wav's are protected? Is there any way around this other than encoding them to mp3 and burning them? (which works, just takes way too long)

thanks

[acidrock]

Are you trying to burn them as a data CD or an audio CD?

Did you export files from Sonar or try to acess them directly?

[mtjames]

exported from sonar, and audio cd.

[acidrock]

If it's an audio cd it has to be 44.1 khz 16 bit wav or mp3 .Could you be trying to burn a 24 bit file?

[dachay2tnr]

Originally Posted by acidrock

If it's an audio cd it has to be 44.1 khz 16 bit wav or mp3 .Could you be trying to burn a 24 bit file?

That would have been my guess - that you are exporting the waves from Sonar at a different sample rate or bit depth than CD specs.

[Newbie-Doo]

Check the file properties in Windows to see if Read-Only or Archive attributes are applied to the file.

Find the file on your hard drive, right-click and select Properties.

When the Properies window comes up there should be Read-Only, Hidden, and Archive check-boxes there. If any of them are checked, uncheck them. Click on Apply or OK and give it another try.

If the file is on CD, you'll have to move it to your hard drive to make the changes.

Good luck!

[Newbie-Doo]

How about using Realplayer?

There is built in CD burning software. I believe is the econo version of Roxio EZ-CD.

[acidrock]

I use Nero and Sonar 3 with no problems whatsoever,be it audio or data.

[mtjames]

ahh HA, 24 bit wave file indeed... that should fix it. thanks so much.

[Newbie-Doo]

When I tried to burn an mp3 at 24 bit, Sonar launched an error message that you could only burn mp3 at 16. Wonder why you didn't get a message?

[dachay2tnr]

Originally Posted by Newbie-Doo

When I tried to burn an mp3 at 24 bit, Sonar launched an error message that you could only burn mp3 at 16. Wonder why you didn't get a message?

Maybe because he is exporting .wav files, not .mp3's.

Why would you export .mp3's if you plan to burn to an audio CD??