You're not doing anything wrong. I've read about this problem somewhere else, exactly where escapes me right now, but it seems to be an issue with iTunes-burned CDs and certain CD players. CDs burned using Toast, however, will play flawlessly in these same players. Something to do with the way Toast burns as opposed to iTunes. You CAN try a different brand of media, but I'm guessing it's a iTunes issue.

What format are your tunes in. If they are in MP3 format, you need a player that can play MP3's. A lot don't. If that's the case convert the tunes you want to burn to the CD into ACC format first.

What Jon Seff said... plus the first track always plays like halfway through and then it wont read the rest of the disc (for the toasted cd). But for the itunes one, it never plays any of the tracks. I originally thought that my disc drive was shotty, but now I'm just not sure what the hell's going on. I am going to try and burn them from my PC (dont kill me for trying on my pc as well!) and if it doesnt work after that, I need a new head unit for my truck.

I understand that iTunes isn't clairvoyant (smart-ass). I'm not new with computers. I understand the difference between an Audio CD and an MP3 CD, I burn my friends music DVDs with hundreds of songs on them all the time. I am just trying to make sure it isn't my only 1 year old iMac which is the problem.

I hate these forums. People's emotions are never interpreted correctly. I wasn't pissed off at your response. I meant smart ass as kind of a chuckle. And I use toast to burn those music DVDs. The DVD-DL are actually pretty sweet to use too. My external hard drive is Mac formatted, so I can't just hook it up to my PC friends' computers and dump music for them... this works just as well. No one ever takes more than a 5 or 6 gigs worth from me at a time.

I also hate these forum because I can't tell how old anyone is... I'm not creepy, just can't tell if I am talking to an adult or a teenager sometimes. Sounds lame, but I reply differently to adults (more professionally?).

In terms of how much a DVD can hold, it depends on the length and quality of the songs that you put on it. I listen to a lot of music with songs that can range from 15 to 20 minutes, but the quality is regular I suppose. If the songs are of average length, I'd guess around 1,000 songs. I'm pretty sure that the disc will not work in a CD player. If you tried to use it on a DVD player that is connected to a nice stereo, that might work like a charm. Well, good luck on your burning quests!