windows 10 and windows media player will not burn a wav music file on cd

[unfinished]

I have a new HP  notebook with Windows 10 and  it also contains an optical drive.  Using Windows Media Player, I ripped a number of Christmas cds I have in the wav format to make a burn list of my favourites. The problem is that Windows Media Player will not start to burn the burn list on a blank cd.  From the error message, I followed instructions and clicked on "Blank Disk (E)" and  5 or 6 songs in the burn list  come up with the white x in the red circle.  If I rearrange the burn list with the same songs and go through the burn process, different songs will come up with the white x in the red circle.  If I remove these songs from the burn list, it may burn the remaining playlist. The idea is to burn the entire playlist and not what is left on a random basis.  It is important to note here that the new notebook replaces a 2003 desktop with Windows XP and its Windows Media Player works perfectly in burning these playlists in the wav format.

Windows Media Player on the notebook was uninstalled and then a clean version installed .  There was no change in the notebook's inability to burn a cd from wav files. So, the Windows Media Player code is not corrupted.

This is where I need help.  It would be appreciated to know what is required to restore the interface between Windows 10 and it's Windows Media Player so it will burn wav music files on a blank cd as was previous usual practice?

Are there any Windows 10 updates that would restore this function?

Should the inability of Windows Media Player to burn wav music files be by design without any solution,  I would appreciate knowing this, so additional time is not expended trying to find a solution that is not, at least, at present available.

[A4Apollo · Accepted solution]

Hi! @unfinished, Welcome to HP forums.

I understand that you are unable to burn .wav format to discs using your PC.

Try the steps mentioned below.

Open Windows Media Player
Press Alt to open the File context menu
Go to File, Manage Libraries, and then to Music
Delete all music libraries except the default one, where your music will be placed
Try to rip your music again

Install Necessary Codecs

If your Windows 10 system lacks certain audio codecs, you probably won’t be able to rip music to your computer (you probably won’t be able to even play it). So, it won’t do any harm to check if you have proper audio codecs installed on your computer. If you don’t have any codecs, you should install them immediately.

I recommend the latest K-Lite Codec Pack for Windows 10, but if you want something else, just search the internet for the codec pack that suits you up the best. Once you installed the proper codec pack, try to run Windows Media Player and rip the music again, and I’m sure things are going to be better this time.

Refer this article from digital citizen.life website to know how to burn discs on windows media player 12.

Click "Start," and then click "All Programs."
Scroll to Windows Media Player and click it to launch the application.
Insert a blank CD into the CD or DVD burning drive on your computer.
Click the "Burn" tab at the top right corner of the window.
Click "Music" from the column on the left side of the window. You can click "Organize," and then click "Sort by" to determine how to sort the files in your music library.
Drag a WAV file from the library in the center of the window to the burn list on the right side of the window. Repeat this step for each WAV file that you wish to add to the disc. If you are unsure if a song is a WAV file, you can right-click on the song, and then click "Properties." The file type is listed at the end of the "Location" section.
Click "Burn options" at the top of the burn list and click "Audio CD" if you want to make a disc that you can play in a CD player, or click "Data CD" if you just want to play the disc on your computer.
Click "Start burn" at the top of the burn list to burn your WAV files to the CD.
 

Let me know if the works!

Have a great day ahead! 🙂