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iTunes: Error 261 while Burning Data CDs/DVDs

Apple Discussions: 261 error while burning MP3 CD.

I usually put an aphostrophe (') in the name of playlists and was having error 261 burning CD/DVD data discs since iTunes 5.1. Upgrading to iTunes 6.0 for Windows doesn't help.

I was burning a music DVD this morning and had Error 261 again. So I went to Apple iTunes Discussions site and look for a thread on this. Viola! There are many people having the same problem as mine.

The thread ends at a point where someone removing ampersands, the '&' symbols, from their playlists and could avoid this error. I tried removing aphostrophes from the name of my playlist because aphostrophe falls into the kind of non-alphabet characters that needs escaping in some programming languages.

It works!!

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Comments

jon said…
many thanks ... this fixed my problem, too.
Anonymous said…
Found this on a Google search and it fixed my problem as well! (Apostrophe in playlist name).
Anonymous said…
Thank you sooooo much, your info was extremely helpful! THANK YOU!
Anonymous said…
This was exactly my problem. It fixed it. thanks
Anonymous said…
Brilliant! - I deleted the ampersand and ... no more problem!
Anonymous said…
Thanks for stopping me from throwing my computer out the window. Problem solved!
Anonymous said…
Thanks! I was realy worried that somehthing was up with my computer, did a google search and your site came up! tahankyou so much!
Anonymous said…
i thought i was the only one, ive been pulling my hair out trying to figure out was wrong with my computer
Anonymous said…
Hey thanks for posting that -- had the same thing going here.
Anonymous said…
thanks soooo much, i spent hours importin music to make an mp3 cd i fout they were corrupted mp3 tracks so i was gonna reimport every1 of them but then i found this thx so much!
Anonymous said…
Thanks. Worked for me as well.
Anonymous said…
You are awesome, my friend! I was fretting over how I was going to overcome Error 261. Removing the apostrophe from my playlist name worked like a charm. Thank you so much for posting this fix. I don't know what I would have done without it!
Anonymous said…
thank u sooooo much dude
Anonymous said…
thnx alot m8 fixed my problem completely.
Anonymous said…
ARGHH thankyou
love for you
Anonymous said…
Thank you so much!

I have to say.. what a stupid error. Apple should fix it... or what, do they want to get the Microsoft reputation for buggy software?
Anonymous said…
I think I love you. I got so frustrated when I couldn't burn my songs when my iPod gave up on me. Thank you!

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