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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.
3:12 AM
Anonymous said…
Found this on a Google search and it fixed my problem as well! (Apostrophe in playlist name).
11:02 PM
Anonymous said…
Thank you sooooo much, your info was extremely helpful! THANK YOU!
3:33 PM
Anonymous said…
This was exactly my problem. It fixed it. thanks
6:01 AM
Anonymous said…
Brilliant! - I deleted the ampersand and ... no more problem!
5:43 AM
Anonymous said…
Thanks for stopping me from throwing my computer out the window. Problem solved!
10:28 AM
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!
2:10 AM
Anonymous said…
i thought i was the only one, ive been pulling my hair out trying to figure out was wrong with my computer
7:43 AM
Anonymous said…
Hey thanks for posting that -- had the same thing going here.
2:41 PM
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!
10:15 PM
Anonymous said…
Thanks. Worked for me as well.
1:26 AM
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!
9:58 AM
Anonymous said…
thank u sooooo much dude
4:08 AM
Anonymous said…
thnx alot m8 fixed my problem completely.
8:52 PM
Anonymous said…
ARGHH thankyou
love for you
12:44 PM
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?
9:06 AM
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!
10:34 AM
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