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About burning CDs and DVDs

You can use iTunes to create your own discs containing audio and video from your iTunes library.

To make your own CD or DVD, you need:

The number of songs a disc can hold depends on how the songs were created on your Mac. You can fit about 74 minutes of music (about 20 songs or 150 MP3 files) on a 650 MB CD. Some CDs can contain 80 minutes (700 MB) of music. A DVD can hold 4.7 gigabytes (GB), almost five times as many songs as a CD.

Some non-Apple CD-RW and DVD-RW drives may also work. To find out if an external drive is compatible, choose iTunes > Preferences, click Advanced, and click Burning. If the drive is listed, it's compatible.

Movies purchased from the iTunes Store can't be burned to a DVD or VCD that will play in a DVD player or Video CD.

Related Topics

Creating your own audio CDs

Creating your own MP3 CDs

Backing up your iTunes library to CD or DVD

Buying blank CDs and DVDs

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