Does anyone still use Roxio software? It used to be called Easy CD Creator. Now it’s Media Suite or something. I’ve made thousands of CD-ROMs, mp3 discs, CDs and DVDs with it. It will make whatever kind of disc you wish, just by clicking the appropriate tab.
It will convert formats on the fly, even sampling rates, and one-track sound files to two tracks for the CD standard. It does mixed-mode CDs (such as an audio CD with video bonus tracks, same as the commercial CDs you buy at the store). The new version includes a DVD video editing suite, which is sort of unnecessary bloatware, but it works. It has buffer underrun protection so you’ll never burn a coaster. It couldn’t be any easier to use!
I recommend it to everyone, but often I hear that no one’s ever heard of it. So I recommend it to you, in case you’d like something that’s really simple to operate and useful for creating discs of any type.
Possible that the first part is right, but I know the tracks on an audio CD aren’t .wavs because they have to be converted to .wav or .mp3 when you copy/rip them.
In addition to what has been posted already, to maximize the chances of a CDR being playable burn the disc using “disc-at-once” rather than multi-session. If you have some multi-session music CDs that are causing problems, try going into a program like Nero or EasyCD and “finalize” the disc. (Terminology varies.)