i think the new xbox's dont have as many compatibility issues as the old ones, cuz i just got one the other day and it reads all my cd'rs just fine, i have all different types, sony, memorex, phillips, they all read fine. Now my friend has one of the old xboxs from around when they first came out and his wont read any cdrs, but it DOES read cd-rw's, i dont know what kind he has. so just try both, one of ems bound to work. but yea. cant BURN cds on the xbox, but you can RIP the songs to the hard drive, dont know if thats what you meant or not