Please explain audio file formats...

[StivBatorsWreckedMyCar]

I'm new to the digital audio realm so please suffer this question. Why is it when I burn an audio file out of Peak Bias (.aiff) it plays on some CD players but not others. Should I be using another format? Is there a universal format? I've googled this subject and the answer seems to be no. What then should be my approach?

[Wilkesin]

Sometimes it can be the brand of the blank CD, cheap ones dont always play. I had a batch that i could play on anything but when i gave it to my roommate to listen to it would never play in his car.

Also check to see that you are burning as Disc-At-Once (DAO) instead of Track-At-Once. There should be a setting in your burner program.