Well the first issue should not be related to Yate. I don't know what you're using to burn but the only potential issue could be that the burner is messing this up because of the ID3 format. By default Yate writes ID3 files (including mp3) as ID3v2.4. This spec has been around for over a decade now. Try re-saving some files as ID3v2.3 and try again.

Go to Preferences-Audio-ID3 and choose Write files as ID3 v2.3 checking whatever applies to your audio.

You can force the saving of files by loading and selecting the files and doing a File>Save Selected Files>Save Always

Other than that I have no idea. Yate does not modify the audio in a file at all.

As far as a USB stick, again it is up to the software loading the tracks as to what it can handle.

If the issue is the ID3 format, it is not a big deal as you can write a one line action to rewrite your entire collection with the lower standard if necessary.

Go to Preferences-Audio-ID3 and choose Write files as ID3 v2.3 checking whatever applies to your audio. I assume you're using mp3.

You can make the changes in the UI via File>Save Selected Files>Save Always. Try the UI method first and see if it solves the problem. If it does I'll write yo the action and tell you how to apply it to all of your tracks.

Try this:

Ok. If the setting was already like that before you burned your CD, I have no idea. Yate does not, ever, modify the audio.

If you had it previously unchecked for AIFF, then try another CD. Remember that you must save the files before burning. The setting simply tells Yate how to save.

File>Save Selected Files>Save Always

In this case it's not the ripper or how you setup the 'content list' for the CD you're preparing. The issue is what the CD burner is doing.

When you ran the previously supplied actions you did not have to do the Save Always. You only have to do Save Always now because you want to force the saving of the files to apply the new AIFF save format. By default Yate does not save files unless you've changed something in the file. In this case you will not have changed something, so ... Save Always is required.