More cd burning questions...

[cnfuzzd]

yeah, in case you cant tell, this is the first cd ive burned,,, ever.

So im trucking along with nero, created my cd list, and get ready to burn, but then realize that half the songs are mp3's, as i want this cd to be playable in regular old-fashioned cd players, whats the best way to convert all these songs into whatever format they need to be?

The other half the songs are ripped from cd's. Do i need to do something to those also.

I did try the help function, but im pretty much an ignorant luddite.

thanks

peace

john nickle

[AngryCola]

It will take the mp3s (and whatever else) and put them on the CD-R in a form readable by CD players.

Just make sure you select "audio CD" and not "Data CD".

Pretty simple.

[cnfuzzd]

so any particular reason why the disc wouldnt work in my (somewhat old) cd player. Mediaplayer shows it as being a straight audio cd, and my dvd player reads it, but not my cd player. Thoughts?

peace

john nickle

[scotnt73]

make sure the mp3s arent in a folder

[vulturesrow]

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so any particular reason why the disc wouldnt work in my (somewhat old) cd player. Mediaplayer shows it as being a straight audio cd, and my dvd player reads it, but not my cd player. Thoughts?

peace

john nickle

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If I remember correctly, some older CD players cant read CD-R or CD-RW even if the songs are in the correct format. I could be wrong about this but I seem to remember this being the case.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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so any particular reason why the disc wouldnt work in my (somewhat old) cd player. Mediaplayer shows it as being a straight audio cd, and my dvd player reads it, but not my cd player. Thoughts?

peace

john nickle

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If I remember correctly, some older CD players cant read CD-R or CD-RW even if the songs are in the correct format. I could be wrong about this but I seem to remember this being the case.

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yup some old CD players don't read the CD-R's at all.

[AngryCola]

If that's true, it's probably a really old CD player.

I don't think an audio CD-R has ever failed on any CD player I've tried. It wouldn't surprise me though.

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Also make sure to push the button labeled "power" on the CD player before attempted playback of the music. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[wacki]

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*NOTE*

Also make sure to push the button labeled "power" on the CD player before attempted playback of the music. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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wow....


Cnfuzzd, MP3 is just a compressed music file. A none compressed music file is normally called a .wav file. This is the type of file that cd players can read. If you burn an audio cd, you have to close the cd. Closing the CD means the cd burner burns and index (just like in the back of the book) that lets the CD player know where all the songs are. Since computers are "smart" they can figure this out without an index. CD players are "dumb" so they can't figure this out. There are some CD players that can't read CD-r's but they are few and far between. I hope this helps.

[eric5148]

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Also make sure to push the button labeled "power" on the CD player before attempted playback of the music.



wow....


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Hey hey hey, that's enough, I didn't know any of this $hit either.

[wacki]

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wow....


Cnfuzzd, MP3 is just a compressed music file. A none compressed music file is normally called a .wav file. This is the type of file that cd players can read. If you burn an audio cd, you have to close the cd. Closing the CD means the cd burner burns and index (just like in the back of the book) that lets the CD player know where all the songs are. Since computers are "smart" they can figure this out without an index. CD players are "dumb" so they can't figure this out. There are some CD players that can't read CD-r's but they are few and far between. I hope this helps.

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Look at the typos.... can you tell I was drunk when I posted this?