Writing CDs

You need to convert your .mp3 files to .wav files. There are a number of free conversion programmes available on the internet which can do that for you, I use one from www.remixer.com which seems to work fine. You will probably find that you will need to delete your .wav files after copying them to CD as they take up so much space on your hard drive.

Regards

Willie

So i convert the mp3s to .wav files and write to cd as a normal prodecture like all other writings..
then after that delete the .wav files from computer to save space?

am i correct?

the resultant wav files will be much larger than the mp3's, some cd writing software has all the stuff you need to convert mp3's and write an audio cd, a 650mb cd will give you 74 min of cd audio, a 700mb cd 80 min.

Some burning software has the conversion built into it.
If you tell people what you are using it would help.

Things to watch for, check the compatability of your stereo with CD-Rs, as older ones either don't tolerate them, or only work if you burn slowly (x4), and use good quality CD-R.

CD-R/W disks are only playable on a few more recent types of stereos, they normally are labelled on the front of the set.

If you have 70 minutes playing time on MP3, that will take about 6 CD-Rs when they are converted to audio format.

And lastly, (but most importantly?), if the MP3s you have are not public releases with the artists permissions, what you are doing is illegal......

Ignore previous message about file size, I read the original message incorrectly, obviously 70 min will fit on a 74 min disk.

well i download them off kazaa,
and i think i using prassiprimo DVD...

and the cd i'd be using is a 700mb 80 min dicksmith cd...

Hello Goddie:
Good advice, no need to convert mp3 to wav before burning. As you say most burning software does this automatically when burning mp3's as an audio CD disk.

But your statement that:

"If you have 70 minutes playing time on MP3, that will take about 6 CD-Rs when they are converted to audio format"

has got me puzzelled. If one has 70 minutes "playing" time of mp3's, would this not still be 70 minutes of "playing" time on an audio CD disk, and so fit on one CD-R? Am I missing something here....
73,s

Not familiar with Prassi Primo, but someone will be able to help.

Ignore my comment on the number of CD-R's, I was confusing Megabytes with Minutes! An MP3 will expand to around 10 times its size with conversion to audio format.

The DSE CD-R should be OK, but if it doesnt play, it can be the stereo if its getting on. Try other stereos before blaming the CD

If you do not know the origin of the MP3 files ex Kazaa, then my previous comment on legality stands. Your choice .....

Don't know what prassiprimo is but I have Nero and use the wizard to burn my MP3s to CD-Rs.

All I need to do is run the wizard, select enough songs to fill the CD (it shows a bar indicating how much space is remaining while selecting) and tell it to burn at 8x speed, the lowest my writer will do. Make sure you burn a full disk at a time, not multi-session or you will only be able to play the last session.

I use CD-R disks, not CD-RW and everything I've burnt so far works on all our CD players, old and new.

I download mp3s, burn them either using Musicmatch - or EasyCDCreator software onto a LG CDWriter. What ever I think of first.

I don't configure anything. Just burn it as it is downloaded and manage to get it to play on anything ranging from a really old beatup Sony Playstation, one of the first Phillips CD Players ever made, a Pioneer car CD player to a $3000 Marantz audiophile CD player.

Maybe I am lucky in that all my CDs seem to play on anything I throw at them!

BALDY:-)

Baldy, Does that include that "Strangled Cat" music you play??? Poppa John :D :D

Sending some in the mail to you right now Poppa hehehehehe

Hey!
Thanks for all ur help..
I downloaded a freeware mp3 to wav convertor from downloads com and changed mp3s to wav and then wrote all to cd the normal way as i would always write a cd :-) took a hour to do the writing but everything turned out awesome..even better quality than hearing it on PC (used it on cd player)

Thanks everyone :-)

Hi Susan B...

Just getting into burning files/MP3's on my new CD Writer. You talk about burning a full disk each time, because I burnt about 29MB of files onto a CD-R...Now I can't burn any more on the same disc using Nero again (it says it can't write to the media). Is this typical? - ie. does a CD-R disc have to be burnt full, since it seems burning small amounts at different times on the same CD-R is not possible...

Thanks...

Yes, you can burn more files to a CD-R disk if there is still room, but only if you don't "close" the session. You need to ensure that you have it set as "multi-session" before you start burning the first lot of files.

I haven't actually done much of this myself as I mainly use CD-RW disks for files and the CD-R disks for music. I once tried to burn two sessions of music files but the first session's files are unaccessable now and I'm not sure whether I closed the session or not.

The CD writer should be able to read multi-session music disks but if you want to play them in CD players or in the CD-ROM then you will need to burn them all at once, ie fill up the disk in one hit.

I thought with CD-R discs you only got one shot at it, then it was either what you wanted or it was coaster material. I think they auto close. You only get a second go if you use a CD-RW disc.

BALDY:-)

There is another thread on this.

IMOHO: the burner writes a table of contents on the CD each time. You can add more files to a CD-R, but as the TOC wont get overwritten, chances are you wont get to see them.

Burning CDs can at times be a bit of a black art. You got things to worry about like ASPI layers, overburning, compatiblity, ISO / Joliet worries...

Must be time for SusanB to make another FAQ... :p