Question on burning mp3's to a disc

hark

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I burned a disc with one long mp3 on it using iTunes. It played fine in my car, but when I gave it to someone, she said it wouldn't play in her CD player...only in her car.

I used the option to burn mp3's, not the option to burn an audio disc. Is there some reason why it wouldn't work? Or would Media Player be a better option?

Or it could possibly be because I've had several registry errors which didn't get corrected despite using programs to help. Anyway, what would be the best option to burn mp3's to a disc using either iTunes or Media Player?
 
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hark said:
I burned a disc with one long mp3 on it using iTunes. It played fine in my car, but when I gave it to someone, she said it wouldn't play in her CD player...only in her car.

I used the option to burn mp3's, not the option to burn an audio disc. Is there some reason why it wouldn't work? Or would Media Player be a better option?

Or it could possibly be because I've had several registry errors which didn't get corrected despite using programs to help. Anyway, what would be the best option to burn mp3's to a disc using either iTunes or Media Player?
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Not all CD players will play an MP3 file. Try burning it in WAV format and it should do the trick.
 
Horoscope Fish

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hark said:
I burned a disc with one long mp3 on it using iTunes. It played fine in my car, but when I gave it to someone, she said it wouldn't play in her CD player...only in her car.

I used the option to burn mp3's, not the option to burn an audio disc. Is there some reason why it wouldn't work? Or would Media Player be a better option?

Or it could possibly be because I've had several registry errors which didn't get corrected despite using programs to help. Anyway, what would be the best option to burn mp3's to a disc using either iTunes or Media Player?
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Burning an audio CD will burn your tunes in .wav format which pretty much any cd player will recognize and play. The .mp3 format, not so much. Computers will recognize .mp3 but stand-alone CD players, especially older units, may not.

The big bummer to burning in .wav format is that it's not compressed like .mp3, so you'll be limited to roughly ten or twelve songs or so, per CD.
 
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hark

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Thanks @Blacktop and [MENTION=13090]Horoscope Fish[/MENTION] - I will burn it again as an audio format which is probably wav in iTunes.
 
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Many older players won't recognize a disk with mp3 or wav or even wma. You need .cda, which aren't really files, but shortcuts. You'll get what you need by just creating as an audio disk. But you will only get, I think, only 74 or 80 minutes on a cd as opposed to many hours with mp3 or wma.
If your friend has a dvd player, she could try that, it might me more friendly to loose audio files.

Here's a short article.
How to Work With Audio CD .CDA Files | Gizmo's Freeware
 
hark

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nickt said:
Many older players won't recognize a disk with mp3 or wav or even wma. You need .cda, which aren't really files, but shortcuts. You'll get what you need by just creating as an audio disk. But you will only get, I think, only 74 or 80 minutes on a cd as opposed to many hours with mp3 or wma.
If your friend has a dvd player, she could try that, it might me more friendly to loose audio files.

Here's a short article.
How to Work With Audio CD .CDA Files | Gizmo's Freeware
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Thanks for this article, Nick. It's informative.
 
Fred Kingston

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Cindy... you should be using HandBrake... It's a free media program... It will convert pretty much any media type to any other type, and burn them to your CD drive...
 
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I converted the file to wav using Audacity, but after using Media Player to burn the file to a disc, the title changed. I know that sometimes titles are assigned when the program searches the internet, but this is ridiculous.

The audio is an entire hour-long worship service. I titled the disc using the name of the sermon The Mediocrity Epidemic; however, when I open iTunes, the name is REALLY bizarre.

The Adventure Over Yui Horie 33 Mix

Help! Lol. Is there any way for the title to be changed back to its original so when someone else pops the disc into their computer, it displays the correct title?
 
Dawg Pics

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Nevermind, I was making a suggestion, but then realized there is probably an easier solution. I know I can rename anything in the iTunes library. I imagine Media Player is similar. I just don't know if you can rename the file that is already burned on the cd. You can certainly change it in media player then reburn it.

Right click on the song title.
 
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hark

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Dawg Pics said:
Nevermind, I was making a suggestion, but then realized there is probably an easier solution. I know I can rename anything in the iTunes library. I imagine Media Player is similar. I just don't know if you can rename the file that is already burned on the cd. You can certainly change it in media player then reburn it.

Right click on the song title.
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I know how to change it when imported into iTunes, but I don't want it showing up like this. I'm giving the disc to someone else and don't want it to be displayed this way.
 
Dawg Pics

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If the title is ok in the media player library and then changing the name on the cd for you as it is burning it, then I am not sure what is happening there. I think I just misunderstood what was happening.
Sorry, it is aggravating when something so simple just doesn't work thanks to the computer thinking for you.
 
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