burning mp3's

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 24, 2005 3:10 pm

why when I burn an mp3 might it not play in my car. My son's mp3's do play, so clearly it plays mp3's.. They play in the house and on the pc. So I must have finalized them.
Also, does anybody think brand name or price matters for blank cd's?

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » December 24, 2005 3:21 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:why when I burn an mp3 might it not play in my car. My son's mp3's do play, so clearly it plays mp3's.. They play in the house and on the pc. So I must have finalized them.
Also, does anybody think brand name or price matters for blank cd's?

depends on whether the player can play mp3 coded-tracks. Memorex makes good ones. Tho, it all depends on who actually manufacturers them; all the CDR sellers buy from manufacturers depending on who has the best price, and then they relabel them as their own.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 24, 2005 3:25 pm

well like i said it's played mp3's my son has burned. Wouldn't that mean it can play mp3 coded tracks.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » December 24, 2005 3:28 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:well like i said it's played mp3's my son has burned. Wouldn't that mean it can play mp3 coded tracks.

should, but not sure why it isn't.

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » December 24, 2005 4:34 pm

The CD files should be .CDA instead of .MP3

Key Lime Lee · Post by **Key Lime Lee** » December 24, 2005 5:26 pm

two possible reasons:

1) As Burny says, make sure you're burning a CD in CD audio format, not just putting MP3s on a CD. While some newer CD players are capable of reading a CD-ROM with MP3s on it, most are not. So if yours doesn't specifically state that it plays MP3s, make sure you're creating an actual Audio CD, which is encoded in such a way that CD players can read it.

2) Some older cd players have trouble reading burned CDs. It used to make me crazy on my minivan - some days it would play the thing just fine, and some days it wouldn't play at all. It always read regular (stamped) CDs fine, just wasn't good with burned ones.

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » December 24, 2005 6:10 pm

To guarantee proper file formatting, I recommend using iTunes (for PC).

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

It's easy to use, it's great for organizing your setlists, and it's free!
You do have to have a broadband Internet connection... doesn't work with dial-up.

Even though I'm a Mac addict, I got all my friends with PC's into iTunes and now they swear by it... not at it!

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 25, 2005 12:26 am

As Burny says, make sure you're burning a CD in CD audio format, not just putting MP3s on a CD

I'm attempting to burn mp3 format on a cd. My car unit plays mp3's and cd's. It's probably one of the earlier cd players that read mp3's. Some mp3's play on it some don't. I"m using Roxio Easy CD creator. I select new project, then mp3. When I burn a cd using the cd format it plays pretty much every time.

Dutch Harbor PH · Post by **Dutch Harbor PH** » December 25, 2005 6:31 am

OceanCityGirl wrote:why when I burn an mp3 might it not play in my car. My son's mp3's do play, so clearly it plays mp3's.. They play in the house and on the pc. So I must have finalized them.
Also, does anybody think brand name or price matters for blank cd's?

I've had problems trying to play "burned" CD's in an older cd player...(read, It doesn't play them at all) they work on all of the other players in the house and cars....

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » December 25, 2005 7:57 am

OceanCityGirl wrote:
As Burny says, make sure you're burning a CD in CD audio format, not just putting MP3s on a CD
I'm attempting to burn mp3 format on a cd. My car unit plays mp3's and cd's. It's probably one of the earlier cd players that read mp3's. Some mp3's play on it some don't. I"m using Roxio Easy CD creator. I select new project, then mp3. When I burn a cd using the cd format it plays pretty much every time.

I'd suggest abondoning roxy and use a different program. I like nero.

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » December 25, 2005 10:51 am

Burny Charles wrote:
OceanCityGirl wrote:
As Burny says, make sure you're burning a CD in CD audio format, not just putting MP3s on a CD
I'm attempting to burn mp3 format on a cd. My car unit plays mp3's and cd's. It's probably one of the earlier cd players that read mp3's. Some mp3's play on it some don't. I"m using Roxio Easy CD creator. I select new project, then mp3. When I burn a cd using the cd format it plays pretty much every time.
I'd suggest abondoning roxy and use a different program. I like nero.

Yeah, from my experiences with roxy in doing the other things, like putting picture slide shows to music, it sucks.

I like using iTunes for music anyway.

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