MP3 recording question?

shack
shack Posts: 11,154
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
I don't bother with MP3s but my kids do and one of my daughters has a question. Let's say she downloads (buys) some tunes from Napster, itunes or whatever. She wants to put them on a disc to listen in her car...but...her car CDP doesn't do MP3 so I assume she can't just burn the MP3s to a disc and be able to play them in her car....right? Is there a way to convert MP3 to audio files to burn on a CD-R? Thanks for the advice.
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited November 2005
    nero. google it. actually almost all burning software should do conversion from mp3 to wav. files. or get an mp3 playin' head unit. or play on ipod with fm transmitter.

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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2005
    I've already got Roxio EasyCD Creator. I hope it will convert MP3 to wav. files. I need to check it out. A new HU or ipod are not options right now. She is using a 20G Dell Digital Jukebox with no FM transmitter. The conversion to wav is really the only option. If EasyCD doesn't do it they may have an upgrade downlad that will.

    Thanks
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited November 2005
    I know there is an option I think in iTunes because I've burned songs i can play in my car and I don't have an mp3 player...

    Windows media player can do it as well because I've burned with it. Just look for an option in the "options menu" for burn as wav or something

    Sorry I'm so vague

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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited November 2005
    Use MusicMatch Jukebox. Convert, Mp3 to WAV
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  • CrBoy
    CrBoy Posts: 580
    edited November 2005
    Just use Nero, create a new Audio CD and select the mp3s you want, drag them into the compilation and burn the disc. Nero will automatically "convert" the mp3s to .wav... that should do it!

    Hope it helps! :p
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited November 2005
    your roxio will convert. just make an "audio" or "music" disc and you'll be set.

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    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2005
    PolkThug wrote:
    Use MusicMatch Jukebox. Convert, Mp3 to WAV
    Good. We have that too.

    BIZILL, Schris, PT and CrBoy....Thanks for all the help guys! icon14.gif
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited November 2005
    You don't have to convert ahead of time, as CrBoy said. You should just be able to make a new audio CD (in Nero or Roxio) and drag and drop your MP3s into the window. It will automatically convert them in the process of burning.

    keep in mind, that any time you uncompress a compressed file, it will sound WORSE than even the COMPRESSED file. Sucks, but what are you going to do?
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2005
    nadams wrote:
    keep in mind, that any time you uncompress a compressed file, it will sound WORSE than even the COMPRESSED file. Sucks, but what are you going to do?

    WTH...she is 21 and the only thing that matters right now is LOUD. I'm slowly working her into good 2 channel music for the indoor stuff but for the car right now...It just doesn't matter. :rolleyes:
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited November 2005
    yeah, i burn cd's all day long. in my car, i have no quality issues what so ever. even on my ht system, i just burn mp3 discs and sit back and relax to hours of uninterupted music. i'm no audiophile. mp3's sound excellent on my system. though store-bought cd's do sound better, i don't care at this time.

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    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,055
    edited November 2005
    As others I use Nero, simple and works very well. Can't go wrong, I never notice any issues with quality.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited November 2005
    Actually, I prefer to use CDex. it uses L.A.M.E. as the encoding and compression engine and it is probably the most efficient one out there unless you have a hardware encoder. CDex will convert from MP3 to .WAV which most if not all CD players will play. Once you convert the MP3's to .WAV files, you don't have to rely on the software in the burning software to do the conversion. the only thing it will do is reformat the tracks from .WAV to a CDA or such track. Since it isn't compressed, there is no loss of info.
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  • deceiver
    deceiver Posts: 23
    edited November 2005
    If she's got a Mac she can specify in iTunes to burn as audio or mp3 in preferences. If she downloads from Apple she must have iTunes on her computer. If you have a PC I'd think that iTunes has the same features as the Mac version. There is no easier way to burn to CD that via iTunes. choose the songs, put a CD in and click the burn button. It levels the volume from one song to another, puts the correct spacing in, etc. Another nice feature of it is that I have a computer connected to my a/v system. If my wife's computer or my laptop or my daughters computers are on (and with macs you never turn them off, their music shows up in intunes on the computer near the stereo. All music from all computers is available on that machine. It's available to play on all our machines for that matter. It's very cool.

    Personally I find that mp3's take a big clarity hit when played on decent sound equipment compared to CD's. But, the new aac format is CD quality and the songs are the same size as mp3's. I can find little difference in sound from a CD. Wish all my music was this format.
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