MP3 to disc help, anyone?

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I just got a new DVD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW player that also plays MP3s. Since the word is you can fit a couple of hundred on one disc, this sounds very cool. I am interested in how, however. Can anyone tell me how to burn MP3s onto CD? Thx.

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You can burn mp3s onto Cds the same way as .wav files - just pick the source as whatever folder you keep mp3s in. To fit a hundred or so, though, I imagine you have to zip 'em or record them as data instead of audio files. As far as I know, though, this is only for easy storage, not for replay. Check out the help menu on your software (MusicMatch, by any chance? I’ve seen the “hundreds of mp3s onto one CD” advertised there) to see the best way to do it.

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If it plays MP3s, that means you can just burn the MP3s to disc as standard data files.
You copy your Mp3s to the CD using standard CD burning software, and that is all you need.

CD Creator is a good piece of software, a version of it often comes with the CD R drive.

I hope I didn’t miss something. Let me know if my answer is incomplete.

pat

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Just so you are clear you cannot play MP3’s (as mp3’s) on the vast majority of CD audio players. Some newer ones can play both the standard CD audio files and MP3s but there are relatively few of these in circulation.

If you are referring to converting MP3s to CD audio files and burning your own custom audio CDs that will play on any standard CD audio player the software (CD creator 4.0 et al)that comes with the burner can usually do this. If not download musicmatch 6.1 http://www.musicmatch.com and burn away.

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Yup! that’s one of the ones I got. Under $200, too, I couldn’t believe it!

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IIRC, if you got the Apex, you need to burn the MP3’s using the old standard ISO9660 format, which any burner software will let you do though it’s not likely the default mode.

And if you can figure out how to turn the bleedin’ subtitles off (Apex 660 has a bug in firmware) drop me a line :slight_smile:

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Sorry, AB, I got the Panasonic. 170 songs on one CD! WhooHoo! It’s burning now. I used MusicMatch, which promptly set itself as the default player for MP3s and other stuff. Now who can tell me how to reset it to Winamp as the default?

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Winamp can do that for you.
Open Winamp. Go to Preferences.
Select “File Types” which is under Setup.
There is a list of extensions, and the highlighted ones are associated with Winamp, select the ones you want winamp to have and hit ok.

That should do the trick.

pat