Thread: I'm confused about burning mp3s to cds

What program are you using? And is your pogram converting the MP3 to a wav file?

Get a copy of Nero, using an illegal file sharing program of your choice

also, how long - in hours, minutes and seconds - is the audio your trying to burn?

If you are trying to burn an audio cd from mp3s, standard burning programs first convert the mp3 to a wav file (which is much larger). Therefore, the 200mb mp3 will result in a wav file larger than 700mb.

If you want to listen to the file in a regular cd player, you may be out of luck...but if you just want to store it on a cd, use the 'create data disc' option instead of 'create audio cd'.

Ohhhhhh, Thats why. I didn't know it turned the mp3 into a .wav. I thought the whole point of an mp3 was to be able to use it in a cd. well, that explains it. Thanks.

The whole point of MP3 is to be able to compress digital music and still have it sound good. .WAV files sound the best but they are huge!

Another option you could try is to just burn the mp3 onto a data disc, as I think bradybreaker mentioned...then if your cd player can play mp3 cds (a good number of modern ones can), perhaps that might work for ya.

Yes, I learned about this from trial and error.

An audio CD with "tracks" will only store the approximate 70 minutes permitted, and it uses the running time as a yardstick for capacity. Data CD's on the other hand maintain the compressed mp3 format, and you can store the whole 700 MB there. I don't know exactly why this is so. But then again, it'd be a hassle to skip to track 40 on my car CD player, jk. I still wish they'd switch it up. I don't tell too much difference of quality in between the 2, and if so, it's really subtle.