Help needed to create MP3 CDs

[harshadeep]

Hello,

I just bought a MP3 CD player. I now want to create a MP3 CD. I would wish to pump in 95 songs into one CD. The CD capacity is 640MB and the 95 mp3 files come upto 410MB. The problem is that whenever I try to create an Audio CD, the mp3 format gets converted and I end up burning only 20 songs instead of 95. I've already killed 2 CDs and the third is on its death bed. I use HP Pavilion machine with a built-in CD-RW drive. I am running on a Win ME. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You.

Regards,
Harsha.

[n715dp]

You need to create a data cd, not an audio cd and they will burn like any other file, CD's are 650MB or 74 mins of cd audio... burn as data cd and you are good to go

[harshadeep]

Hi <n715dp>!

Thanx for the response. But from what I have heard, it seems that creating a data CD will do no good for me. MP3 CD players need mp3 CDs and not data CDs.

Please clarify.

Regards,
Harsha.

[DanU]

Welcome to sysopt!

I don't know what brand of MP3/CD player you have, but I've got a RioVolt. In any case, they are all the same. They use data CDRs burned with MP3s as data files, not as audio tracks. You MUST NOT create the CD as an audio CD. You must create it as a DATA CD. Whoever told you otherwise is flat wrong.

[harshadeep]

Hi DanU!

I have a Memorex player. I've already killed 2 disks and one more should not matter. I'll try this out right away and get back with results.

Thanx for the suggestion.

Regards,
Harsha.

[MiKe85]

Hi harshadeep!:
What n715dp has said works for me..
I have burned CDs for friends with MP3 players (Can't remember what brand off hand) and data CDs with MP3s normally work fine...
You just have to experiment!!
Good luck

[harshadeep]

Hi Mike!

The idea of data CD doesn't seem to work well. There goes my third disk into memory lane! :-(

Any other ideas or suggestions?

Regards,
Harsha.

[VERT]

if you are creating a data cd with Mp3s on it and it is not working, there may be a problem with your MP3 player or your CD writing software. I had a CD MP3 player and knew of people with other brands to mine. All I needed to do was create a data CD and put as many MP3s on it as I desired and would fit. I would recomend either taking your MP3 player back to where you got it and have it checked out, or check your CD writing software out.

[samwichse]

You mean it was a bad burn, or that it won't work in your player? If it was a bad burn, there was something else wrong. If it won't work in your player, but your computer can still read the files you burned, I would try it in a different mp3-cd player, if it works there, mabye your hardware is bad.

[harshadeep]

Hi Everyone!

Thanx a lot for spending your time with this question. I think I'll take the last option of getting this device replaced. I really appreciate this help and look forward for more association with you people.

Thanx again.

Regards,
Harsha.

[jak]

just alittle comment, dont burnt he mp3's under directories, i dont believe the mp3 cd player can read em, they can t be in folders on the cd, am i correct?
jak

[DanU]

jak,
I dunno about harshadeep's MP3/CD player, but my RioVolt can navigate directories OK. I think the early MP3/CD players couldn't do this, however. In that case then the MP3 files have to be in the root folder as you said.

harshadeep, i hope you get your problem fixed. If you get fed up with the memorex player, I would recommend the Riovolt. They're great!

[yammahoppy]

you might want to see if your pc based mp3 player will play the files from the burnt cd. if it will them you know it is the portable and not the burnt cd itself.

good luck

the yamminator

[Tekk]

sounds like your player is the problem to me. When you creat an audio CD, the program will convert your mp3's to *.cda format so normal cd-players can read it. In that format you can only fit 74 minutes on a normal length cd. With a data cd, the amount of songs you can put on depends on the size of each song. Thats what the mp3-cd players were made, because you can fit 100+ songs on the cd in mp3 format and be able to take that cd anywhere with hours upon hours of songs (all on one CD!!!)

[muno]

Will a portable mp3 player read cds that are not closed? No, I don't have one, and no, I don't have a problem. But easy cd creator closes the session but leaves cd open as default action.
-M