cant think of a appropiate title...need advise

[Futzelman]

I am trying to record my tape collection into a cd so that I can play them in a car or stereo.
I have only been able to record them in wav or mp3 format but those formats cannot be played by ordinary cd players.
Is it even possible?

Futzel

[U-96]

You might get more help if you do think of a title http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif


How do I convert an MP3 into a WAV?

Most MP3 Players, including the very popular WinAmp, have a feature for decoding the MP3 file back to a WAV. In WinAmp you can do it by changing the output plugin to something called "Nullsoft Diskwriter". All played MP3 files will then be decoded to WAV files intstead of actually being played.


How do I convert an MP3 to a .CDA?

<Sigh> I get this question all the time and I think its time for a somewhat more indepth explanation:

First of all, music CD's does NOT contain CDA-files, they contain raw sound data which isn't organised into files at all. It's just a continuous stream of sound data that could be compared to what you have on a normal audio casette or vinyl record. The only difference is that it's digitally encoded and that you have some information in the beginning telling the CD player the number of tracks and where they start and end. If you try to view the contents of a music CD in Windows you will be shown a number of files called Track01.cda, Track02.cda etc. This is just Windows way of telling you that its a music CD with a certain number of tracks. The CDA-files isn't on the CD, they're just an illusion, provided by Windows. If you try to copy the CDA files from the CD you will (depending on your system) either:

A. Get an error message.

B. Get a small CDA file that doesn't contain the sound data itself. It only works as a shortcut to the actual track on the CD.

C. Get a WAV-file on your harddrive containing the music. This is only provided if your CD-Rom drivers have built functions for CD-Ripping and is quite neat since its a very straight forward way to rip the contents of a CD without the need of an external program.

So, I guess that what most of you actually wants to know is the answer to the following question:

How do I put my MP3 files back on a CD so I can play them in my CD Player?

Simply convert them back to WAV-files (see question above if you don't know how to do it). All CD cutting software I know of can cut WAV-files as CD tracks. Read their manuals or online help.


from the FAQ at http://bladeenc.mp3.no/skeleton/FAQ.html

U-96

[neo_otyugh]

what cd burning software are you using? nero and adaptec 4.0 allow straight from mp3 to cd audio as well as wav to cd audio

[Futzelman]

Thanks guys:
I have an ACER burner but I am not sure what software I am using. I wil have to find out now that I know that it can be done. I am using Media box 4.0 for the recording b/c it suppoert line-in.
ANother question: I get a peeping sound or a skip type of sound at the beginning of each tape recording....how should I set the quality to avoid tis?

Thank you
Fuztel