mp3s

[Faramir]

I hope this isn't a silly question but.... can mp3 files be uncompressed to copy on a cd to play in a regular cd player?

[grandslammer]

Okay, one more time.....

"you can use the program MP3CDMaker. You just line up the tracks you want to burn, and it does the converting and burning all at once for you. After using this to make CD's, you can listen to them on any audio cD player, home, car or portable.

You can get it from my site using the following link. All is virus scanned and clean."
http://www.familyshoebox.com/family/245/FSLO-953692358-887245.exe

Have fun!

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[This message has been edited by grandslammer (edited 04-22-2000).]

[Faramir]

thanks for going out of your way 'one more time ' I want to know if mp3s can be DEcompressed

[GMAGDNA]

So you want the mp3 to take up more room but be in .mp3 format?

[RobRich]

You might want to try this large m3 utility site:

http://mp3.box.sk

[Faramir]

well a friend wants to play the songs on a regular cd player-- and since I know next to nothing about sound files I'm asking here but it sounds like the topic may have been beaten to death. But I've never heard of anyone changing them but I guess there would be a need till they finally come out with mp3 cd players

[Gutter Ball]

Yes MP3's can be decompressed into .WAV files so they can play on a CD Player. Actually, they have to be .WAV's to play on regular CD players. Adaptec 4.0 automatically converts it. There are a few MP3 to WAV utilities available. I use MP3 converter found here:
http://ehoffman.simplenet.com/hplsoft/

[Warthog]

I'm confused here....

So...you want to be able to put your mp3s on a CD to play in your CD player, right? Do what the rest of em say. Mp3s are actually WAV files but super compressed. That's why they are so popular. You can get the same quality out of a WAV but it'll be like 10 times bigger.

Warthog

[Barney]

Have you guys Cool2000 already,you can record an mp3 directly!You can get the unregistred version from the web,which records only one minute mp3,so you will either need to buy it or find a crack.You can use it to encode/decode also.

There is a program called Xing Mpeg Encoder.You can also use it to encode/decode all sorts of mpeg (video,audio).You can also download it from the web,but you probably need a crack to be able to use everything.

Ronald

[Faramir]

Yeah I'm confused too.... this guy will probably spend as much money on blank cds as he would on the mp3 cd player when it finally comes out. Thanks for the help and links guys thats exactly what I wanted to know. Grandslammer that program sounds like what I need --thanks

[Warthog]

No problemo http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Warthog

[johnpaul]

Aren't there already portable Mp3 players on the market? Isn't RIO such a device? They hold one hour's worth of music (information), and the joggers love them because the music doesn't "skip" when the unit is jostled.

If your friend wants to convert them to play on a conventional CD player, he can do that with MusicMatch or many other freeware programs that are available. Then, after they have been converted to WAV files, he can burn them with a CD-R or CD-RW.

JP

[Warthog]

Yeah, there are a few Rio players and Creative Labs Nomad and Nomad II. About $200 - $300.

Warthog

[Gutter Ball]

Hey John Paul,

I don't think you can use a CD-RW for WAV's. I've tried to use 3 different brands and NONE of them would work on any CD player I've tried. I can only get regular CD-R's to work, am I missing something here? I do disk at once burning so the disk is closed.

[This message has been edited by Gutter Ball (edited 04-24-2000).]

[codybear]

cdrw's must be done in the joliet format

[petr0lb0mb]

I've done this a bunch of times. Open the mp3 file with Winamp, change the output device in Winamp's preferences to be "Nullsoft Disk Writer Plugin", then click the play button and viola, a wav ready to be burned onto a CDR for your drive to work. A few points to remember...
The first time you do this, you'll have to configure the Disk writer plugin to place the wav file in the directory of your choice. Also, you should make sure you don't have the "repeat" button clicked or else it will keep writing wav's of that song until you stop it.

[Faramir]

Leo from ZDTV had a model of mp3 cd player on his show the other night and the way he was talking it was going to be the first to be released -- sorry I didn't catch when it was coming out though

[Comage]

One thing to take note of: When you convert an audio track to .WAV in order to convert it to .MP3, the quality of the .WAV file from the "Disk Writer" will be LESS than that of the ORIGINAL .WAV file directly ripped from the CD.

[johnpaul]

Gutter Ball,

The CD-RWs I burn will play in my PC's ROM, but not in the car. It will, however, play on the CD/DVD player connected to my stereo. I suspect the DVD capabilities have something to do with it.

JP

[AuraEdge]

The CD-r's use a different paint then normal silverback cd's and some older CD players cant read them, be it portable, computer, or car CD players.
CD-rw's use an even darker/duller paint, and some things that can read CD-r's cant read CD-rw's