What CD writer will put an MP3 file on a CD?

[steppenwolf]

What CD writer will put an MP3 file on a CD as an MP3 file? The CD writers that I have put MP3's on a CD as a CD4

file. The CD writers convert the MP3 to CD4. I am on vista. I have Windows Media Player and BurnAware free edition.

I am looking for a simple to understand CD Writer.

Thanks in advance.

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

I use Nero and it will write an MP3 file as an MP3 file. I would believe that any writer would.

[I8PP]

Its not the writer but the software you are using to burn things that is converting your MP3 files. What are you using to burn? Free solutions like Imgburn allow you to burn MP3 data discs.

[steppenwolf]

I want to burn music CD's. I tried every way to configure Windows Media Player to burn the mp3 as an mp3.

BurnAware could not even recognise the mp3's.

[kingroach]

MP3 cd's are basically data cd with mp3 files in it. Just burn your MP3's as data cd and it should work the same.

[steppenwolf]

MP3 cd's are basically data cd with mp3 files in it. Just burn your MP3's as data cd and it should work the same.

Will it work on CD players?

Thank you all for replying

[Joel]

Will it work on CD players?

Depends on the player. An MP3 is a file format. Does it say MP3 playback on the CD player? Are you trying to convert MP3s to a normal audio CD format for playback in any player?

[Budious]

Will it work on CD players?

Thank you all for replying

You generally have to use a program such as Nero which has a "finalize" CD option which must be checked. This means the CD can only be written to once, and any empty space is filled with null data. Using a multi-session CD will not work in most standalone audio players with MP3 functions.

[mtrftw]

most cd players won't play the disc if you burn the files as a data disc (.mp3 extension). to play it in your average cd player burn it as an audio disc (it will convert the files to the cd4)

[steppenwolf]

I am trying to burn MP3s to an audio CD as an mp3 for playback on an average CD player and for archiving for an mp3 player.

Thank you all for replying

[Joel]

I am trying to burn MP3s to an audio CD as an mp3 for playback on an average CD player and for archiving for an mp3 player.

That made no sense. If you burn an audio CD, the MP3s were converted to the audio CD format. If you leave them as MP3s on a CD, many players won't play them. You can't have both, you have to choose; compatible with every player or MP3 storage.

[steppenwolf]

If you burn an audio CD, the MP3s were converted to the audio CD format. If you leave them as MP3s on a CD, many players won't play them. You can't have both, you have to choose; compatible with every player or MP3 storage.

I did not know that. I thought the point of mp3's was for them to be playable on cd players and every thing else.

Thanks in advance.

[Starbuck84]

If you burn MP3 files as an Audio CD, most (if not all) burning applications will convert the MP3 to the Audio CD format. The thing is, if you really want MP3 files on your CD, just must burn it as an Data CD, but this type of CD is not readable by most CD players. But if you have an DVD player, changes are you can play your MP3 Data CD's perfectly on it.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I use InfraRecorder for all my Data and Music CD's. Why? Because it's free ;)

[Borbus]

What on earth is CD4?

If you want MP3s on a CD that can be read by a CD player that support MP3 (ie. a car stereo or CDJ player) then you need to create a "Data CD" which is a CD-ROM (Yellow book) and just put the MP3 files on there.

You can actually burn a CD with both Red book (CDDA) and Yellow book sessions. These are known as Enhanced CDs or CD Plus etc. They contain the first session as CDDA which is readable by any Audio CD player and the second session is data readable by PCs (not sure about CDJs etc.) The downside of this is that you will not get 80 minutes of audio on the disc.

[steppenwolf]

Thank you all for replying

[Rigby]

Yeah I'm wondering about the CD4 thing also, I've never heard of that. Tracks on an audio CD will show up with a CDA extension.

[SakuraKira]

I did not know that. I thought the point of mp3's was for them to be playable on cd players and every thing else.

Thanks in advance.

MP3 is just an audio format.

Normally when you burn an audio CD, that is all it will be, an audio CD for playing with your average CD player. And unfortunately with audio CDs, you are severely limited by the number of songs being 74-80 minutes.

A data CD can hold many more songs because the limit is usually in file size (MB), rather than in minutes.

If you want to burn a data CD with the MP3 files on it, your CD player must be capable of playing it. CD players that are capable of this will usually have it as a selling point, like this player that specifically states "Plays regular CD's and CD's with MP3 files/CD, CD-R, CD-RW compatible."

A lot of modern/newer players have that as a feature, but most older ones do not.

[Starbuck84]

I guess it's 1337 spe4k ;) ... *ahum*

[steppenwolf]

Yeah I'm wondering about the CD4 thing also, I've never heard of that. Tracks on an audio CD will show up with a CDA extension.

I could not remember if it was CD4 or CDA. Thanks for clarifying.