MP3 to disc

[Jay-Aim]

I have a tune mix of 98105KB which won't write to a 700MB CD

As it's a mix, it only shows as 1 disc. How can I truncate/split it to write it to 2 cd's

Ta

[Bodo]

Are you sure the song is 98105KB = ~95.8MB
Should fit on one CD then.

If not, you may try Audacity for editing on music files. It's open source and hence free to download from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

[Jay-Aim]

it is

it is an MP3 file so it does fit if writing as data CD but not if writing as a music CD

[Bodo]

I see, you want to burn it as a .wav file, so you can play it on any CD player

Did you try Audacity for splitting and converting the file?

[anonymous-user]

How long is the track? 700Mb = 80mins from memory. I think you can pick up 90 min CDs now if necessary.

Or, you could just use Nero to "overburn" if it's just a little longer than 80 mins.

[Jay-Aim]

The mix when playing last 1 hour 23 minutes

[Jay-Aim]

Bodo said:

I see, you want to burn it as a .wav file, so you can play it on any CD player Did you try Audacity for splitting and converting the file?

It's actually an MP3 file on my machine

[lotusfan]

if its an mp3 and you're trying to write it as a CDA then it will be approx. 6 times bigger. you could use an editor like soundforge to reduc it or split it into two cd's

[JonRB]

Jay-Aim said:

The mix when playing last 1 hour 23 minutes

So at 83 mins it isn't going to fit onto an 80 min audio CD, is it?

If you can indeed get 90 min CDs now (it's news to me) and your hardware and software support it, then try that.
If you're using Nero, try "overburning" a 80min disc to 83mins and see if it works. You may have to trash a disc or two to see.
Otherwise consider using an audio editor to trim 3 or 4 mins off by fading one of the tracks out early.

>> Edited by JonRB on Monday 14th June 09:45

[anonymous-user]

Jay-Aim said:

The mix when playing last 1 hour 23 minutes

Right, hope I'm not teaching grandmother to suck eggs here, but here goes:

A CD can be used to store digital audio (like a CD you buy from HMV, etc) or it can contain data.

An MP3 is digital audio that's then run through an algorithm that removes redundant data (by, I believe, dropping out the very high frequencies that the human ear can't hear, and possibly resampling to less than the 44Khz of CD audio).

If you want to be able to play the music on any CD player, not just one that understands the MP3 format (some car stereos, DVD players and computers) then it needs to be written to the CD as audio, not data. This involves converting back from MP3 to the raw music data (WAV) and writing it to the CD.

When you buy a blank CD, it has it's capacity listed in both Mb and Mins. E.g. 650Mb/74mins, 700Mb/80Mmins or 800Mb/90mins.

To fit your 1:23 track onto a CD, you'll need a 90 minute CD, or use some software capable of "overburning". This is where the writing software (such as Nero) will use some of the space allocated for the lead-out to actually write audio or data to. This allows an 80min CD to store 83:30 mins. So your 83min track should fit.

[Jay-Aim]

Thanks LexSport

That's cleared it in my mind

I have Roxio easy cd creator. Does it have this facility?

[malman]

I believe later versions of Roxio have it but its hidden behind the lovely wizards so you will need to dig a bit. (I use nero so don't know off hand which menus). Not sure that if you burn an 80/90min music CD whether it will work on a normal CD player. Don't think Philips had that in mind when they came up with the red book standard. Anyone else tried this?

[Jay-Aim]

malman said:

I believe later versions of Roxio have it but its hidden behind the lovely wizards so you will need to dig a bit. (I use nero so don't know off hand which menus). Not sure that if you burn an 80/90min music CD whether it will work on a normal CD player. Don't think Philips had that in mind when they came up with the red book standard. Anyone else tried this?

Where is it on Nero? (I can access a machine with Nero)

edited to add please

>> Edited by Jay-Aim on Monday 14th June 20:21

[malman]

In Nero 5 its in File -> Preferences -> Expert features

Enable overburn and then set the max amount you want to overburn. Trial and error and depends on your media and writer drive whether it works or not.

Probably in a similar place on Nero 6

Hope that helps

[Jay-Aim]

malman said:

In Nero 5 its in File -> Preferences -> Expert features Enable overburn and then set the max amount you want to overburn. Trial and error and depends on your media and writer drive whether it works or not. Probably in a similar place on Nero 6 Hope that helps

now burnt

Ta

[anonymous-user]

Cool! Glad you sorted it. Working okay in normal audio CD players?

[Jay-Aim]

LexSport said:

Cool! Glad you sorted it. Working okay in normal audio CD players?

Yep