Burning MP3's to a CD

[Theresa]

Hi all,
I have a ridiculous question to ask, but here goes. I am trying to simply copy mp3's to a CD for a friend. They total 471.2 MB and should easily fit onto a CD-R. But every program I use say the files exceed the amount the media can hold. I know this is a no-brainer, but I'm still learning. What am I doing wrong??

Thanks

Theresa

[GMaq]

Hello,

What program are you using? You need to specify that you are trying to burn a DATA CD not an AUDIO CD, Because you just want to save the mp3's as data, not use them for creating an Audio CD. The program is complaining because if it formats the mp3's to CDDA (for Audio CD) then the files are being converted to CDDA Wave files and take up too much space to fit one 1 CD.

So in short create a data disc instead of an audio disc.

[Theresa]

Thanks for replying. I am trying to make an audio CD with Roxio Creator 8.2 XE. I click 'Audio' then 'Audio CD'. I open one mp3 file, size 20.5 MB, and it shows the CD over half full. Any clues?

[hech54]

Thanks for replying. I am trying to make an audio CD with Roxio Creator 8.2 XE. I click 'Audio' then 'Audio CD'. I open one mp3 file, size 20.5 MB, and it shows the CD over half full. Any clues?

If you want to make an "Audio CD" playable in a regular CD player....the software is correct....it will be too big after converting from MP3 to .wav files.

If you are just trying to make a copy of the DATA (MP3 files)....they will fit.

[drjtech]

You need to specify that you are trying to burn a DATA CD not an AUDIO CD

I click 'Audio' then 'Audio CD'.

'nuff said.

-drjtech

[guns1inger]

Thanks for replying. I am trying to make an audio CD with Roxio Creator 8.2 XE. I click 'Audio' then 'Audio CD'. I open one mp3 file, size 20.5 MB, and it shows the CD over half full. Any clues?

Audio CDs use uncompressed PCM audio and fit a finite running time. A standard 650MB disc will hold 74 minutes of audio when burned as an audio CD. You cannot change this. You can use larger CDs (800 MB, even 900MB) and get some extra running time, but you cannot squeeze the audio and have it fit the Audio CD standard. MP3, on the other hand, allows you to squeeze the same information into a smaller space. By squeezing harder (and accepting lower quality), you can fit a longer running time into the same space.

Your 20.5 MB MP3 file has a running time of around 40 minutes, and therefore, when expanded back to CD audio compliance, fills half a disc.

If you want Audio CDs playable in any CD player, divide your MP3 files into groups based on running times, and accept that it might take many CDs for the entire collection.

If you just want to archive the files or have them playable in a DVD player or MP3 capable CD player, burn them as data.