How do I burn MP3s onto a DVD to play on a DVD player?

[lazyturbo]

How do I burn MP3s onto a DVD to play on a DVD player? I've tried putting MP3s onto a DVD using Nero as a "Data CD" and a "MP3 Disc". But neither method worked.

Does anyone know how I'm supposed to burn it?

[jimmalenko]

A lot of DVD players will only play MP3s burnt on a CD, and not on a DVD. If your player can play off a DVD, it is just as simple as making a data disc. You might want to try burning a few as a CD data disc, see if your player plays them, then burn the exact same content as a DVD data disc. Also check www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers, look up your player and see if DVD-MP3 is shown as being supported.

[lazyturbo]

Yea, it plays MP3s on CDs fine. Just not on DVDs.

[jimmalenko]

IMO that's your player, dude

[Bob W]

Where I live I have yet to fine a DVD player that will play mp3's burned to a DVDR.

[jimmalenko]

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=&Search=Search&dvdmp3=1&country=&order...Submit2=Search shows all players that have been confirmed as supporting DVD-MP3.

[jdizzy40]

It's the software that sometimes makes it possible. DVD Architect has this feature. Allows you to add photos or images as well.

[celtic_druid]

Yeah, sure if you convert from mp3 and author a DVD video disc with a blank video stream and AC3, mp2, ect. audio.

Only one out of my 3 DVD players doesn't support mp3 DVD's. So I would say that they are reasonably common.

[Lurch]

I tried the blank video stream suggestion a while back. The only problem I had was that this really limited the number of mp3's I could stick on the dvd. I was looking for a way to put all my mp3's on dvd as backup. I can get around 10 hours of music on a cd, and figgered I could get even more on a dvd. Not yet, but I'll keep trying. My standalone players all are listed as accepting music dvd's.

[jimmalenko]

I tried the blank video stream suggestion a while back. The only problem I had was that this really limited the number of mp3's I could stick on the dvd. I was looking for a way to put all my mp3's on dvd as backup. I can get around 10 hours of music on a cd, and figgered I could get even more on a dvd. Not yet, but I'll keep trying. My standalone players all are listed as accepting music dvd's.

As far as the number of songs goes (irregardless of bitrate, mind you), you're looking at 99 titles, then 99 chapters - 9801 songs in theory.

I made a DVD like this some time ago for all of Metallica's 13 albums - you set your video bitrate really low (it's a black screen, after all, so I used 1kbps) and assuming you fill 4400MB of the DVD (the rest is overhead, menus etc), you can get the following runtimes:

@192kbps: 51hrs 53 minutes
@256kbps: 38hrs 58 minutes
@384kbps: 26hrs 0 minutes
@448kbps: 22hrs 18 minutes

Plays fine on PCs and both my settop DVD players.