DVD Authoring question

[J. Silva]

Hi, everybody, here goes my problem.
I have these audio files that i got from a pc satellite card, mostly from radio stations. These files are in .m2a format, which, i believe, are a mp2. format.
I can edit them directly in ADOBE AUDITION 1.5 without having to convert them first to wave format. ADOBE AUDITION 1.5 has an option in Multitrack View, which is "Audio from Video" that lets you edit mp2 files.
I don't know what are the output formt in ADOBE AUDITION 1.5, i presume it is by default WAVE format (Can somebody confirm it, please ?).
So, my first question is: as the source of my files is .mp2 format, there's no point to convert it to WAVE, as i won't get more sound quality. Am i right ? If so, it is better to keep the files in their original format (if possible, which i don't know) or in .mp3 format (for storage matters). The question here is to store the files with the minimum storage and maximum quality (quality is prior to storage to me). If all this is true, how can i set output format in ADOBE AUDITION 1.5 ?
Second question, i intend to burn the files to DVD's with a DVD Authoring program. Do DVD Authoring programs burn mp2 or mp3 files ? Or simply wave ?
Please, do bear in mind that the goal is to achieve the best quality with the minimum storage.
Just tell me what would you do if you were me.


Thanks everyone,

J.Silva

[SLK001]

Let me see... wait while I fire up my ADOBE AUDITION 1.5...

Hold on, I don't HAVE Audition! I guess that I can't tell you what options I have under the FILES>SAVE AS menu.

Can you do me a favor? Fire up YOUR ADOBE AUDITION 1.5 program, and tell me what options YOU have under the FILES>SAVE AS menu. Write all those down and get right back to me.

Thanks.

[dcsos]

from the AUDITION WEBSITE

Flexible file format support
Work with files from a wide array of sources, and deliver files in the audio format you need with more than 20 file formats and variations, including Windows® PCM (WAV), AIFF, MP3, and WMA.

(SLK, you and I can download a free trial here)
https://www.adobe.com/login/login.jsp?currentSection=TRY&next=%2Fproducts%2Ftryadobe%2...3FftpID%3D2582

[SLK001]

Plays only on WinXP based systems.

[dcsos]

That way they can shoe-horn the code onto LONGHORN

I'm an XP skeptik myself