fitting mp3's onto cdrw

[lordmajax]

Hi,

I swore my friend told me that I could burn 700mb worth of mp3's on a cd. Is there anyway to fit more than 90minutes of songs onto 1 cd?

[lordmajax]

forgot to mention that I'm using Nero 6 burning software.

[guns1inger]

As MP3 or CD Audio ?

If you have 700 mb of mp3, burn them as data and you should fit the whole lot. If you burn them as audio then Nero will convert them to CD audio and you can fit only what the CD will hold

[Tom Saurus]

lordmajax: You should be able to fit alot of mp3's on that CDRW. Though if you are wise, leave a certain amount of space free. Sometimes if too much is crammed on a CD, it can end up being corrupted. I had that experience once, and it was a real pain to recover some of the date afterward; I just gave up on it after awhile.

[iThinkYouBrokeIt]

lordmajax: You should be able to fit alot of mp3's on that CDRW. Though if you are wise, leave a certain amount of space free. Sometimes if too much is crammed on a CD, it can end up being corrupted. I had that experience once, and it was a real pain to recover some of the date afterward; I just gave up on it after awhile.

I wouldn't say data has a very high chance of becoming corrupted simply due to burning a high amount of data onto a disc, so long as the amount is equal to or lesser than the capacity. If the disc is designed to hold up to 700MB, it should have absolutely no problem holding exactly 700MB (it's usually about 703MB).

If there is data corruption, IMO it's most likely from another factor. Perhaps the disc is defective. Maybe the computer got smacked while the disc was burning and caused it to "skip" while burning. Maybe there was something wrong before it was even burned. Maybe The write speed was set too high for your computer to keep up, which causes the burning process to start and stop several times. Could be many things...

[Tom Saurus]

iThinkYouBrokeIt: Thinking back on it now I think I crammed more on it then I was supposed to maybe 720mb on a 700mb disc. Obviously a person isn't supposed to do that, and I learned a lesson. It could be alot of things that caused the problem I ran into. It was a while ago, but since then I try very hard not to fill a disc to its capicity or beyond what it is suppose to hold.