Burning Problem (i think)

[Squid_uk]

I have got some music files that i wish to put on a music cd, when i got to the properties of the folder i am told that the folder is 140MB, however when i try to burn the tracks to cd i am told that not all file will fit on the cd also it say that the tracks are 102mins all togeather.

What can i do to burn them do cd?

[Will Hay]

If they are CDA (standard CD music files) they won't fit.

Depending on your media you'll get either 74 or 80mins of music on a blank CD, that's why 74mins and 80mins is printed on the front of the jewel case.

You won't fit them on one blank disk, unless you convert to mp3 but then you won't be able to play them on a 'normal' CD player.
Will

[§kipTracer65]

are u trying to make an audio cd from mp3 files??? mp3 files can have a high compression rate so if u try to create an audio cd it decompresses them an converts to cda format increasing the file size 10 times or even more, so ur 140mb could end up as big as 1400mb

[Squid_uk]

Trying to burn them to a 700MB cd (80 mins) they are in Mpeg audio format, is there any way of reducing the file sizes?

[§kipTracer65]

im not 100% on this but as far as i know with audio cds the length of the audio on the file cant exceed the length of the cd , eg 700mb = 80mins of audio, is it all 1 file or can u split over 2 cd's??

[Squid_uk]

theres 20 files i was jst tryin to see if was possilbe to get them all on 1 cd

[RabidDog]

go buy some 99min cdrs infiniti are excellent ... sounds like you are trying to burn an audio cd.. so addd up the playing time of each track eg 3mins 30secs plus 0.5 sec intersong gap = 3.5mins per song times twenty... duh thats 70 mins so you need a 70min CDR to fit them all on. what software are you using to burn? nero?

[Squid_uk]

using record now DX

[Gazorgan]

Get a player that supports MP3/WMA. Otherwise it 80 minutes max(good luck on 90/99 minute CDR's and portable players).