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theconrodkid - 23/3/07 at 04:34 PM

trying to download some sounds for my new chariot,one is a double album and 4 mins longer than the 80 i have on the cd,s i have.
got some 120 mins ones today,the burner wont recognise them,looking at the box they are DVD,s,does this mean they wont work?if so who wants 5 dvd,s still in the box

flak monkey - 23/3/07 at 04:37 PM

If its only a CD writer, you wont be able to write to the dvds....

Just lose your least fave song off the double album. Should solve the problem

RazMan - 23/3/07 at 04:38 PM

Are these blank dvd's? It is possible that they may be incompatable to the burner. Are they DVD+R or DVD-R? Chances are that sods law comes into play and you have the wrong type

John.Taylor - 23/3/07 at 04:51 PM

Obtain a CD player that can play MP3 cd's

Rip your CD's with Windows Media Player so they are saved on your hard drive with WMA extensions. Set the bit rate at no more than 96kbps as the quality is crystal at this level unless you have spent £80k hi-fi equipment.

Download a freeware WMA to MP3 converter such as 'Free MP3 WMA Converter' from http://koyotstar.free.fr/ and convert the songs to MP3s.

Burn a 'Data CD' NOT 'audio CD' and copy the MP3's (or folder containing the CD's if you player supports folder browsing) to a normal 650mb cd. You should get somewhere in the region of 250 tracks on the CD.

I have 3 CD's in my car containing somewhere in the region of 700 tracks - enough to keep me going for a while!

theconrodkid - 23/3/07 at 04:53 PM

it says dvd-r so looks like they wont werk,its quadraphenia so you cant leave a track off,that would be sacralige

flak monkey - 23/3/07 at 04:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by John.Taylor
Set the bit rate at no more than 96kbps as the quality is crystal at this level unless you have spent £80k hi-fi equipment.


Sorry, but I can easily hear the difference between 96kb/sec and 128kb/sec on my £80 pc speakers. And can certainly hear the difference between 128kb/sec and a proper cd on my £1500 seperates system. Infact, you can even pick out the difference between minidisc and cd on a decent hi-fi.

128kb/sec is the absolute minimum i would ever put up with from an MP3. Plus the windows media audio converter isnt that great either.

If you cant hear the difference you either listen to very simple vocal music or just dont appreciate a good sound, and probably use phrases like "good tone" to describe the sound of a hi-fi system.

At the end of the day, the sound is compressed, so you lose some of the information. The louder you turn it up, the clearer the difference (like zooming in on a JPEG). You can really tell the difference when I am DJing and play one track which started life as an MP3 and then another from a proper CD. Regardless of what the marketing says (only takes out the inaudible bits) you definately loose detail and depth in compressed music files.

David (Audiophile)

[Edited on 23/3/07 by flak monkey]

Hellfire - 23/3/07 at 05:33 PM

Don't use Windows Media Player to rip... use software that use LAME 3.97 (NERO or WINAMP) set at minimum 192kbps... preferably 250+ for anything like decent quality.

I have a 'decent' setup and I can tell the difference (comparatively speaking) between 96, 128, 192, 256....

Steve

PS - Flak, I've just been working on an £8,000 CD Player... gaoujeous

[Edited on 23-3-07 by Hellfire]

NigeEss - 23/3/07 at 07:39 PM

I have to agree with Flak'n Hell comments above.

The only time I use compressed music is in the car. At home
on the Arcam/Mission setup it's CD only until I can get a remote
control for a turntable


Nige

ps : Flak, nice avatar

[Edited on 23/3/07 by NigeEss]

RazMan - 23/3/07 at 07:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by NigeEss
Flak'n Hell


Language Timothy!

martyn_16v - 23/3/07 at 08:32 PM

Exact Audio Copy (EAC) with lame is the daddy for ripping cd's, especially all your old stuff that is now scratched to hell - it'll keep on going over any errors until it's ripped it properly, great for recovering cd's that skip in your cd player