MP3's on CDs....anyone doing it?
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MP3 is the way to go. I had my kids teach me how to rip the songs off my store bought CD's to the hard drive and then start making my own. Great way to travel, don't even use the radio any more. I still haven't tried plugging in the MP3 player into the system. One day I'll steal one of the kids player and try it out, only problem, I'd have to listen to their music....
John
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RE: MP3's on CDs....anyone doing it?
I also use MP3 as well. Convert the files to MP3 with iTunes & then burn. About 120-160 songs per disc.
The song title & artist come up automatically. This was an upgrade to the HK stereo. 8.9 up date.
The song title & artist come up automatically. This was an upgrade to the HK stereo. 8.9 up date.
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Guess I hadn't really paid attention prior to reading this thread and then posting to it, but today on the way home from work I noticed how much "better" it is to see artist and song title on the display... granted I know nearly every song by heart on the CDs as I burn them (after all, they are CDs I bought in the first place), but when playing straight music CDs on the HK radio and the Sony in the cage, it only displays track number.... put a mp3 disk with ID3 tags and you get all the additional info - ain't technology a beautiful thing?
When I first started ripping CDs I ripped them as WMAs, now I rip them as 192K mp3s... they seem to lose a little bottom end which the home stereo and cage equalizers/sub woofer easily adjusts for, but on the scoot it's lost to engine and road noise anyway. I even doubt I'll bother much more with the MP3 player in the tour-pak - though having preset play lists with names like FLYING LOW, BRING THE PAIN, OPEN ROAD, and TIME OUT will be missed. I'm thinking I'll try the folder trick if I can adjust the playlists to have an equal numbers of songs in each folder.
When I first started ripping CDs I ripped them as WMAs, now I rip them as 192K mp3s... they seem to lose a little bottom end which the home stereo and cage equalizers/sub woofer easily adjusts for, but on the scoot it's lost to engine and road noise anyway. I even doubt I'll bother much more with the MP3 player in the tour-pak - though having preset play lists with names like FLYING LOW, BRING THE PAIN, OPEN ROAD, and TIME OUT will be missed. I'm thinking I'll try the folder trick if I can adjust the playlists to have an equal numbers of songs in each folder.
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RE: MP3's on CDs....anyone doing it?
You need to convert the songs to mp3 format. Then it will let you burn in MP3 format.
ORIGINAL: gibbyair
how do you use I tunes to convert. I try to burn and it says cant make mp3 must already be mp3 before can burn
how do you use I tunes to convert. I try to burn and it says cant make mp3 must already be mp3 before can burn
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RE: MP3's on CDs....anyone doing it?
I use the Xilisoft Music Converter.
http://www.xilisoft.com/
There are plenty of others out there, including some free ones. Go to www.download.com and search for "audio converter"
http://www.xilisoft.com/
There are plenty of others out there, including some free ones. Go to www.download.com and search for "audio converter"
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RE: MP3's on CDs....anyone doing it?
I assume your songs are in AAC format now. This is what Apple feels is best quality, with less memory. To convert to MP3, Open the "Advanced" area of the "Preferences". Look under Inporting & ask it to import under MP3 from the pull down menu. Then pick any songs you wish to convert, or all if you like, & Convert them. Convert them under the top menu bar, "Advanced". There is should be a line "Convert to MP3". It will create a MP3 copy & the orignal AAC. Now when you ask to burn the CD in MP3 format it will let you burn any of the MP3 tunes, pick what you want into a playlist.
Good Luck. when you do it once, it is easy after that.
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Good Luck. when you do it once, it is easy after that.
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ORIGINAL: gibbyair
I just rip the songs off of my CD into I TUNES. how do I get I tunes to convert to mp3?
I just rip the songs off of my CD into I TUNES. how do I get I tunes to convert to mp3?
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RE: MP3's on CDs....anyone doing it?
Ok I finally found a program (fast audio converter) to convert my wma to mp3. It works on my computer but not in the bike, truck or home stero. So what's the best way to save as far as bit rate and etc.