"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:udBKCTTfHHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Almost no CD players support MP3 format disks. Are you sure your car
> does? All disks must be closed before they will be able to be played on
> another
You are very much behind the time on this topic. More and more vehicel
steros are "MP3 Capable". Virtually any PC with QuickTime, to name just one
product, can play an MP3 file written to the CD . . . unless you are lazy
and do not read the prompt asking if you want a music CD or a data CD. By
selecting Data CD, you accept the file as is, i.e. MP3 files are copied to
the CD as MP3 file and not translated to CDA.
You are partially correct about closing the CD. This is a step I always do
as it ensures the disk will be read by another device. Leaving the disk open
*usually* allows the disk to be read ny the same drive that created it, i.e.
you want to burn additional files to the same CD at a later date.
As for WMA, what is that? It must be some propietary standard because no one
I know uses it. I only use CDA or MP3 because anyone can play them.
> "Andrew Watkins" <thvoicwethin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:OJQF15SfHHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Im using Vista to Burn my Cds but when the progress starts it says
>> formatting 574 (or something like that) and it will not play in my cd
>> player, nor my car (and my car nav system supports mp3, wma, wav, etc.).
>> All the files were transferred from .wma to .mp3 by a program. Can anyone
>> help me with this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thvoicwethin@hotmail.com
>