I wasn't talking about computer CD players. I was talking about stand alone
players, like boom boxes. Car players I didn't say anything about, only
asked if he was sure his was MP3 capable. As to the rest of your asinine
ramblings they can stand on their own. I copy MP3 files to CDA every day to
play on my other standalone players.
"emanon" <emanon@erehwon.com> wrote in message
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> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
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>> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>> "Andrew Watkins" <thvoicwethin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>>> 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
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