[goldworker]

I want to burn my mp3 files onto a cd that can be played in any cd player. I've been told that I need some software to convert the files, but everything I've found has been for pc?

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[Macola]

http://www.apple.com/itunes/

[tr]

what mac are you using? if you have a machine with a built in CD-RW, just use iTunes. make a playlist, and burn disc. couldn't be simpler.


tr

[Macola]

Originally posted by tr:
what mac are you using? if you have a machine with a built in CD-RW, just use iTunes. make a playlist, and burn disc. couldn't be simpler.

You don't even need a built-in CD-RW. iTunes happily supports my rather ancient QPS Firewire 8x burner.

[goldworker]

I'm having no trouble burning cd's to play on my computer, but they don't play on a regular old cd player, or in the car cd player.

Does anyone out there know how I can make a cd on my imac that I can play in ANY cd player, not just the computer?

Thanks again.

[Ganesha]

Originally posted by goldworker:
I'm having no trouble burning cd's to play on my computer, but they don't play on a regular old cd player, or in the car cd player.

Does anyone out there know how I can make a cd on my imac that I can play in ANY cd player, not just the computer?

Thanks again.

Try a different brand of CD-R blanks. Some CD players are rather picky on what CD-R media you use.

[goldworker]

Can anyone suggest a particular brand of cd-r that will work anywhere?

[tr]

no, not really. i don't think anyone can tell you what media will work in ALL players, because i'm sure no one has tried them in ALL players. pick a specific brand (some good, name brand media, not the generic kind), burn disc, and try it. if it works, great, if it doesn't, try another brand. it's a hit or miss operation.

in the end, it may not even be the media, it may be the fact that your cd players are just really bad at reading CD-R's, maybe they're just old players. i have an old sony discman from like 5 years ago, and it sometimes stutters when playing CD-R's.


tr

[Macola]

Originally posted by goldworker:
I'm having no trouble burning cd's to play on my computer, but they don't play on a regular old cd player, or in the car cd player.

Does anyone out there know how I can make a cd on my imac that I can play in ANY cd player, not just the computer?

Thanks again.

Under your iTunes Preferences, Burning, make sure that the format selected is Audio CD (and not MP3). MP3 CDs will only work on MP3-compatible CD players.

[KeyLimePi]

And make sure you're not burning onto a CD-RW disc. I don't think a 'regular' CD player will accept them...only CD-R.

[boardsurfer]

One more tip: in my experience, the CDR's with dark surfaces dont work well in other cd players. Find cdr's that have a lighter color, like one you would buy from a music store. make sense?

[HiDDeN]

iTunes 3 (freeware) and some regular CD-R cd's should do the trick, just create a playlist of things you want on cd and choose burn.
Don't buy CD-RW for the job not all audio systems accept them, just simple CD-R 74 mins or 80 mins.

[goldworker]

For all the suggestions. I checked in my itunes preferences, and audio cd is what is checked. the cd's I'm recording on are a white Memorex cd-r - 700 mb, 80 minute. It will play fine in my computer, but not in any of the other cd players I've tried - the newest one being in my car that's only a year old.

Anyone else out there have any suggestions?

TP

[VRL]

Originally posted by goldworker:
For all the suggestions. I checked in my itunes preferences, and audio cd is what is checked. the cd's I'm recording on are a white Memorex cd-r - 700 mb, 80 minute. It will play fine in my computer, but not in any of the other cd players I've tried - the newest one being in my car that's only a year old.

Memorex should work. I've used them without a problem in my auto, CD players, computers.

The only CD player I've had any problem with is a Sony mini stereo w/CD player. It likes Sony CD-R's only. (Imagine that.)