burning MP3 blues

[Mel Seder]

--- Duncan MacGregor <dbmacg-j4iOX5ZKO4mumhQq9Hcxfg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> You really did not tell us enough to help you very much.
> 
> Is your CD player supposed  to play MP3 files?

I suspect not but I don't really know for sure.  If my memory serves me last
year or a couple or years ago I took MP3 files and put them on a CD that would
play anywhere,  my car, stereo systems, older ghetto blasters pretty well
everything I can think of.  The problem is I don't know if I used Linux or
Windows nor do I remember the program.  I don't recall converting anything so
I'm guessing that maybe I used Windows and the process to reconstruct into
normal audio CD's was automated.

I just stuck the CD into my DVD that is connected to the TV and it played like
a charm.

> 
> - MP3 files are compressed audio files. 
> An ordinary stand-alone CD player, which does not know about MP3  will not 
> play them at all, ever, because it does not know how to decompress them. (So 
> you must create standard CD audio files to play them there.)
> 
> - Some stand-alone CD/DVD players are picky about filename conventions.
> A  CD or DVD player that *is* supposed to be smart enough to handle MP3s
> may require that they have 'Joliet extensions' that use windows-style (short)
> filenames.

The filenames are free form like "Mel is blue because he can't play his burnt
(spelling) music in his car.mp3)

 My DVD player requires such 'Joliet Filename extensions'; the 
> manual says it only recognizes file from 'Windows' computers.
> 
> - CDRW and CDR media is 'darker'.
> Older CD players and drives could not read CDR or CD-RW disks at all. CDR and
> 
> especially CD-RW disks are physically darker, and early drives may not 
> recognize anything other than bright media. Also, as a CD player or drive 
> gets older, it may  have more difficulty with dark media. If this happens, 
> the drive is failing , and may soon quit altogether.
> 
> Duncan

Thanks for the tutorial Duncan,  I know a little bit more now.


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