O.K. Audiophiles, a little help please

[SeaCat]

Growing up there was an album I loved. (Spell of the Yukon by Stuart Hamblen) Unfortunately I no longer have the album, now would I have a way to play it if I did.

I did find the album on Amazon in the MP3 Format.

This raises the question for me. Can this then be copied to a disc and listened to on a CD Player? If not is there a way to convert the MP3 Format songs to a format that will play in a CD Player?

Thanks in advance.

Cat

 

[cloudy]

The short answer is "yes."

Any audio cd burning program will be able to do all the work for you. All you have to do is open your burning program (Roxio, etc. - make sure you select "audio cd" and not "data" - if you choose data it won't play in your car, home stereo, whatever), drag and drop the songs you want on the cd to the program, click "burn" or whatever your particular program has, and wait for it to burn.

 

[SeaCat]

The short answer is "yes."

Any audio cd burning program will be able to do all the work for you. All you have to do is open your burning program (Roxio, etc. - make sure you select "audio cd" and not "data" - if you choose data it won't play in your car, home stereo, whatever), drag and drop the songs you want on the cd to the program, click "burn" or whatever your particular program has, and wait for it to burn.

Thanks for the info Cloudy.

I'll have to go and get the album and make a copy so I can listen to it. (I don't have an MP3 player.)

Cat

 

[Auden James]

Not sure whether "audiophile" and "mp3" can go together.

Furthermore you could get the problem that mp3s decoded before some specific version of lame-codec may reproduce some annoying "pauses" between tracks because those mp3s used fixed sector values. In marked contrast to uncompressed audio files (like .wav or .flac), which don't have this problem because they adhere to the original sector values and, even more important for any true audiophile, give you a much greater audio quality!

However, if you cannot find a real copy of the aforementioned album then, unfortunately, the compressed mp3 download will be your only choice left...

 

[Liar]

The short answer is "yes."

Any audio cd burning program will be able to do all the work for you. All you have to do is open your burning program (Roxio, etc. - make sure you select "audio cd" and not "data" - if you choose data it won't play in your car, home stereo, whatever), drag and drop the songs you want on the cd to the program, click "burn" or whatever your particular program has, and wait for it to burn.

You don't even need to get a specific cd burning program. Windows Media Player will do that.

 

[TxRad]

Most older cd players won't play mp3's. They don't have the codec for that format.

Make a copy and try it though if you have a newer cd player. You're computer should play it in any case.

For older cd players, you might have to convert the songs back to the original format. Windows might be able to do it. If not, there are several free converters available on downloads.com.

 

[Liar]

Most older cd players won't play mp3's. They don't have the codec for that format.

*blink*

You burn it as an audio cd of course.

 

[cloudy]

You don't even need to get a specific cd burning program. Windows Media Player will do that.

I know, but I despise Windows Media Player. Roxio is SO much easier to use, and it came installed on my laptop.

 

[Liar]

I know, but I despise Windows Media Player. Roxio is SO much easier to use, and it came installed on my laptop.

I agree, it's a behemoth turd as a media player. But fot that one purpose of burning a cd, it works pretty well.

 

[Xelebes]

Thanks for the info Cloudy.

I'll have to go and get the album and make a copy so I can listen to it. (I don't have an MP3 player.)

Cat

Windows Media Player on your computer will play mp3s. WinAmp, a downloadable program for free, is a better program. Do you have speakers on your computer?