Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 09:46:11 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: making MP3s to fill ymnew HDD [LIB]
At 10:40 AM 15/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:35:35 -0500 >From: Pres Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: making MP3s to fill ymnew HDD [LIB] > >David, I have 3 questions for the opposite direction... How do I: > >I want to create music CDs from .mp3 files downloaded from the Internet, to >play in the car Adaptec EasyCD (and I'd say a number of the other more popular CD writing programs) will let you drag MP3 files straight to audio CD and it'll convert them (presumably first to .wav then) to audio CD tracks on the fly (make SURE you're telling it to create an AUDIO CD first!). The .cda files are actually a figment of Windows's imagination, they're just handles Windows assigns to the audio tracks because Windows Explorer deals with files. It looks like on installation of WiMP, it changes Windows' interpretation of these files (probably to prevent people from thinking they were actual audio data?). There are no actual 'files' on an audio CD (at least not on the audio tracks), hence why Windows freaks out when you try to copy them anywhere. You could probably think of those tracks as 'raw partitions' that Windows just happens to recognise (where each track on a CD could be thought of as a partition). Some audio CDs have a data track as its first track which is why when you put some audio CDs into your CD-ROM drive you get those 'bonus files' (videos, webpages and whatnot) that some publishers put on the disks. Windows sees this track first and doesn't bother looking any further. If you DO want to drag and drop, do so onto a CD writing program such as EasyCD ... instead of actually copying it, those programs realize you want to copy the track and will silently rip them to a temporary area and wait for a blank CD to copy the tracks onto. >I want to create music CDs from an audio source ( specifically the ATI Video >player to go with the ATI All-In-Wonder video card I have in the desktop ) >like DirecTV Music Choice satellite service, to play in the car Just record a .wav and drag and drop it onto EasyCD (in audio CD mode) and you're done! >I want to create huge .mp3 of the same source... I want to have hours of >satellite-delivered continuous music on my Libretto's HDD. Then run the same .wav through Lame encoder or similar. Easy! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
