15.03.2003 13:51 UhrAllen Pruntyalprunty at mac.com: > > On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 12:10 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> Hello all, I am making my first steps on importing and burning CDs in >> my >> iTunes. I have a question : Having only infantile knowledge about >> this, do I >> understand that the MP3 format will condense the files as I am >> importing >> them, because my preferences indicate the MP3 format for import. ( It >> seems to be the default setting, I did not do anything, I just >> looked). Now >> when I burn a CD, it shows me in the preferences Audio CD, which I >> interpret as meaning it goes out unto the CD in what I would consider a >> regular unsqueezed format. Why I am asking : if I want to give this CD >> to a >> friend, I assume it should be in a regular format, since I do not know >> whether the player this CD will be played on has this MP3 format. ( And >> incidentally ; ewhat does MP3 stand for?) A little clarificaton would >> be > > MP3 CD format is a special format where you can put literally almost > 100 or more songs on one CD. You have to have a stereo or CD player > that has MP3 on it to play them. They are few and far between. My DVD > player will play them. > > It's best to burn in regular uncompressed CD, they are more useful when > going from player to player. > > Allen > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. Allen, thanks for your answer. I am in the process of buying myself a new CD-DVD player , Just waddling behind technology's new offerings. I shall look into this - to me- new MP3 thing. Marta
| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
