Hi Kathy. I have a Panasonic DVD player that will play MP3 files. However, you have to have all tracks at the root level. That is, you can't play MP3 files that have been saved in folders that are burned to the disc. Like you, I also had a portable MP3 player, a Phillips machine. With the portable player I could have folders with tracks inside them and it would play all files as it was able to drill down into the folders. Maybe your DVD player can't drill down into folders.
Regards. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy and Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:23 AM Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > Hi Kevin. I have a dvd player. It's a Tosheba, 5 cd changer. It plays > cds, dvds, mp3s, and wma files. A friend tried to help me use the menus to > try and play an mp3 disk. The dvd player played the first 9 mp3 tracks. > Then it kept going back to the first track. I called the store where I > purchased it. They told me unless I had it connected to a tv, I wouldn't be > able to use the menus. I have a little mp3 walkman. It plays all the > tracks just fine. What do you think? Is this doable? Is there a way to > get to the next mp3 folder? Thanks so much for yours or anyone else's > input. Have a good one. > > Kathy > > Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these > things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6 33, KJV. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:00 PM > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > > > > Hi Kevin! With the DVD player I have now, I can play the WMA files I have > > on some disks, where I wasn't able to on my previous DVD player! I guess > > that more MP3 CD players are allowing for the WMA format! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:09 PM > > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > > > > > >> Hi Scott. > >> > >> I'm using windows media player to archive my CD collection using WMA > >> lossless as my choice of format. > >> > >> As it says, it's a lossless format and so quality is guaranteed. > >> Therefore, > >> if you want to burn to CD in the future and play on a real hi-fi system, > >> you're going to get the full frequency range. This is where I've noticed > >> the compression in MP3 files that otherwise sound great when played on a > >> computer or portable device. > >> > >> There are other lossless formats but I think those have disadvantages. > >> Flak > >> and OG aren't really supported out there in mainstream players very often > >> whereas WMA is and I don't think Microsoft are going to go away too > >> quickly > >> so the format will be around for a considerable number of years. WAV is > >> uncompressed and so is larger than WMA files but even more of a > >> disadvantage > >> is that you don't have any ID3 tags in WAV files. > >> > >> A typical WMA lossless track of about 5 mins can be around the 30MB mark > >> but > >> memory is cheap. > >> > >> I convert my music down to 128kbps on the fly when loading up my portable > >> MP3 hard drive player so there's no problems in taking at least some of > >> my > >> collection with me when I travel. You could though create MP3 files from > >> the WMA files by using a program like Goldwave. Because you're > >> converting > >> from a lossless format, you are able to go ahead and create files in > >> other > >> formats from your WMA masters without losing quality due to mixing and > >> matching of formats. You will of course get quality degradation by > >> reducing > >> the bit rates. > >> > >> So, just to be clear, I rip to WMA lossless and keep those files as my > >> archive masters. I store them on an external hard drive and don't touch > >> these again. If I want to shrink the music to take away from the > >> computer, > >> I use Goldwave to create new smaller MP3 files or use the morph function > >> that comes with my notmad explorer software to shrink the music on the > >> fly > >> as I load my Creative jukebox. > >> > >> Regards. > >> > >> Kevin > >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Scott Blanks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:46 AM > >> Subject: transferring music collection to hard drive > >> > >> > >>> Hi folks, > >>> > >>> I have a number of cd's that I am considering copying to my hard drive; > >> I've > >>> had those discs for many years and I am concerned about deterioration > >> and/or > >>> scratching, etc. However, I don't know what file format I should convert > >> the > >>> tracks into. I have free versions of Real Player and Winamp, and of > >> course, > >>> Windows Media. With those, I know I can choose between mp3, WMA, and > >>> possibly another format using the newest version of Winamp. What I would > >>> like to accomplish is converting the tracks into a high quality file > >>> that > >>> does not take up too much space. > >>> > >>> For those of you who have converted a large number of discs into audio > >>> files, what format did you choose and why? Should I shell out money for > >>> a > >>> more powerful program than the ones I've already mentioned? > >>> > >>> Very curious, > >>> Scott > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >>> http://www.pc-audio.org > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >> http://www.pc-audio.org > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
