Hi, No, see, CD-Audio *is* *PCM* format. Exactly the same format as a .wav file, aside from header info. MP3 is compresssed; no plain-audio CD player known to man will play a CD burned with MP3s---technically, you *can't* burn an audio CD from MP3s; MP3 format straight to CD == data CD with MP3 files on it.
I think what you're worried about is the fact that some (older?) CD players simply can't handle CD-Rs. Anything from skipping a lot, to hanging between tracks (make sure you burn in Disc At Once [DAO] mode to help avoid this), to simply not recognizing the media at all. There's no way around this, I'm afraid. (FYI, even fewer audio CD players can handle CD-RW; general rule here is if it doesn't specifically advertise itself as able to read CD-RWs, it can't). So here are some general tips to help: 1) Make sure you're set to burn an Audio CD, not a Data CD of WAV files; [I'm pretty sure] there is a difference between the two in the area of filesystem structure. 2) Don't convert to MP3. Honest. 3) Make sure to select Disc At Once [DAO] mode. This prevents the write laser from turning off between tracks. (Most howtos just say non-disc-at-once results in 2-second gaps between tracks; however I know that my Sony Discman hangs between tracks if DAO isn't used). Good luck! ~Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ralph Blach Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 5:05 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] .wav to .mp3 The reason I want to convert to an MP3 is to assure that I will be playable on a cd player. Some dont seem to handle the wave file. By the way, quality here is NOT an issue. It is a recording of my son on an on air radio broadcast. Thanks Brian A. Henning wrote: > Hi, > I don't know much about gtoaster, but I do know that CD-A is PCM by nature > (same as .wav), so converting from .wav to .mp3 seems a step in the wrong > direction to me. Does gtoaster require .mp3 format? It must convert the > mp3 back to raw PCM before burning an audio disc, so that seems strange to > me. > > (For example, way back in the day, Adaptec [now Roxio] Easy CD Creator > required .WAV for burning audio CDs; only in later versions did it include > its own MP3 decoder) > > ~Brian > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
