Music Help

by mike42 on Feb 14, 2006 11:02 AM EST

I'm sure that I could Google this, but I'm also sure that some of our more enterprising music types might know the best solution. Here's my situation...

My new car can play MP3s in the CD changer. I know I'm the last person on Earth to learn this, but that means that I can get more songs onto each CD by making them MP3s... so I tried to take advantage of that by burning MP3 CDs in iTunes. But there were only about three songs in my whole iTunes library (mostly made up of CDs that I have owned for a long time) that could be burned as MP3s.

How can I make MP3 CDs? If possible, I'd prefer a free/freeware solution?

(Is there still such a thing as freeware or did I just date myself?)

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Huhuhuh.

You're old.

Taking the fun out of it - for everyone.

by wiggins on Feb 14, 2006 11:08 AM EST reply actions

Whatever

You're older than me.

"Cherish the time." -- R.A.M.

by mike42 on Feb 14, 2006 11:10 AM EST up reply actions

Oh yeah.

And I don't know how any of this crap works, either.

Oh well.

Taking the fun out of it - for everyone.

by wiggins on Feb 14, 2006 11:19 AM EST up reply actions

Well, you're ahead of me

You introduced me to iTunes and my musical capabilities begin and end there. But I did thank you for that, right? I've put those skills to good use.

"Cherish the time." -- R.A.M.

by mike42 on Feb 14, 2006 12:08 PM EST up reply actions

I don't use iTunes

But if you check under "preferences" there's probably a way to change the format your CDs will be saved under.
I don't really know how to do it, so I don't worry about it.

"If you're in love with the game, you can't turn it on and off like a light. It's something that runs so deep it takes you over.'' ~Billy Martin.

by jscape2000 on Feb 14, 2006 4:43 PM EST up reply actions

That might work

I'll try that... although I might have to re-add the CDs to my library. I might just try to burn them as MP3s through another program tonight.

"Cherish the time." -- R.A.M.

by mike42 on Feb 14, 2006 5:05 PM EST up reply actions

jscape 2000 is correct

Click on "Edit" in the top menu

Then "Preferences"

Click on the "Burning" tab at the top.

Your choices of Disk Format are: "Audio CD", "MP3 CD", or "Data CD"

Choose "MP3 CD" and then burn away.

(the above are for the windows version)

by craig on Feb 15, 2006 12:44 AM EST up reply actions

I tried that

But iTunes tells me that songs I bought through them can't be burned as MP3s and that nearly all of the songs I added from my CDs can't be converted to MP3s either.

"Cherish the time." -- R.A.M.

by mike42 on Feb 15, 2006 9:11 AM EST up reply actions

That's because

you loaded them with the AAC encoder. You need to upload them with the MP3 encoder.

It's in preferences, advanced tab, Importing.

by craig on Feb 15, 2006 6:43 PM EST up reply actions

Oh - gotcha now

I was thinking the burning tab when you said that. Now I get it.

"Cherish the time." -- R.A.M.

by mike42 on Feb 15, 2006 9:00 PM EST up reply actions

Rip your CD's as Mp3's

Then burn them onto a CD. You can probably use itunes (I don't know that program well), but I use windows media player. You need to download a plug-in, but it works well.

I smell like dead people

by fishfan24 on Feb 15, 2006 12:33 AM EST reply actions