Submit Hint Search The Forums LinksStatsPollsHeadlinesRSS
14,000 hints and counting!


Click here to return to the 'Burning CDs for users without iPhoto' hint
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
Burning CDs for users without iPhoto
Authored by: figz on Mar 27, '03 11:47:06AM

I wonder if this method, applied to burning mp3 cds would help my sister use her mp3 cd player. Currently if she uses iTunes to make mp3-cds, it won't play in her mp3-cd player. Maybe if she copies the files to a blank cd and uses the Finder burn, it will work. I'll have her try it!



[ Reply to This | # ]
Burning CDs for users without iPhoto
Authored by: dweebert on Mar 27, '03 11:37:41PM
I wonder if this method, applied to burning mp3 cds would help my sister use her mp3 cd player. Currently if she uses iTunes to make mp3-cds, it won't play in her mp3-cd player. Maybe if she copies the files to a blank cd and uses the Finder burn, it will work. I'll have her try it!

The problem most likely is the encoding rate. iTunes generally burns MP3 CDs correctly formatted for automotive MP3 CD players, but some of these players can only play up to 128 kbps MP3s.

When I got my MP3 player for the car, I was disappointed that it only supported the older version of the ID3 tags. My solution (after realizing that converting tags to v1.1 inside of iTunes messed up the files' metadata) was to write a small program that read the iTunes database, and allowed me to select a playlist and export it to a directory.

Now I keep a "Random CD" smart playlist in iTunes, which puts 650 MB of music randomly selected from my collection. When I need a new CD for the car, I just put a blank in, let the Finder prepare for burning, and run my program (SideBurner) to export. As it exports each song in the playlist, it converts the tags to version 1, so the names display correctly on my CD player.

(I intend to release my program to the general public, as soon as I get a bit of time to code around some Windowsisms that still exist in the interface.)

[ Reply to This | # ]