Hi David, I don't know anything about goldwave but I can help you with the nero rom burner. This is gonna be a lengthy post so from the door forgive me my fellow listers.
Let's take em one at a time. 1. How can I quickly convert all these files from .mp3 to .wav format, without doing this one file at a time? If your version of nero is beyond 5.0, the files by default will be saved as mp3's. If you are using a standard cd/r blank disk, nero will automatically save the files in a standard cda format so no conversion is necessary. If you need an encoder, you can grab it from http://www.nero.com/plugins for $15 or if you want it on a floppy disk it's gonna run $30. Personally, Grab it for 15 and toss it on one of your own disks. For converting the wav files to mp3. First, press alt-x to open the extras menu. The first choice is the file encoding option. Press enter to open the file encoding dialog box. Before we get into the procedure, here's a look at what's inside. There are 3 main controls in the box. The first control is the jobs listbox. The next control is the add dialog box; and the third is the cancel button. To convert the files, press tab once to get to the add dialog box and press enter to open it. The dialog box that opens is very similar to the open dialog box of any other windows application. Choose the location of the wavs you want to convert and once you have them selected tab over to the open button and press space on it. Nero automatically adds the files to the jobs list. Next, if you have additional files in different folders, you can add them to the jobs list in the same manner described above. If there aren't any files to add, press tab 5 times to reach the target file combo box. Press alt-down arrow to open the list, then arrow down twice to the mp3 option then press tab twice to the go button and press space on it. Panic button: Sometimes, nero doesn't automatically select all of the files in the jobs listbox and lets you know that the source and target files are the same and ask you if you want to skip the file. If this happens, don't panic, hit the escape key to close this dialog box, tab to the jobs listbox and highlight all of the files in there before you choose the target files format. Once all of the files are selected, tab around to the target file combo box and choose MP3; then tab to the go button and press enter on it. The encoding will commence. >From this point, nero will convert the files to the desired format. Depending on the amount of files that have to be encoded, this can take anywhere from a few minutes to 2 and a half hours. Conversion only moves at 1x speed so if you have other things to do, you might as well do them. When the procedure completes, press tab once to the cancel button; then, go to the directory where your audio tracks are stored and delete the wav files. Depending on their size, some of them may be to large for the recycle bin and you'll be given the option to permanently delete them. The default button here is yes hit space on it and it's done. 2. What is the easiest way to copy these .wav files to the CD drive while keeping them in a specific order? You may want to order the tracks numerically making track 1 the first track and track 12 the last. 3. If I copy them one file at a time, are they automatically copied so that there is minimal space or gap between the files? This is tricky because it depends on the type of cd-rom burner you have. Mine doesn't allow me to connect tracks so I'm always going to end up with a 2-second gap between them. If your burner allows it you can go into the editable proprties box and set the pause to 0 seconds between tracks. Hopefully I've not drowed yall in to much info here and that all of this makes sense. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "David R. Sky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:12 AM Subject: First time burning a CD > Hi listers > > I have several mp3 files I want to burn to a CD, which I have never done before. I have Goldwave 4.26, and some version of Nero. Some questions: > > 1. How can I quickly convert all these files from .mp3 to .wav format, without doing this one file at a time? > > 2. What is the easiest way to copy these .wav files to the CD drive while keeping them in a specific order? > > 3. If I copy them one file at a time, are they automatically copied so that there is minimal space or gap between the files? > > 4. Is the first file automatically placed at the physical start of the CD? > > 5. Once I have completed copying these files to the CD, do I need to do anything else to complete the job? > > I hope these questions make sense. > > Thanks a lot in advance! > > David > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
