Denny, Check your manual but it is possible to make a regular audio cd, playable in any CD player, from a bunch of MP3s. the only catch is that they need to be less than 76 minutes to comport with the Red Book CD standard or less than 80 minutes for nearly all blanks these days. simply copying MP3s as files to a blank CD is creating a data CD, even though you can play the MP3's as audio files.
I have found that CD MP3 players will play all bit rates with the only exception being some of the lowest bitrates, which does not apply to your situation. Encoding preferences are a matter of personal preference and how golden your ears are. I recently switched from encoding at 192 bit full stereo highest quality to 256 full stereo highest quality. it is more disc space, twice the amount of a 128 bit encoding project, but great sound and quality. with storage so cheap and plentiful these days the extra space is not an issue for me. Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denny Daughters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 7:54 PM Subject: mp3 cds vs data cds > Hi guys, > Is there a difference between data cds and mp3 cds? What I'm trying to > do is to put many mp3s on a cd and have my friend play them back in his > mp3 cd player. I have each option as a separate option on easy cd > creator. Also would you recommend compressing the mp3s at 128 kbps or 160 > kbps? I want to make sure his mp3 cd player can play them. Thanks. > Denny > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ 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] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
