Help Needed..........File Conversion - part two

[jackthehat]

Right, chaps and chapesses........

I have now created a disc which apparently, can only be played on a computer .....[.wma files]. :o(

I need to create a disc which will be playable on any type of portable CD-player.....what do I now need to convert the files into?

Will [.mp3] files be suitable for burning onto a CD ?

Once again, many thanks..........:o)

[hc4361]

It depends whether or not your player can play .mp3

[ChuckFickens]

No, aren't strictly speaking files at all you put on the CD, it has to be burnt as a standard audio CD.

http://windows.micros...-Windows-Media-Player

[jackthehat]

hc4361 - The trouble is that it is NOT for playing on any of my machines.
As far as I understand, the recipient has standard (if high quality) CD players at his disposal.

chuckie - using the link that you have provided I now have a 'burn list' spread over 4 CDs, as each CD-ROM has an availabilty of 79 minutes, and there are 14 chapters (files) of varying lengths. I have used the [.mp3] versions of the files rather than the [.wma] and I understand that there will be no difference as the Audio CD is based on 'time/length' of the recording rather than file size, but rather than 'proceed to checkout' and burn the 4 discs, please could you confirm, for me, that subject to all of the proceeding being correct, the recipient of these disks should simply be able to pop the CDs into any of his machines and spend an afternoon wallowing in my dulcet tones? :o)

Many thanks.

[ChuckFickens]

Yep, you are correct. it doesn't really matter what file type you start with, once it's burnt as an audio CD it's uncompressed audio (PCM) and you are limited to the same length as a commercial audio CD (about 79min give or take)

As long as you have the tracks ordered correctly then you should be good to go.