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329627 2005-03-02 01:41:00 bloody nero
wont seem to let me 'multisession' with audio cd......is there a way ?...or failing that is there another FREE cdwriting prog which will allow me to copy music from a several cd's onto a blank but later add more ?
drcspy (146)
329628 2005-03-02 01:55:00 Nero wasnt made to be multisession for MP3's. Only data files.

As it and most program once u add, and then burn the MP3's to CD, it will finalise the CD. Not much you can do about it, with MP3 files.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
329629 2005-03-02 01:59:00 MP3's are data,they can be multi-sessioned all the way to japan and back.

drcspy, you could rip or convert the tracks to wav and burn then as data multi-session, no garentee though that it would work in a stand alone cd player after you added more tracks.
Powerslave (7265)
329630 2005-03-02 02:09:00 yeh mp3 would be not a problem at all.........however I'm wanting to drag'n'drop files from an audio cd to nero then later add more...................well....actually it's someone else who wants to do this and I thought I had done it long ago but couldn't remember if I had..........tried it ......didnt work.......cant be done ???? (simply) drcspy (146)
329631 2005-03-02 02:20:00 Well no MP3s arent data. Data is exe files / programs / install exe files u download from the net.

There's a difference. And most burning programs would know the difference between the 2.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
329632 2005-03-02 02:43:00 Of course MP3 files are just data.
And you can fit about 150 of them on a CD.

But if you are copying them to an Audio CD, then they will be converted by Nero to CDA files, when only about 12 will fit on the CD.
Then they are not "data" as such.

But in this case you are copying CDA files by the sound of it, ripped from an Audio CD?
Not aware that many/any CD players would be able to handle multisession CDA playback, so perhaps it is not supported for good reason?
godfather (25)
329633 2005-03-02 02:50:00 Well no MP3s arent data. Data is exe files / programs / install exe files u download from the net.

There's a difference. And most burning programs would know the difference between the 2.

Im sorry to say, but you are wrong. Whatever can be used on a computer, whether through a CD, DVD, floppy or whatever else is using data.

Data is 10010111010 and so on. Computers need the binary code to work, so if you say audio cds do not use data, what the hell does it use then? "Jimmy Pop is a dumb white guy" in plain english, I think not. It is data. :badpc:
mister harbies (5607)
329634 2005-03-02 02:59:00 yes yes yes data .....well of course anything on a computer is in binary and as such data.......anyway..........godfather.....thanks you reckon that it's because the players cant support multisession playback... ?........oh well k.....hmmmm drcspy (146)
329635 2005-03-02 02:59:00 Of course MP3 files are just data.
And you can fit about 150 of them on a CD.

But if you are copying them to an Audio CD, then they will be converted by Nero to CDA files, when only about 12 will fit on the CD.
Then they are not "data" as such.

But in this case you are copying CDA files by the sound of it, ripped from an Audio CD?
Not aware that many/any CD players would be able to handle multisession CDA playback, so perhaps it is not supported for good reason?

I am not aware of any CD readers that can read an mp3-audio CD, without it being "closed". Once the CD is closed, you can no longer add to it. Whilst it is open in multisession mode and you are adding to it, it cannot be read because it is not closed. The only way to add to a closed CD is to blank and re-burn it with the original content plus the additions. Therefore you should burn all mp3-audio CDs as DAO (disk at once) to avoid the 2-second gap, and then blank and reburn if you want to add more.

By the way, there is a difference between "data" and "audio". Data CDs must have a filesystem image, audio CDs do not. So you can only burn data as an "iso9660" etc, but audio can be burned on just as it is.

Got my self a CD-burner just the other day, and from light reading this is what I understand of it. I hope it is correct.
vinref (6194)
329636 2005-03-02 03:05:00 Well whatever u say MP3s are data just to make u happy. Burning programs think otherwise.

BUT you wont get any program which will do multisession MP3 CD's. Either add all the MP3's at the same time and then burn, or dont burn. End of story.

And yer I know MP3's can be burned to CD, as is, or converted to CDA format, just as long as u have a stereo or something that can play MP3 CD's

I have a cd that plays MP3 CD's here.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
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