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| Thread ID: 26680 | 2002-11-02 09:23:00 | MP3 Audio Backups: CDRW vs Nero Express | Kahawai_Chaser (166) | Press F1 |
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| 95503 | 2002-11-02 09:23:00 | Hi... Thought to share this... Found out by burning MP3's on CDR's via Nero Express, a integrated program within the main Nero program, that it is faster than using it's own InCD formatted CDRW program for backups. Express has a section to burn MP3's as MP3's (around 200 or so tracks), which can be easily moved backed in the PC via explorer... I thought that the any "burning" would embed files in the disc (CDR's) and that they in their full format could not be easily moved or copied back in the PC...But files (MP3's) can be transferred back... This beats the slow coach approach of formatting a CDRW (disregarding for a moment of it's repeatable rewrite advantage) which takes 25 min to format, and I think a large chunk of MB's is lost, and it seems the only way to eject the disc is via the program rather than manually.... Cheers... |
Kahawai_Chaser (166) | ||
| 95504 | 2002-11-02 09:43:00 | But...an MP3 is a data file. Any data file can be copied back from a CD, I do not understand why you are surprised. Copying it back doesnt erase it from the CDR. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 95505 | 2002-11-03 04:08:00 | Nero Express is just Nero with a nice wizard interface to make it easier for beginners. As GF says, an MP3 file is no different in terms of copying to a CD as any other data file such as a Word document. Using InCD is good if you want drag and drop from explorer, but I always use Nero itself as I like to control what and how things are being copied whether onto CDR or CDRW. Backing up MP3s should probably always be done onto CDR as these files are not usually modified like many other files on your PC (unless you are a musician modifying your own music) and so there is not a need to update the files, thus the inexpensive and more stable CDR format should be used rather than the more expensive and less stable CDRW. IMHOP it would be a waste of a cDRW to use it to store an MP3 backup as you will only be writing to the disc once, and this is what CDRs are designed for. g p |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 95506 | 2002-11-04 00:37:00 | Hi... Thanks GF & GP...will now use CDR's for backing up MP3's... |
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