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31240	2002-01-14 22:28:00	Thanks to those who have responded. Still need to know does music in WAV format on CD play on a conventional music playing CD player? If so has any one used Winamp3 to convert mp3 to WAV format? And how do you do it? Thanks for the re think. STEVE.	Guest (0)
31241	2002-01-14 22:58:00	hi steve,Cd burned as wav format will not play on my home cd player Or on my car stereo which supports & plays mp3 format. Not sure why you want to burn cd as wav ? If you have an older cd-writer that does not have software to convert mp3 to cd on the fly? I would suggest downloading musicmatch juke box from www.musicmatch.com Cheers Steve	Guest (0)
31242	2002-01-14 23:17:00	I may be wrong here, but as I understand it a .wav file is the basic uncompressed raw data file from recording. Thats why the files are so big. If you convert BACK to wav from mp3, or any other format for that matter, you will lose information, there is no point in doing so. In fact every time you convert from one format to another some data will be lost. This is very obvious when making up music files from old 78 rpm records and trying to get the file size as small as possible, it's easy to get plopping and waterfall noises which are holes in the music due to lost data.	Guest (0)
31243	2002-01-15 02:45:00	As mentioned in a previous response .wav is not the cd audio format. For a .wav file to be recorded to a cd will require the cd to be recorded as a data cd. Data cd's obviously don't play on conventional cd players. If you want to record .mp3's to play on a conventional cd player you choose the option to make an audio in your cd writing software, select the .mp3 files, start the writing process and the software will do all the rest.	Guest (0)
31244	2002-01-15 04:41:00	Hi Steve, The answer to your question is 'wav' is the only format that a conventional CD player will read and yes winamp will convert MP3 to wave. Right click on Winamp go Options>Preferences>look for the output option, highlight it and from the options on the rh side, select the top one 'Nullsoft Disk Writer Plugin' Go to configure and select an output directory (folder where you want to store the songs before burning) You can select one song or a whole folder to convert automatically.	Guest (0)
31245	2002-01-15 10:49:00	There's obviously some conflict of opinion here. As I understand it an audio CD has .cda extension tracks, and software, eg Nero for burning audio CD's produces .cda extensions. Any further comments by anyone?	Guest (0)
31246	2002-01-15 13:37:00	Extract from: stations.mp3s.com WareWolf FAQ How do I make an audio CD from my MP3s? Ok, to begin with, you'll need a CD-R or CD-RW recorder. These are special drives designed for recording CDs. Find more explanation on these drives in our Hardware Guide. In addition to a collection of MP3 files, you will need some blank CDs and the CD-recording software that came with your recorder. Now, the regular old CD player in your home can't play MP3 files, so you must convert the MP3 files to WAV. WAV is simply another format for digitally recording audio that CD players can understand. For beginners, we recommend the free, popular MusicMatch software. It will convert to WAV and then burn to CD in one simple process: Make sure that your computer has a CD burner (writer). Select the songs you want to use and create a playlist. Click on the 'CD-R' button under the playlist window. Indicate that you want to burn an 'audio' CD. ('Data CD' is for recording MP3s as MP3s. For more on this, see below.) From the 'Create CD from Playlist' window, confirm that your CD format and song list are correct. Click the 'Create CD' button. Enjoy your new CD until you get tired of it. Then, make a new one! Winamp, although I use it all the time, (because the 'Lama rocks')is probably one of the clumsier mp3/wav/wav/mp3 converters. there are others such as Audiograbber which extracts, decodes and converts digitally (doesn't pass through your soundcard therefore elimnating hissing popping & clicking) there are literally hundreds of converters, just type mp3 converter into your browser and hit the search button. Some software such as Roxio do have an extension 'cda' (CD Audio) but that is just a software feature they are still .wav files. Although mp3's can't be played on a normal CD player there are programs coming available now that claim to be able to compress wav & mp3's to allow more tracks to be written to an 80min CD and be able to play in a normal CD player i.e An average CD will hold 15 - 20 .wav files and these new programs claim to be able to fit up to 40. You can also buy household and car stereos capable of playing both mp3's & wav. if you can afford them. BC	Guest (0)
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