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| Thread ID: 86615 | 2008-01-22 20:57:00 | Backing up music CD's | mrs gibb (13184) | Press F1 |
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| 632865 | 2008-01-22 20:57:00 | I am trying to back-up some music CD's which I OWN. I have 5 CD's which I copied to my hard-drive and they are .aiff files. I then burn't these 5 folders of .aiff files onto a DVD+R. Then I tried playing it in my car stereo and it will not work, does not work in home stereo either. Is it because I used a DVD rather than a CD? Is it because they are .aiff files? Which file type should I use? Why am I bothering? my car was broken into :( and they stole the CD's I had in it, so I thought if I kept my originals at home and just had the copied disc in my car it wouldn't upset me as much if it happened again. Also I have a simple one disc car stereo so burning 5 albums on to one disc which I could play on random would be like having a disc stacker!!! PS. My stereo is not able to play mp3's it is a simple factory standard one. Insurance companies don't cover stolen CD's from cars even when you have full cover and the empty disc covers as proof you owned them! |
mrs gibb (13184) | ||
| 632866 | 2008-01-22 21:13:00 | Unless your car CD player can read DVD, then there is your first problem. you should be using.mp3 file format | plod (107) | ||
| 632867 | 2008-01-22 21:14:00 | No you have to rip them with something like Windows media player, or Nero. You dont copy the files off the cd then reburn them, as you found out. They wont work. Does the car stereo play DVD's?? If it doesnt it wont play this DVD. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 632868 | 2008-01-22 21:14:00 | Looks like you are using a Mac if your copying from a CD and they end up with that file extension. If you can not just drag them across and retain the CD's default extension then maybe Mac's Garageband might be able to convert them back to CDA I do not know what Mac software will convert them to playable media. On a PC I would just drag the files into a folder from the CD, then use Nero burning software and it can decide whether to burn as MP3 or normal .CDA format You will need to use a CD and not a DVD. you might get about 20 songs on a CD. IF your player could play MP3's then you would get around 100 on a CD in MP3 format. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 632869 | 2008-01-23 00:33:00 | I think I converted aiff files to mp3 with the itunes software. But I had to re-tag (rename) the file names using mp3 tag (www.mp3tag.de) (quite fast). Then burn with a free software program like burnaware (www.snapfiles.com)free edition… | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
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