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Burning a CD issue, what format to use

by Coyotex
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So, I"m offering a free CD to my subscribers (they pay Shipping) and I got it all set up with Trepstar (awesome process so far!), but I'm running into an issue.

When I sent myself a test CD, it was great. It arrived just like they said, the CD looked great, no issues......

....until I tried to play it in my car. It seems I screwed up and uploaded an mp3 format to the Fulfillment company. Well, I now know this isn't the correct format, but my issue is I have no clue what format to send the file to them in.

All my files are mp3 and when I burn to CD from my computer, it works great in my car CD player. So, obviously, during the burn, Windows Media converts the mp3 to something my car CD player can read, but I don't know what that is.

Does anyone know? If so, do you know how I can convert to this format so I can upload that to my fulfillment company so people can play their free cd in their car?

I hope I explained this right. Please let me know if there are any questions with my explanation. Thanks.
#burning #format #issue
  • Profile picture of the author iuditg
    How many audio files are there to be more specific ? Try burning them as audio CD instead of mp3 that might help

    Lemme know the further issues and I will guide you to solve your problem
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  • Profile picture of the author IdeaLady
    When you burn the file(s) to CD, create an audio CD, not a data CD.

    I generally use WAV files when I am making CDs, unless the recording is too long. You are generally limited to 74 - 80 minutes on CD with WAV files.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
    It sounds to me like your Fulfillment company burned a Data CD instead of an Audio CD. Let them know of the issue and ask them to do it again or get your money back.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    As others have mentioned you have created a data cd of mp3 files and not an actual audio cd. Some certain cd players will still play the mp3 cds but most will not. Burn it again as an audio cd or tell your fulfillment company you want an audio cd NOT a data cd.
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    • Profile picture of the author Yadira Barbosa
      Some car stereos can't play mp3 CDs, so you need to change the format to Audio CD.

      And normally fulfillment companies take the CDs and make copies, just that.

      You can get Roxio (they have a free trial) to create you first Audio CD (Roxio convert mp3 to real audio format), then try it on your car, and if you can hear it send it to your fulfillment company.
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  • Profile picture of the author hjalte81
    Originally Posted by Coyotex View Post

    So, I"m offering a free CD to my subscribers (they pay Shipping) and I got it all set up with Trepstar (awesome process so far!), but I'm running into an issue.

    When I sent myself a test CD, it was great. It arrived just like they said, the CD looked great, no issues......

    ....until I tried to play it in my car. It seems I screwed up and uploaded an mp3 format to the Fulfillment company. Well, I now know this isn't the correct format, but my issue is I have no clue what format to send the file to them in.

    All my files are mp3 and when I burn to CD from my computer, it works great in my car CD player. So, obviously, during the burn, Windows Media converts the mp3 to something my car CD player can read, but I don't know what that is.

    Does anyone know? If so, do you know how I can convert to this format so I can upload that to my fulfillment company so people can play their free cd in their car?

    I hope I explained this right. Please let me know if there are any questions with my explanation. Thanks.
    My suggestion would be, to create an .iso file (an image of the cd) and send that to the company...

    Unless, of course they can convert the .mp3 files to .wav
    I believe you can use imgburn to create and burn .iso files.
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    • Profile picture of the author Andre Slater
      You also have to consider that everyone does not have mp3 disk capabilities in their car. I would stick with regular files on a cd. If you need more space just make a series. Audio on a CD in a car should play like a CD you buy from the store. Nero is the best for this. Audio CD
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      • Profile picture of the author hjalte81
        Originally Posted by Andre Slater View Post

        You also have to consider that everyone does not have mp3 disk capabilities in their car. I would stick with regular files on a cd. If you need more space just make a series. Audio on a CD in a car should play like a CD you buy from the store. Nero is the best for this. Audio CD
        As I understand it, his idea is to create an audio cd, but somehow, somewhere, something went wrong and he got an mp3 cd instead...
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  • Profile picture of the author Coyotex
    Just as several of you have mentioned, I created a data cd and I had to go back in to account setting and change it with the fulfillment company. I guess I had missed that step earlier and didn't know I even had it.

    Thanks for everyone's help!
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  • Profile picture of the author Tim Franklin
    Interesting, post, but from what I can tell your original question was not completely answered, there are a lot of different audio formats you can use, WAV can be used, however if you want the best format, with the best result, then AIFF is what you want, simply because with WAV files sizes can become an issue, you can only put about 800MB on a CD, so if you use WAV you could end up with such a large size disk that you could not accurately reproduce it.

    (this happened to me a while back when I had a recording for a client in WAV and the disk size was 1.2 gb, what happened next was that I got an error message stating that the file size was too large to be an audio CD and did I want to make a data cd instead?)

    AIFF actually stands for Audio Interchange File Format

    It is the most commonly used format for CD audio files, it is very versatile, and contrary to common beliefs, it is a standard format, (true it is more often used in a MAC) but since Apple is used by most every "serious" recording artist to "master" a recording, it has become the most used format, just take a CD and load it into your computer, then exit the audio player, that comes up automatically, then navigate using your computer system and see the file format of the songs on that CD, in most every case, (almost) it will be AIFF,

    So actually if you want to produce a superior audio file that will play in most every use case, from computers, to car audio, AIFF is your format.
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  • Profile picture of the author troy23
    It's possible it was not burnt as an audio file.
    Did Windows Media player output it as a WMA file?
    A data CD of MP3 files will not work - You need to burn it as an audio CD.
    I use Ashampoo for all my CD/DVD needs - there is a free version on their site.
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