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Having fits trying to burn MP3's to a cd!
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1302302"><p>Wow, I'm disappointed to see that every single answer here (except f1mac) is completely wrong.</p><p></p><p>Making an MP3 music disc in iTunes is ridiculously easy, but what you're probably missing, greenasgrass, are two important bits of info:</p><p></p><p>1. Only songs that are already in MP3 format can be burned onto an MP3 disc.</p><p>2. You really need to make a playlist FIRST.</p><p></p><p>You CAN convert songs that are not in MP3 *to* MP3 in iTunes, but that's quite time-consuming. Easier to make a "smart playlist" by type that shows all MP3 song.</p><p></p><p>Next, assuming you don't want all your MP3-format songs on the disc (or have too many), make a playlist with roughly eight hours or so of MP3 songs.</p><p></p><p>Next, select the playlist and right-click to choose "burn playlist to disc," choose "MP3 disc" from the options offered and away you go. Simple.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The "genius" was totally wrong. First off, AACs are not half the size of MP3s, they are about the same size (but sound slightly better imho). Second, there are NO car stereos that support playing AAC format songs burned on data CDs that I know of or have ever heard of. Total pipe dream there.</p><p></p><p>What I think he may have been saying (or trying to suggest) is that while MP3 CDs pack a lot of music on a single disc, why go through all that effort? Why not just connect an iPod to the car stereo (via an adapter if necessary) and have access to your full library regardless of format?</p><p></p><p>Chances are high your car stereo has either a cassette (so you can use a cassette adapter), or a radio (so you can use a FM band transmitter on a "dead" frequency to wireless play iPod songs on the car radio) or an AUX jack on the front or rear of the head unit to directly connect the iPod (some units may require connections in the back of the unit, which a car audio tech will have to do for you).</p><p></p><p>I used to burn a lot of MP3 CDs back in the day, but that's long gone now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1302302"] Wow, I'm disappointed to see that every single answer here (except f1mac) is completely wrong. Making an MP3 music disc in iTunes is ridiculously easy, but what you're probably missing, greenasgrass, are two important bits of info: 1. Only songs that are already in MP3 format can be burned onto an MP3 disc. 2. You really need to make a playlist FIRST. You CAN convert songs that are not in MP3 *to* MP3 in iTunes, but that's quite time-consuming. Easier to make a "smart playlist" by type that shows all MP3 song. Next, assuming you don't want all your MP3-format songs on the disc (or have too many), make a playlist with roughly eight hours or so of MP3 songs. Next, select the playlist and right-click to choose "burn playlist to disc," choose "MP3 disc" from the options offered and away you go. Simple. The "genius" was totally wrong. First off, AACs are not half the size of MP3s, they are about the same size (but sound slightly better imho). Second, there are NO car stereos that support playing AAC format songs burned on data CDs that I know of or have ever heard of. Total pipe dream there. What I think he may have been saying (or trying to suggest) is that while MP3 CDs pack a lot of music on a single disc, why go through all that effort? Why not just connect an iPod to the car stereo (via an adapter if necessary) and have access to your full library regardless of format? Chances are high your car stereo has either a cassette (so you can use a cassette adapter), or a radio (so you can use a FM band transmitter on a "dead" frequency to wireless play iPod songs on the car radio) or an AUX jack on the front or rear of the head unit to directly connect the iPod (some units may require connections in the back of the unit, which a car audio tech will have to do for you). I used to burn a lot of MP3 CDs back in the day, but that's long gone now. [/QUOTE]
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