Posted by dadiOH on 06/12/06 22:50

agalland2 wrote:

> The CD player I have in the house (not on the computer) does
> not play mp3s nor does the player in my car. So I assumed the Windows
> Media Player was converting because the majority of players use wav
> files. But your telling me that weither I use 128 or 160 that the rate
> is converted to what ever the wav file uses for the burning.?

MP3s are sort of a shorthand for the wave file from which they were made.
When making an audio CD the MP3s are decoded to wave. Same thing when you
"play" an MP3. The greater the encoding kbps of the MP3 the greater the
accuracy of the wave decoded from it.

> Should I use 128kbs mp3s to start with or should I stay at at least
> 160kbs to begin with ?

Just leave them alone and make your CDs...you'll be happy.

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