Posted by Loco Jones on 07/27/06 21:26

"FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in message
news:1154025364.658009.214300@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> You can get a CD player that will play MP3 CD's.

Yes, you can. All they need is the decoder chip.
Plus a laser that reads re/writable media, of course.

> These players are as portable as existing CDA players...

Yes.

> and only slightly more expensive, [...]

No.
Not anymore. With the increased popularity of HD and flash-memory based
units, the portable 'walk/disc'-man unit has become a bargain hunter's
delight.

At the cost of pennies for a CD-R disc, which can be enjoyed, copied
easily, shared with friends/left for strangers to discover... give me the
shiny silver disc storage over a "drive" which will (not 'might"), crash
and die eventually.

> and will play MP3 files saved on CD-R's as data discs.
> Each CD-R will hold about 700mb worth of data, which
> translates to hours of recorded sound.

Err... just to clarify: a 700MB (data)/ 80Min (audio) CD-R will hold:
700MB of MP3 data which will result, in some cases, around 10 albums,
depending on bitrate used to encode. If most albums are <approx> 60
minutes, you will have at least 10 hours of recorded sound. Or -
If you're recording an "audio" disc - <whether cloning or recreating from
an mp3 file>, then your maximum space is 80 minutes - and most commercial
CD's fall short of that limitation.

> Also, such disks should be playable in any DVD player
> much as VCD's are.

<Insert obligatory: "Consult the manual provided with unit to determine
applicable specifications on this model" comment.>
All electronics are not created equal.

Now, if the OP wants to burn mp3/(data) files to DVD-+/-R discs... that
could merit a different response. I haven't had occasion to use a DVD
burner/software, so I defer to the experts in that arena. Although, I do
burn mp3/CD-R discs that play perfectly fine on my DVD player, hooked
through the stereo via a digital-cable interface.

- Loco -
(Now Playing: Would You Believe - Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends)

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