Posted by NRen2k5 on 01/28/07 19:33

fred-bloggs wrote:
> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote in
> news:lvOuh.62967$wQ6.793374@wagner.videotron.net:
>
>> anthony wrote:
>>> My standalone Pioneer multiformat player (DVD, CD, SACD etc) supports
>>> MP3 audio discs.
>>> I've made several MP3 compilations using Nero 6, and they've played
>>> with no problem.
>>> However, I'm trying to burn a compilation of old radio shows and
>>> every time the Pioneer reads it as an MP3 disc, but when I press
>>> 'play' it comes up with the message 'unplayable'.
>>> I've tried halving the number of files I place on the disc; it makes
>>> no difference.
>>> A typical file says it's 'compression 11 to 1' or '9 to 1', and is
>>> 'Mpeg2 Layer 3', with 'encoded by FhG (fastenc or MP3enc).
>>> Is there something in that info that suggests why I can't encode an
>>> MP3 audio disc with these files? Do I have to recode all 94 of them
>>> to WAV format and reencode to a different MP3 file? Help please.
>> It appears that your player can't play MPEG2 Layer 3 files though it
>> can play MPEG1 Layer 3 files. The solution would be to re-encode the
>> MP3s in question to MPEG1 Layer 3.
>>
>> To do so they will have to be resampled to 44.1kHz (they are probably
>> less, for instance 22.05kHz or 32kHz right now). I recommend
>> dbPowerAmp or foobar2000 for the job.
>>
>
> A 32 kHz sampling rate IS MPEG1 (along with 48 and 44.1 khZ), it's the
> *half* rates (24,22.05,16) that are MPEG2.

Oh snap, you're right. Sorry, my bad.

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