Posted by Ian Smith on 01/03/08 19:59

Erm? Obviously I have no idea, but I've burnt a couple of MP3 discs and
they won't play in my BMW - the manual says "the MP3 data should have been
generated using the Fraunhofer codec"


"dadiOH" <dadiOH@guesswhere.com> wrote in message
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> Ian Smith wrote:
>> I have a new car and the CD player will play MP3 discs but only if
>> they are burnt with the Fraunhofer codec. Can't find anything via
>> google that will help me to convert my MP3 files - I think they are
>> Lame codec - CDs or WMA to Fraunhofer. How do I do this please?
>
> The codec used to encode MP3s has nothing to do with burning and has
> zero effect on their being
> played.
>
> If you don't believe me and just gotta have an FhG codec you have two
> choices...
> 1. Buy/dl a program that uses it
> 2. D/L the radium hack one here...
> http://www.ptpart.co.uk/quickrecord/
>
> If you decide to use the radium hacked one you'll need to find
> instructions on installing and using it. One source for that info is
> my dandies (see below) in "Other Programs, Codec Capers".
>
> --
>
> dadiOH
> ____________________________
>
> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
>
>
>

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