Creating an MP3 disk from i-Tunes
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Can anyone help me with an i-Tunes question? I am trying to create an MP3 disk for the car, to see me through until the 5 arrives with the USB. At the moment I am using an i-pod with an fm transmitter in my E46 cd, which is crap! (the fm transmitter not the car!).
I have loads of songs burnt into i-Tunes from CD, using AAC encoding, but having created a playlist and then clicked burn MP3 CD it told me this was not possible... I do not want to have to burn the albums in again, as it has taken me hours and hours to get to this stage. I should have used MP3 encoding from the outset, but did not realise this would be an issue at the time.
Any ideas on how to convert the files from AAC to MP3, or am I doing something wrong?
Cheers in advance.
I have loads of songs burnt into i-Tunes from CD, using AAC encoding, but having created a playlist and then clicked burn MP3 CD it told me this was not possible... I do not want to have to burn the albums in again, as it has taken me hours and hours to get to this stage. I should have used MP3 encoding from the outset, but did not realise this would be an issue at the time.
Any ideas on how to convert the files from AAC to MP3, or am I doing something wrong?
Cheers in advance.
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Lord,
If i understand you correctly, you are trying to burn files that have been transfered from an audio CD into iTunes back to a MP3 CD format? As you have found you can not burn an AAC format song in MP3 format. What you need to do is select the playlist you are trying to copy in iTunes and click the advance tab. Select the option to convert to MP3 and iTunes will convert the playlist to MP3 format. This will dupicate the playlist (one in AAC and the other in MP3). Now select the new MP3 files and have iTunes burn that playlist to disk.
Let me know if you are still having problems.
B2
If i understand you correctly, you are trying to burn files that have been transfered from an audio CD into iTunes back to a MP3 CD format? As you have found you can not burn an AAC format song in MP3 format. What you need to do is select the playlist you are trying to copy in iTunes and click the advance tab. Select the option to convert to MP3 and iTunes will convert the playlist to MP3 format. This will dupicate the playlist (one in AAC and the other in MP3). Now select the new MP3 files and have iTunes burn that playlist to disk.
Let me know if you are still having problems.
B2
Originally Posted by Lord Monkey' post='457351' date='Aug 10 2007, 11:19 AM
Can anyone help me with an i-Tunes question? I am trying to create an MP3 disk for the car, to see me through until the 5 arrives with the USB. At the moment I am using an i-pod with an fm transmitter in my E46 cd, which is crap! (the fm transmitter not the car!).
I have loads of songs burnt into i-Tunes from CD, using AAC encoding, but having created a playlist and then clicked burn MP3 CD it told me this was not possible... I do not want to have to burn the albums in again, as it has taken me hours and hours to get to this stage. I should have used MP3 encoding from the outset, but did not realise this would be an issue at the time.
Any ideas on how to convert the files from AAC to MP3, or am I doing something wrong?
Cheers in advance.
I have loads of songs burnt into i-Tunes from CD, using AAC encoding, but having created a playlist and then clicked burn MP3 CD it told me this was not possible... I do not want to have to burn the albums in again, as it has taken me hours and hours to get to this stage. I should have used MP3 encoding from the outset, but did not realise this would be an issue at the time.
Any ideas on how to convert the files from AAC to MP3, or am I doing something wrong?
Cheers in advance.
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Originally Posted by B2round' post='457362' date='Aug 10 2007, 08:44 AM
Lord,
If i understand you correctly, you are trying to burn files that have been transfered from an audio CD into iTunes back to a MP3 CD format? As you have found you can not burn an AAC format song in MP3 format. What you need to do is select the playlist you are trying to copy in iTunes and click the advance tab. Select the option to convert to MP3 and iTunes will convert the playlist to MP3 format. This will dupicate the playlist (one in AAC and the other in MP3). Now select the new MP3 files and have iTunes burn that playlist to disk.
Let me know if you are still having problems.
B2
If i understand you correctly, you are trying to burn files that have been transfered from an audio CD into iTunes back to a MP3 CD format? As you have found you can not burn an AAC format song in MP3 format. What you need to do is select the playlist you are trying to copy in iTunes and click the advance tab. Select the option to convert to MP3 and iTunes will convert the playlist to MP3 format. This will dupicate the playlist (one in AAC and the other in MP3). Now select the new MP3 files and have iTunes burn that playlist to disk.
Let me know if you are still having problems.
B2
Speaking of... I found a great free utility that I'm using. It helps with overcompressed CDs... It's called MP3gain. Despite what the name implies, it can be used on WMA and AAC as well. It does more than normalize the tracks, it also helps to keep the highs and cymbals/brass from sounding harsh and overcompressed. It does nothing permanent to the files. I am running it on the CD in my E60 now and on my portables... Sounds wonderful.
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
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Create a regular music CD from iTunes. Rip the CD to MP3. Copy ripped MP3s to CD.
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i have a few files that are still AAC Format along with MP3 files on my MAC and I couldnt burn as a "MP3" disk...I could be wrong as its been a while but, I selected the "Burn Data Disk" option and they worked just the same and I think even the AAC files worked...
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Originally Posted by bmuu' post='457467' date='Aug 10 2007, 01:33 PM
Create a regular music CD from iTunes. Rip the CD to MP3. Copy ripped MP3s to CD.
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Thanks for the help, it took me a few hours over the weekend but finally managed to get a disk sorted out. In have now got 117 tracks on one CD, and the sound quality is not too bad... much better than the i-pod with transmitter.
Part of my problem was the pc running out of space when I tried to create the MP3 copy of the AAC list, so it took me a while to move files around (I have two relatively small hard drives). Then I discovered my wife's temporary internet folder... it took 20 minutes just to delete the files! (she must do a lot of internet shopping whilst I am at work!!
)Going to have a look around for a portable hard disk, I have seen some for about ?100 which will give me five times the storage space that looks pretty good.
Thanks again.
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