Making a MP3 Disc with Itunes
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You can change the bit-rate using other software though. I personally use something called dBpowerAMP Music Converter from www.dbpoweramp.com for dowgrading 320 Kbps, 256 Kbps, etc.. MP3's to 192 Kbps. I'd stick to 192 Kbps which is CD-Quality. 128 Kbps is Radio quality. Not that I notice the differences but CD-Quality sounds good enough to me!
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Just to clarify what you guys are saying, is it possible to fill up a DVD (approx 4G
with MP3's and have it play through the standard CD player (assuming it has MP3 capability)?
This would be great as I can normally get about 10 albums on a standard 700mb CD and the extra capacity would be very useful.
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This would be great as I can normally get about 10 albums on a standard 700mb CD and the extra capacity would be very useful.
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Originally Posted by Moko' post='318169' date='Aug 2 2006, 10:05 AM
Just to clarify what you guys are saying, is it possible to fill up a DVD (approx 4G
with MP3's and have it play through the standard CD player (assuming it has MP3 capability)?
This would be great as I can normally get about 10 albums on a standard 700mb CD and the extra capacity would be very useful.
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This would be great as I can normally get about 10 albums on a standard 700mb CD and the extra capacity would be very useful.
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I rarely use nav, so I use DVD drive as my MP3 player and store my DVD nav in glove box. When I need nav, I just exchange the disc.
I have less than 150 favorite songs so I think it might fit on a 700MB CD with 192kbps, but I always ripped MP3 at 320kbps to maintain good sound quality as much as possible. CD does fit and DVD is the only way to go.
I do everything in iTunes. If you have MP3 in ripped with variable bit rate, you'd better off convert it to constant bit rate or BMW MP3 player will skip the song although it can read title and artist.
I have less than 150 favorite songs so I think it might fit on a 700MB CD with 192kbps, but I always ripped MP3 at 320kbps to maintain good sound quality as much as possible. CD does fit and DVD is the only way to go.
I do everything in iTunes. If you have MP3 in ripped with variable bit rate, you'd better off convert it to constant bit rate or BMW MP3 player will skip the song although it can read title and artist.
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swajames, im lost are you saying both ways you would be able to use a dvd mp3 disc without a nav drive?
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Originally Posted by bmw4life' post='318464' date='Aug 3 2006, 02:21 AM
swajames, im lost are you saying both ways you would be able to use a dvd mp3 disc without a nav drive?
This is in addition to the NAV DVD slot and single slot cd drives each able to play store bought CDs. My car does as I stated exactly.
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Honest as I am
, I've been buying all of my music through iTunes. Now I'm punished since iTunes won't let me burn the songs I bought from them to MP3 files...
Wen I try I get the following error message: "iTunes store files cannot be burned to a MP3 CD".
So... maybe I need to stop paying for my music... so I can use my own songs both in the car and home - what a novelty!![Smile](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/smile.gif)
And when I try to burn files that I imported from CD to iTunes I get told that files that came from CD's cannot be burned to MP3 files either... So I guess ONLY files that are downloaded as MP3's can be burned to a MP3 CD?
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Wen I try I get the following error message: "iTunes store files cannot be burned to a MP3 CD".
So... maybe I need to stop paying for my music... so I can use my own songs both in the car and home - what a novelty!
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And when I try to burn files that I imported from CD to iTunes I get told that files that came from CD's cannot be burned to MP3 files either... So I guess ONLY files that are downloaded as MP3's can be burned to a MP3 CD?
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Originally Posted by are_62' post='341645' date='Oct 4 2006, 11:34 AM
Honest as I am
, I've been buying all of my music through iTunes. Now I'm punished since iTunes won't let me burn the songs I bought from them to MP3 files...
Wen I try I get the following error message: "iTunes store files cannot be burned to a MP3 CD".
So... maybe I need to stop paying for my music... so I can use my own songs both in the car and home - what a novelty!
And when I try to burn files that I imported from CD to iTunes I get told that files that came from CD's cannot be burned to MP3 files either... So I guess ONLY files that are downloaded as MP3's can be burned to a MP3 CD?
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Wen I try I get the following error message: "iTunes store files cannot be burned to a MP3 CD".
So... maybe I need to stop paying for my music... so I can use my own songs both in the car and home - what a novelty!
![Smile](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/smile.gif)
And when I try to burn files that I imported from CD to iTunes I get told that files that came from CD's cannot be burned to MP3 files either... So I guess ONLY files that are downloaded as MP3's can be burned to a MP3 CD?
Good luck!
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