I have an MP3 file of 57Mb (a radio programme in which I took part)
and I want to put it on to a CD that I can play on a domestic player.
I normally use Nero for this but the file is so big that it will need
at least 2CDs when it is converted to .cda format. Please anyone, how
can I arrange it so that the programme will span over several CDs
asking me to put in a new CD when one is full?

--
Alasdair.

"Alasdair"

I have an MP3 file of 57Mb (a radio programme in which I took part)
and I want to put it on to a CD that I can play on a domestic player.
I normally use Nero for this but the file is so big that it will need
at least 2CDs when it is converted to .cda format. Please anyone, how
can I arrange it so that the programme will span over several CDs
asking me to put in a new CD when one is full?


** Any DVD player will play an MP3 file on a CD rom.




....... Phil

"Alasdair" wrote in message
...
I have an MP3 file of 57Mb (a radio programme in which I took part)
and I want to put it on to a CD that I can play on a domestic player.
I normally use Nero for this but the file is so big that it will need
at least 2CDs when it is converted to .cda format. Please anyone, how
can I arrange it so that the programme will span over several CDs
asking me to put in a new CD when one is full?

--
Alasdair.



Have you tried it?

mp3 at 128Kb normally takes around 1.1Mb/min, so 57Mb would suggest
around 52 minutes. That will go on one CD easily.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

Phil Allison wrote:

** Any DVD player will play an MP3 file on a CD rom.

...... Phil


Oh dear. How wrong.

--
Adrian C

"Alasdair" wrote in message
...
I have an MP3 file of 57Mb (a radio programme in which I took part)
and I want to put it on to a CD that I can play on a domestic player.
I normally use Nero for this but the file is so big that it will need
at least 2CDs when it is converted to .cda format. Please anyone, how
can I arrange it so that the programme will span over several CDs
asking me to put in a new CD when one is full?

It's not the size of the file that matters, but the running time of the
recording. Since a standard CDR will hold 80 minutes of audio it would be an
exceptional radio programme that needed more than one CD.

If you really do need to spread it over two CDs then you need an audio
editor. There is one included as part of the Nero suite (Nero WaveEditor),
though I normally use Cool Edit. Use the editor to cut the programme into
two, and save each part as a .wav file. Then use Nero "Burning Rom" to burn
each to a separate CD.

Or, better still, use the editor to cut out the irrelevant bits from the
programme so that it will all fit onto one CD.

David.

"Adrian C" wrote in message

Phil Allison wrote:

** Any DVD player will play an MP3 file on a CD rom.

...... Phil


Oh dear. How wrong.

Pretty much true for DVD players that are just a few years old.

Alasdair schreef:
I have an MP3 file of 57Mb (a radio programme in which I took part)
and I want to put it on to a CD that I can play on a domestic player.
I normally use Nero for this but the file is so big that it will need
at least 2CDs when it is converted to .cda format. Please anyone, how
can I arrange it so that the programme will span over several CDs
asking me to put in a new CD when one is full?

There's a free audio editor, Audacity, you can load your mp3, you can
select or cut a part, which you can save as wav, doo notice, that sample
rate must be 44.1 KHz and 16 bit for the cd standard, if needed, you can
resample this too with Audacity.

--

The Fug.

( VoIP/SIP switched by: www.mysipswitch.com )

TheFug wrote:
There's a free audio editor, Audacity, you can load your mp3, you can
select or cut a part, which you can save as wav, doo notice, that sample
rate must be 44.1 KHz and 16 bit for the cd standard, if needed, you can
resample this too with Audacity.


http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html

Also the freeware mp3DirectCut does a great job for editing MP3 files in
the MPEG domain (without WAV decoding), so the OP could split the file
the file there - then drag the edits into Nero for on the fly conversion
and burning.

I find it simpler than Audacity, and it has some of the features of
"real/reel" tape editing - you can jog forward / backwards in real time
listening for the splice point.

--
Adrian C