problems burning wav format???

[fable]

Yeah, it sounds silly enough, and something Ive never had a problem with in probably the last decade, but its fucking aggrivating me now! I dont burn wav format very often, unless Im making cds for freinds. I went the usual route of converting mp3 into wav, dropped into a burn folder, burned, checked on my mac(the comp I did the burning with) - worked fine, tried it on my pc desktop - worked fine, but when I drop into a portable or full stereo cd player, it doesnt read?? Is it an apple thing? Is it a freaky hand of god thing? Or am I just missing something really really obvious?

ez

[C_squared]

it's probably because the cd players you are using don't playback wav formats. as far as i know average cd players will not support wav format just mp3 format. use a cdj if you have to. i could be wrong tho. :oh:

[fable]

thx 'los, I got it figured. I was just dropping files into a burn folder and trying to give'r, but being on a mac, I need to go through itunes and burn from there.

Most cd players play wav or aiff, its mp3's that were new, but these days everything coming out has the capacity to play various formats, compressions etc. But there are always those who still rock boom boxes that are decades old as in the case of some of my crew! Im suprised they didnt ask me to make some mixtapes (of which admittedly Im still a big fan of!)

ez

[dabbler]

if you burn a wav or aiff as an audio cd, then it will play as just PCM audio. it doesn't show up as any other format once burned

[C_squared]

Originally Posted by dabbler

if you burn a wav or aiff as an audio cd, then it will play as just PCM audio. it doesn't show up as any other format once burned

oh word. i knew i was missing something.

[fable]

Originally Posted by dabbler

if you burn a wav or aiff as an audio cd, then it will play as just PCM audio. it doesn't show up as any other format once burned

The only reason I was burning wav format audio was because I have always believed that was the standard format of "audio cd's" So the question now is, what is the format that I should be converting my mp3's to if I want them to be able to play on an older stereo?? Up until now Ive never had a problem, and hence why Im so confused. Mind you, I always used nero or toast, But with my mac, I figured I could convert to wav, and just drop them in a burn folder and go. And where does a .cda file fit into all this?

[cubed]

Why not just load the mp3's into itunes, then go to burn options in itunes and create audio cd?

It seems like you're only complicating a simple procedure.

[dabbler]

.cda and PCM audio are essentially the same thing. if you are burning an "audio" cd, then no conversion is needed. regardless of what format the files are originally, once burned as an "audio" cd, it will the same ; just straight cd audio. conversion before burning is a wasted step actually.

[jenai]

Originally Posted by fable

Yeah, it sounds silly enough, and something Ive never had a problem with in probably the last decade, but its fucking aggrivating me now! I dont burn wav format very often, unless Im making cds for freinds. I went the usual route of converting mp3 into wav, dropped into a burn folder, burned, checked on my mac(the comp I did the burning with) - worked fine, tried it on my pc desktop - worked fine, but when I drop into a portable or full stereo cd player, it doesnt read?? Is it an apple thing? Is it a freaky hand of god thing? Or am I just missing something really really obvious?

ez

not all cd players or stereo cd players can play home brewed audio cd's.

in fact, the newer players will only play DRM'd audio CDs recorded according to RIAA diktat. if there is no DRM of the songs on the playlist, then the player will "get illiterate" and pretend it can't read the home-brewed burnt disc of assumed copyright violations.

no DRM info == bootleg == does not play.

get an old Sony Walkman circa 1999 or earlier. it should play.

cheap players from China usually should work.

I have a multi format DVD that won't play on newest DVD players, but will play on a computer DVD player. Why? DVD players need the DRM info. Most PC's treat a home-burned CD as data or audio disc, but assume PC's DRM says any home-burned CD is kosher and halal.

is this clear enough?

[Grapes]

Weird, you found the one thread he made that wasn't about human rights.

[jenai]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Weird, you found the one thread he made that wasn't about human rights.

Fable's a geek. He should stick to computers, too.

[Krusha]

i was gonna say your wav is probably 24 bit file ... CD's are 16 bit but its a conversion from mp3 so it should have converted to 16 bit itself

prolly a DRM issue as jenai said