So even though I am 18, I feel way behind the times right now. I just purchased my first aftermarket head unit that can play mp3 discs. (eclipse AVN5435) I am used to making burnt CDs that can play like 80 min of music... But now I am having one hell of a time trying to figure out how to burn an MP3 disc (that can hold like 100 songs) that will work in my new head unit. I've tried making data discs? what am I doing wrong? anybody please... what program should I use? Do all of the songs actually need to be "MP3's" before starting, for example some are WMA or WAV or whatever... anyways, I would appreciate any help.. thanks in advance...
-Brandon
Unless the headunit can play wav or wmv files, you'll probably need to convert it to mp3.
If you're not using a specific program (like Nero) then:
-pop in a disc
-go to My Computer and choose the drive with the disc in it (we'll call this window A)
-open another/seperate window and locate the folder with all your mp3's (window B)
-drag all the mp3 files you want from window B to the body of window A
After you got all the songs in there you should be able to click a link that says WRITE THESE FILES TO CD on the left hand side or it should appear when you fit the file tab on the upper left.
CD Writing Wizard should appear and just follow the steps/directions. Like I said before, choose DATA instead of AUDIO. It should be cool after that. This is for Windows XP, so I'm not sure if this would be the same steps for another OS. If you have a specfic burning program, let us know so we can give you better directions!
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People may bash on Itunes.. But I personally love it. Give it a try, it's great for burning (Once set up, it consist of making a playlist and clicking a button twice.) PM if you need specific details.
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Yes, you will first need to convert the audio files to .mp3 files. Then you can burn the .mp3's to a CD.
If you envision the need to convert many CD's to mp3's, then look into programs that can help manage them better. mp3's are great, but they are only as good as their tags. I use a program called MusicMatch Jukebox that is very good at managing your digital music library. I has great tools that will look up song info on the internet and tag the files automatically.
iTunes is actually a pretty good program as well, but the tag lookup functions are limited to only those songs downloaded with iTunes.
For burning you can use MusicMatch or iTunes. You should also check out Nero Burning ROM. It is a very robust program for all your CD, DVD burning needs.
One word of caution when burning mp3's for use on the Eclipse decks. I also have an AVN unit and have learned a few things. Many burning apps allow you to create folder layers when burning your mp3's, such that Artist, Album and Track are all in different layers of folders. The Eclipse units take a long time to decifer this data and it becomes very cumbersome to navigate through these layers. It will help trememdously if you burn your mp3's to root of the disc, using no folders or layers. It is much quicker to navigate through the disc this way.
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I think my H/U plays MP3 and WAV files, but if you are talking music you better just make everything MP3. I was having a heck of a time converting my CD's to MP3. Here is what you need:
1) ExactAudioCopy will take a CD and make sure it is a perfect rip. Try just copying a CD file to your computer and making MP3s only to find out some songs have problems, and it'll piss you off. Get EAC, it's free and will tell you which songs have scratches(can't be read correctly).
2) Lame3.97. This will actually convert your music to MP3. It works with EAC, so as your computer is reading a disc it is converting it to MP3. Lame also has an option where you can link to an online database. It can populate all your MP3 ID tags automatically if you wish.
All this is free. Also, I think Lame can convert files. So if you already have a WMV or WAV it can convert it to MP3. If Lame can't do it, there are other free programs that can.
Finally, with Lame choose the Variable Bit Rate option. It gives the best sound quality with the smallest file size. Good Luck.
/Mike
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After many attempts of burning cd's to play mp3's on my Eclipse unit I finally got a disc to play. I used Music Jukebox from Yahoo. Now the problem is I can't go to the next track. I can only fast forward. Anybody have a fix for this. Thanks
I just had a blonde moment. You have to hold the next track button for a few seconds and it will move to the next track unlike my other head units. It sucks being over 40.
making mp3 discs...
Re: making mp3 discs...
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