[Kewne]

We've just gotten new cars and for the first time we have a CD player in them. But the players don't support mp3-cds. So I have two questions:

What kind of formats does a normal(old) cd player support?

If they only can play normal CD format, like the one the songs are on a bought cd, is there any program that can convert like mp3 or wma files to that format?

[The Postman]

That kind of CD player only reads Audio CDs. To burn one simply open Windows Media Player, and burn them from there. The defaul CD format it's set to burn in is an Audio CD, so just add the files you want to the playlist and voila.

[Nick Presta]

IIRC, they support CDA (Compact Disc Audio).

If you have Nero or any other burning software and select a "Music CD" but not an "MP3 Music CD" it will automatically encode it in CDA format.

[Max]

As both Nick and Postman stated, "normal" CD players support what most software simply calls "Audio CD"s. Almost all CD burning software has two seperate options, Audio CD and MP3 CD, so simply choose Audio CD. The disadvantage is that you can only hold 70 minutes of music on a typical audio CD, while MP3 CDs can usually hold alot more because of MP3's compression.

If you have a tape deck and an iPod, just use a tape adapater and you can have all your music with you wherever you go. If you have an iPod that is.

[Neon]

The iPod option is always good. You can also do that with walkmans if you have one that plays mp3 discs.
Unless your car is like my sister's, and it doesn't play tapes :\.

[Kewne]

Max, on Aug 30 2005, 12:58 AM, said:

If you have a tape deck and an iPod, just use a tape adapater and you can have all your music with you wherever you go.

We had a tape adapter for our old car and I used to play songs from my mp3(the rest of my family didn't like it).

So the most CD burning programs can convert mp3 files into CDA? Then I don't have to wonder anymore.

[Nick Presta]

Yes, if you select "Audio CD" most burning programs will convert it to CDA as it finalizes the session.