non packet writing

[mishtub]

I have a car stereo that plays mp3 on c-d, but doesn't support packet writing. It does play iso9660 level 1, or level 2, or JOLIET, or Romeo as the writing software format. Does Roxio have software to accomplish this? I have a bunch of packet written mp3's i would like to convert as I am on the road a lot .

[Brendon]

Your car stereo would be unusual if it did read packet-written discs.

 

Any of the Roxio/Sonic mastering software will write compliant discs for your car stereo, but you will first need something which can read your packet-written discs. What were they written with?

 

Since there are so many different 'flavors' of packet writing you might need to go back to the system they were written with to read the files off the discs.

 

 

 

Regards,

Brendon

 

[and NO Lyn, we're not encouraging mishtub to use packet-writers, so there is no need for the obligatory rant, thank you]

[lynn98109]

Packet-Writing is a computer-only form. Since your car radio isn't a computer, it can't read it.

 

Different Packet-Writing programs (Roxio's DirectDD and Drag2Disc, Nero's InCD, Sonic's DLA, etc) are NOT compatible, and sometimes the same brand isn't compatible between different Versions.

 

If you can still read those discs on your computer, it's time to copy them off as a data mp3 disc your car can recognize, or as music CDs.

 

(And Brendon has forgotten how to spell my name.)

 

Lynn

[mishtub]

I thought it odd that my old stereo (an Aiwa) could read them, but this new one (a Clarion) wouldn't. They play just fine on the computer, I can recompile to a different format, then use one of the above programs to rewrite as mp3's in a compatible format then, i suppose. Thanks for the feedback, I guess I am going to be software hunting. I noticed that some offer batch conversion capabilities, I already have Cakewalk Pyro and Music Maker , but I think those previously mentioned might work better, (I have about 1000) to process. Which might be the best for that?

[Brendon]

Mishtub,

 

If they're currently playing fine on your computer there will be no problems reading them back to your hard drive.

 

You're not going to be actually converting any of the MP3 files to another format, so all you need to do is mount the disc and copy them into a spare folder on your hard drive prior to burning them to mastered discs. You won't need batch processing unless that's 1000 discs you have to process rather than 1000 MP3 files or unless you want to make playlists on each disc.

 

As to which program to use to write your MP3 data discs, you don't need one of the complex and expensive ones. If you don't have Windows 2000 or XP you won't be able to use most of the newer ones. An old Easy CD Creator or one of the freeware writers should do fine.

 

If you can't pick up an old copy of Easy CD Creator on eBay or a similar place, Roxio's Record Now 9 Music Lab is about the cheapest I can find in the current offerings. It's $30 and it says

# Create music CDs with drag and drop ease

# Fast, easy & reliable - burn popular file formats

but it requires W2K or XP or Vista. The advert is here http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/recordnow/recordnow.html

 

Regards,

Brendon

[mishtub]

Mishtub,

 

If they're currently playing fine on your computer there will be no problems reading them back to your hard drive.

 

You're not going to be actually converting any of the MP3 files to another format, so all you need to do is mount the disc and copy them into a spare folder on your hard drive prior to burning them to mastered discs. You won't need batch processing unless that's 1000 discs you have to process rather than 1000 MP3 files or unless you want to make playlists on each disc.

 

As to which program to use to write your MP3 data discs, you don't need one of the complex and expensive ones. If you don't have Windows 2000 or XP you won't be able to use most of the newer ones. An old Easy CD Creator or one of the freeware writers should do fine.

 

If you can't pick up an old copy of Easy CD Creator on eBay or a similar place, Roxio's Record Now 9 Music Lab is about the cheapest I can find in the current offerings. It's $30 and it says

# Create music CDs with drag and drop ease

# Fast, easy & reliable - burn popular file formats

but it requires W2K or XP or Vista. The advert is here http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/recordnow/recordnow.html

 

Regards,

Brendon

 

 

Thanks for the info, I have a copy of EZ-cd creator 6 on another machine, it should do it fine.

[Brendon]

Excellent! As long as you can read the current discs on the machine which has version 6.

 

Creator 6 should do just fine making mastered discs for you. No need to go and buy something new.

 

Regards,

Brendon