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Solve : Dumb question about burning a music cd...? |
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Answer» I haven't burned a music disc in a long time, but was doing ONE for a friend last night, and I started WONDERING, if a blank cd can hold 700mb, and the average size of an mp3 is 5mb, then why does the blank cd only hold about 16 songs, instead of the 130-140 that the size WOULD indicate? Just curious....Quote from: roccenstein on March 26, 2008, 09:32:42 AM I haven't burned a music disc in a long time, but was doing one for a friend last night, and I started wondering, if a blank cd can hold 700mb, and the average size of an mp3 is 5mb, then why does the blank cd only hold about 16 songs, instead of the 130-140 that the size would indicate? Just curious.... Because you are burning it as an audio CD. Chances are, your burning software is converting the .mp3 files as part of the burning process. Have a look at your burned disc, in a computer. What is on it? Not .mp3 files... RIGHT? And, (hopefully) , this CD will play in regular 'music' CD players, like in a car. On the other hand, if you burn that CD as a data CD, then your burning software will treat those .mp3 files just like any other data files, and simply copy them to the CD. Then it will hold probably over 150 .mp3 song files. But! - if you want to play them from that CD, you'll need a CD player that says it plays .mp3 files, or a computer, to play them. try burning it in an mp3 format and compare the RESULTS.. |
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