A short instruction on how to burn audio CDs from downloaded MP3 files |
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Most burning programs are able to burn MP3 files directly onto an audio CD without prior conversion. If your burning program does not support this function you will have to convert the MP3 files into CD format before burning. This can be done with one of the freeware programs which are available for free download from the Internet. One is the "N-Koder" that can be started for free for the first 100 times (after that, it is 20.00 USD). Just google to find this as well as other MP3 tools. If you are using an up-to-date burning program you will not need to do this. |
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This is how it works with Nero Express:
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Nero standard version: If you prefer the Nero standard interface you proceed much as you would when you compile an audio CD from WAV files (MP3 files will be automatically converted into the WAV format before burning). When all tracks have been selected and shown in the burning window you have to mark all tracks of the list ex cept for the first one and call up the Edit – Properties menu. There you set the default pause to zero (all files except for the first one). Then you can start burning. |
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Sound quality in MP3 files: Different from other music portals, the MP3 files available here have been generated with a bitrate of 320 kBit/sec. This means that their sound quality should almost equals that of the original CD (blind tests have shown that with this bitrate, no one was able to distinguish which was the original CD and which the MP3 file). So it does actually make sense to burn the downloaded files on audio CD. |
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Naming the MP3 files (format: PPP_ccccc-nn_tt.mp3) The first three characters PPP serve as acronyms for the publisher, the following number ccccc for the CD number, the next two digits nn indicate the number of the CD in a set (in CDs not part of a set this will be 00), and the final two digits tt indicate the running number of the track on the CD. |