HEY ALL
i have no problem downloading music but the only type of music that comes up is mp3. when i want to burn a cd these files that i have downloaded wont burn on to a disc... someone told me that i might have to formatt these songs... i dont know how to do that... i dont even know what that is an error msg comes up and says: Windows Media Player cannot copy files to the recordable disc... i have used diffrent types of discs and nothing works... the files that i have downloaded are mp3 and the ones that i have loaded on to my computer form diffrent discs are wma... im so lost.. can someone help me???

WMP is so much like an empty case when you get it! SOunds like you need xtra codecs. http://www.free-codecs.com/ OR something like http://www.click-now.net/html/K-LiteCodecPack.htm

I should warn you, wma are not the most popular format out there! Some people even block them out of their searches! Audacity is a free audio editor that can convert to a no. of mp3 formats, & can even equalise the sound beforehand. But if you do dwnld it yu must also dwnld separately the xtras listed such as the manual & ...

SOunds like you need xtra codecs.

I should warn you, wma are not the most popular format out there! Some people even block them out of their searches! Audacity is a free audio editor that can convert to a no. of mp3 formats, & can even equalise the sound beforehand. But if you do dwnld it yu must also dwnld separately the xtras listed such as the manual & ... [/B][/QUOTE]
im not sure what these mean

A codec is short for compressor/decompressor (coder/decoder). Because there's many file formats out there, codecs are used to decode each one for use/playback. Some applications (apps) such as VLC have codecvs built in. Whereas WMP comes with a very limited number of codecs for playback. In most cases, you need to obtain extra codecs for wmp. There are different types of mp3. Thus this may require use of different codecs.

Because WMA & wmv are a formats copyrighted by Micro$oft, not all other audio & video apps have the correct codecs to play them back.

It sounds like the mp3 format you have downloaded can not be played by WMP because you need extra codecs for it. I don't know anything about WMP burning cd's, but apparently some versions can. For wmp to burn a cd, wmp will need the necessary codec to convert the mp3 during the burning process.

The reason I suggested Audacity (has its own codecs built in) is because it is an audio editor that can import most mp3 types & convert them to wav. It is easy for most burner apps to burn wav files than mp3.

Do you have any other burner application?

so what do you think i should do

Do you have any burner application? If yes, what is it?

If yo intend to use WMP for most things, then I would recommend you download & install xtra codecs for it. See the links I gave earlier for codecs.

sxxymissa,

What version of media player are you using? The current version is 10.00.00.3646.

LOTR is correct. You should download the latest codecs.

WMP will burn CD's but in my opinion it is not the burner of choice. I would recommend MusicMatch for a free easy to use player/burner/ripper. You can download the free version at -

http://musicmatch.com/download/free/...tbasic_jbpromo

Good Luck,

Norm

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hey ss i got a easy way 4 u to burn ur mp3 downloads , 1st do a search on limwire ***** once u have it install it then select classic burn click the music tab then it gives u 2 options mp3 burn of cd burn click cd burn it will change all ur tracks into a normall format make sure to click the box for finalise disc othere wise u will only be able to play it on a dvd player, and yes this wrork for all dvd movies downloads including avi,dvx.asf no codec needed at all its all there for u, o and way bother using media player to burn anyways its slow it has to copy tracks to a burn libary before u can burn its slow another way of windows to make money ,thanks to all ppl on limewire who share files and all u freeloaders get ur files shared and help us all to download faster. **** my fingers whent on then lol

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SC SORRY LOOKS LIKE MY PoST GOT A BIT Of A EDIT SoRRY LIME WIRE I WAS MENT TO SAY GOTO http://www.roxio.com and get there download for roxio easy cd/dvd creater and do as my last post sed easy as 123 select music tab click cd music then add all ur mp3 songs to it then press burn let roxio do the work for u if u have windows xp get easy creat 7 its fast plus it has every codec support on it is that any better edit man/girl