how come i can only download mp3 songs but not play them on my stereo??

lacubanita18 · #1 (**permalink**) July 17th, 2008

please helpp me im trying to find out why is that i can only download mp3 songs on my limewire. my stereo dosen't take mp3.

ursula · #2 (**permalink**) July 17th, 2008

You need to convert the .mp3 files that you download to what is called CDA format in order to burn them to a normal CD that will play in 'normal' CD players.

See the reply I sent you to your other post !

The program I have recommended will 'rip' (Make .mp3s from CDs) and also 'encode' .mp3s 'back to CD playable' format !

And, it ¡s completely free !

Might be all 'Greek' now but you'll soon get it !

btw, NEVER use RW (ReWritable CDS for music that you want to play in most normal CD players !

lacubanita18 · #3 (**permalink**) July 17th, 2008

OK CAN U EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BETTER LOL. U GOT ME CONFUSED THERE. SO WAT SHOULD I DO?

ursula · #4 (**permalink**) July 17th, 2008

OK, and sorry..
You are right, I gave you way too much techno stuff to start with !

Oh, and congratualations for downloading and installing Phex instead of some of the 'others' !

Now, there is going to be nothing more simple for you to use than a program called

Ashampoo Burning Studio 7 ...
(Crazy name, huh ?)

You can download it from

here >

AshampooÂ® Burning Studio 7

At its most simple you will have a free copy that you can use as a trial for 10 days... If you say yes to the question of whether or not you would like to extend this 10 day trial period to 30 days (and you are connected to the internet) then you will have a month to see if it is a good choice for you.
Nice, hmmm ?

Ashampoo will do everything you want to do in a very easy way. It is NOT complicated to use because all of the 'menus' are very clear and the Help files are very good without being overly 'technical'.

Don't get me wrong here !!! This is the program I use !!! And millions of others, also ! It is not special for 'dummies' !

The quality is tops and it is far better than the old 'best program' called Nero.

When you have installed it simply click on

Burn Or Rip Music

then

Create an Audio CD

then click on the Add button in the page that opens...

Then you must 'browse' within your computer's folders to find the .mp3 files that you want to be able to play on a normal CD...

Click Add again, if necessary, until you have selected all the songs you want for that one CD... Remember that you will normally not be able to 'add' more than about 15-17 songs per CD...

When you are finished selecting your music tracks, click on... Wait for it !...

Finish

Check to make sure you are happy with it all and then click on

Next

(You can change the sort order of the tracks. You can also click on Back if you want to Add someting else or make any other changes...)

Then you enter the real no-brainer zone where you are simply told to put a blank CD into your CD drive...

If the program reads the CD as being an OK and really blank CD you are then allowed to click on

Write

Next, make a tea or something and do NOT do anything else with your computer until the 'burning' is done... NO browsing or Skype or games or music playing or... well, DO NOTHING ELSE !!!

OK ?

Honest, if you want any advice that is more simple than this you're going to have to invite me for a long weekend !!!

moufazin · #5 (**permalink**) July 19th, 2008

same for me!

poppy852 · #6 (**permalink**) July 19th, 2008

Buy some CD-R discs from the shop and burn the mp3 files onto the disc using Windows Media Player.
The only thing you have to pay for is the discs and they are about £5.99 for 50 of them which is not too bad considering they used to be about 50p per disc :|

Good luck I hope this helps

ursula · #7 (**permalink**) July 19th, 2008

Windows Media Player is the... I mean THE absolute garbage choice for 'creating/burning' .mp3s to CD...

You are totally limited by granny MS's rules about quality and numerous other important configurations.
The default 128kbps output file is practically a universal indicator to those who know about p2p that the file was done by someone who had no idea about anything other than what WMP told/forced them to do.
Nobody who cares about what they download selects those files unless there is absolutely no alternative and it is a VERY rare file.

Conversely, the resultant burned CD's - from .mp3s - are terrible- Really bad qualty. Both results are due to deliberate policies within Microsoft.
This is fact. You are SUPPOSED to be severely limited in terms of quality.

I am sorry if my above words are taken to be offensive to some of you, but there must be a time when you start learning that there is a far higher quality life 'outside' of the Microsoft Enforcement Camps.

So there !