A few notes about making your own CDs

We got our first burner just over five years ago and made the big mistake of thinking that just copying WAVs,MP3s and WMAs was all we had to do... Bad mistake...

I don't like preaching but here goes. Assuming you've made a WAV or MP3 file from your 'board it will play perfectly on your PC but it needs to be converted as follows. You must remember that this format is still not used in every part of the industry but is about 99% fool-proof. The formats go something like this:

MP3 (128Kbps) - Very compacted
WMA - Slightly less compacted
WAV - Not compacted and sounds like c__p
CD Audio - If recorded using an MP3 sounds as good as the original

I've gone away from the subject here but the answer to your problem is the software package that you're using to burn the disks. To be able to play them in your car, etc. they must have been written in CD Audio format and, unless your stereo is less than about 12 months old, burnt on to a CD-R disc not CD-RW.

To sum this up, everyone on the forum would probably like to make CDs of their music but the science, five years on, is still an infant in waiting.

Good luck,

Luce

[This message has been edited by Mark, Michie & Luce (edited 10-19-2004).]