Burning MP3's

[HEMEEE]

Thanks Aaron, you were the only one I know that uses a Mac and I knew you'd be willing to help him

Time to move this thread and make it 'sticky' meee thinks...

[IGOTTASRT8]

Originally Posted by IGOTTASRT8

Yes. Just use Itunes to burn your cd's.

go to preferences -burning- and select mp3 cd.

I thought you were making this a sticky because of MY detailed instructions

[HEMEEE]

Originally Posted by IGOTTASRT8

I thought you were making this a sticky because of MY detailed instructions

Absolutely!

[HEMI4ME?]

Originally Posted by 300TouringNproud

Hey Paul, I got your PM about this but thought I'd answer you here so everyone can know about this:

Protected AAC files (the kind Apple sells through iTunes music store) cannot be converted to MP3 files as they have Digital Rights Management software built in to dissallow playing files on computers that aren't authorized. Converting to MP3 would strip this software and so the DRM doesn't allow that either.

That being said, you are allowed to burn an audio CD (different from an MP3 CD) with these AAC files - that's "fair use". So, what you can do to get around the DRM software is burn a regular audio CD, then just import the songs back as MP3's off of said CD. It can be a pain in the butt with a ton of songs, but since you only have 17 I'd say do it. All you have to do is go into Preferences > Burning and click on Audio CD. Then make a playlist to burn, burn it, then import the tracks back again. Once finished, go back to Preferences > Burning and change it back to MP3 CD so you can burn as you were before.

I've tried to stay away from iTunes music store for this reason and others like only being able to download songs once (I've lost a couple of albums 'cause of that stupid rule), their poor selection and the fact that I like to have physical CD's in my CD case.

Wow, that is a smart idea. Thank you very much for that... I am trying it as we speak!

[300TouringNproud]

Originally Posted by HEMEEE

Thanks Aaron, you were the only one I know that uses a Mac and I knew you'd be willing to help him

Time to move this thread and make it 'sticky' meee thinks...

Always happy to help. Whoohoo I've got a sticky! I'm so proud

For those just wanting the nitty gritty of using iTunes, here's the two posts to read: First Second

[Hex300C]

I have used both Nero and EZ Cd Creator. The only thing I don't like about Nero is the way it sorts the files, if the first letter in the file name is in lower case it will put them after all the files with upper case so it would sort A-Z then a-z. EZ CD Creator will just sort them alphabetically.

[Jesus Chrysler]

any tips on using roxio easy media creator 7? i am having this number switching thing when track 10 and 11 always replace 2 and 3. this playlisting **** would be a lot easier if my 300c stereo could just read playlist files.

[Grownassman]

Use Nero 6 Ultra for your CD/DVD burning. It is by far the best software on the market.

[Jesus Chrysler]

actually nevermind i used Roxio in it's default settings and it burned them perfectly with all the directories and names and everything. i am impressed by the fact that you can primtively navigate folders in the stock 6 CD unit.

[jeeplovr]

I too use MMJB to record and I recently got the REC Nav radio installed. If I have .wav files that I downloaded from the Internet and then lookup and apply the tags and then select to burn a mp3 cd, will this give the song info when I play in the car?