Saab 9-5 cd player wont play home made cds

vyseyboy

A normal cd you buy in the shop doesn't contain .wma files. Or any files, really. Just raw PCM streams. (These are big files. wma mp3 etc. are compressed lossy formats.)

What probably happened was that the software you used to burn the CD converted the wma files to raw PCM streams (win XP gives you the choice to do this by asking if you want to burn the CD as audio, the alternative being data.)

You can do this directly from MP3 & WMA files and most other common compressed audio formats using Nero or similar (or even XP / vista's built-in recording facility,) just make sure that you burn as an audio CD as opposed to data.

continualdiamond

How can i convert straight to WMA from itunes then???

Im new to itunes and it just seems when you purchase them its straight away a M4P file, which then means it will only play through itunes and not windows media player.

We converted the songs we bought to MP3's cos they play on windows media player then. Obviously then discovered today that the car won't play this type of file. So im doubting my car will play M4P files that are the original ones itunes saves them as.

Vyseyboy i have no idea what you're on about, in terms of normal cds you buy from a store. Well my OH borrowed some off his parents and as he tells me 'ripped' them onto the pc. Now little old me, simply looked at the songs to see what they were and saw they were WMA files and this is why i converted the itune songs again.

Sounds so confusing i know, but:

*itunes purchased save as M4P = won't play on media player, converted to MP3's = does play on media player and home cd player = not playing in car

*looked at cd's OH had ripped onto our pc saw they were WMA = coverted MP3's to WMA = now plays in car

aliEnRIK

Which program are you using to burn? Which program are you using to convert to WMA?

Fifer

continualdiamond wrote: »

My cars not a 1992 if thats what you were thinking, its a 2002 plate.

Sorry, I meant 2002. Not many CD players could read MP3 back then either.

dreamypuma

Fifer wrote: »

Sorry, I meant 2002. Not many CD players could read MP3 back then either.

Are you sure that the stereo system supports MP3? Mine does, but it clearly states MP3 on the head unit.

I know my stereo (factory fit) is available in an almost identical guise but minus the MP3.

I would be surprised if MP3 was standard fit in 2002, maybe optional. might be worth checking your manual against the correct model number of your audio system.

NickMidgley

OK, if you're looking at downloaded mp3 files then you've no option but to convert them to wma the way you are now.

If you're ripping from CD to use in the car, your best bet is to use Windows Media Player to rip them directly to wma format, rather than rip to mp3 and then convert to wma. It's quicker and will sound a bit better, too.

continualdiamond

Sorry didn't get back to any of these replies sooner.

Ok OH uses 'DVDneXtCOPY iTurns', which he tells me you have to itunes running at the same time, then it burns them as MP3's.

I downloaded some program to convert to WMA just to check, it only let me convert 4 songs anyway, so i've now got rid. So currently have no software to covert the Mp3's.

Should i look into using another legal download site, perhaps download from hmv rather than itunes???

itunes just seems sooo confusing to download them as M4P's, i take it its for ipod usage???

NickMidgley

This is a free download that should sort your mp3 to wma conversions out.

isofa

aliEnRIK wrote: »

The manufacturer of the disc can also make quite a difference
As does cd+r and cd-r

There is only one format of CD-R and one of CD-RW. There is not a + format in either write or rewrite guise.

It's DVDs which have +R, +RW; -R and -RW versions...

isofa

iTunes can automatically convert your MP3 files to burn as a standard (non-MP3) audio CD - i.e. the same type of CD as a music CD purchased in a shop. The technology is already built into the software, it can obviously burn an MP3 CD too.

From the Edit menu > Preferences choose the Burning tab and select Audio CD rather than MP3 CD. It's in a different place in different versions, but always somewhere in the Preferences.

General details here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA38263