Trying to fit 84 minutes on 80 minute disc

poppy10_2

bengalknights wrote: »

You could convert the tracks to mp3 which should make them smaller then burn to disc as data if your music system plays them.

They are already MP3s, he downloaded them from Amazon.

4743hudsonj wrote: »

Compress the songs ever so slightly with Goldwave?? The loss in quality will be negligible over all the tracks.

'Compressing' the MP3s will make absoultely no difference to the size of the burned audio CD.

DCFC79

DatabaseError wrote: »

besides leaving out a track, you could also try removing the 2 second gap between tracks, every little bit helps

i tried making the gaps between songs and it didnt make much difference well i chnage it from 8 secs to 4 secs and ddnt make a difference but ill give 2 seconds a try

DatabaseError

dcfx79, not too sure where the 8 second gap is?
between each audio track there is a default 2 second gap, which can be removed using most software, with 20 tracks that's gonna be 38 seconds saved (or 36?) certainly enough to care about when overburning, as you're writing data to parts of the disk that really aren't meant to be written to on the outer edge of the disk. Generally tracks fade out so the lack of gap shouldn't be noticeable.

Andy_L

Why not burn it over 2 discs? I suspect that's what you'd have got if you'd bought the CD rather than a download.

aliEnRIK

I wouldnt ever suggest 'over burn'
Even if it worked (Which I doubt at 4mins extra), it wont do your drive any good at all

jbreckmckye

Overburn is fine, but reduces compatibility with older readers.

Overburn works by changing the way 'navigation' data (that aids the reader) is recorded. Specifically, the burner creates data for the entire discs rather than each track, using DAO rather than TAO mode. You can fit more data onto your disc, but some readers (particularly old CD players and drives) will have trouble reading them.

WhiteChristmas

Another idea; rather than drop one track completely, you could use Audacity to fade each one 15 seconds earlier than normal. Most pop songs outstay their welcome anyway!

Less good for music, but OK for long spoken word tracks; you can use Audacity again to speed up the track slightly.

prowla

Get an iPod and an adapter and put that in the car?
(If you car has a cassette player, I have one of those earplu to cassette adapters you can have.)