Copying ipod AAC files onto an Audio CD

b814sn1

I want to burn a copy of some of the ipod AAC format files I have onto an audio CD to play in the car.

What is the best way to get the maximum number of albums/tracks onto the CD?

Using Sonic CD/DVD burner I tried to create a CD but one album seemed to more or less fill the CD. The individual AAC files for each track don't seem to take up more than a couple of MBs each but when drag-and-dropped onto the CD drive it said I'd virtually filled the disk (700MB-ish capacity). Does it uncompress somehow?

I tried the cd copy function in itunes but that seemed to do a similar thing, i.e. take up a lot of space on the disk, seemingly more than the sum of the individual, compressed AAC files.

Do I have to copy the AAC files to another format (mp3)? I don't want a dual copy of every music track on my hard drive though if it all possible. I don't really want to have to buy software either.

I'm sure I've heard of people having many, many tracks on a CD- how is it done most efficiently? Is there an idiot's guide anyone can point me too?

Thanking you in anticipation of your help,

b814sn1

espresso

Unless the CD player in your car can handle MP3 format, you will have to burn a standard audio CD, just like you would buy in the shops. This means that you are limited to about 80 minutes of music.