Burning Google Play MP3 to CD?

[Panter]

So I've just bought an album from Google play and downloaded it, it's in MP3 format.
If I copy that to CD, I guess my 10 Year old CD player won't recognise the format so I need to convert it, is it a .wav file?
Is there a techno numpty friendly way of doing that?

 

[Diggs]

You should be able to burn a cd with Windows media player (or other audio software if you have it - I think apple iPlayer has burning software if you already have for example). Assuming you're running windows have a look at this http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/burn-a-cd-or-dvd-in-windows-media-player . Just select Audio CD as output.

 

[Panter]

Fantatstic, thanks for that, I tried it, and it burned as an audi CD but the player won't recognise it.
I'll have to look into it further, it might be the disk type or something

 

[Panter]

Sorry mods for putting this in the wrong place, I had a quick scan through but didn't spot the sub forum was still here, sorry!

 

[theloafer]

Fantatstic, thanks for that, I tried it, and it burned as an audi CD but the player won't recognise it.
I'll have to look into it further, it might be the disk type or something

this one i use works great ... http://download.cnet.com/CDBurnerXP/3000-2646_4-10409086.html
also ask here http://geekschat.net/

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Use something like itunes or windows media player etc to create you a music CD that a non computer optical device (CD player) will recognise, rather than making a disc of computer audio files.

 

[Panter]

Use something like itunes or windows media player etc to create you a music CD that a non computer optical device (CD player) will recognise, rather than making a disc of computer audio files.

I did that with Windows media player as above, I do wonder if it might be the type of disk it is though. It's a RW disk which I seem to think some older players aren't compatible with? will have to get Googling

 

[Panter]

Th

this one i use works great ... http://download.cnet.com/CDBurnerXP/3000-2646_4-10409086.html
also ask here http://geekschat.net/

That's great, thanks for that. If it's not a disk issue I will give that a go.

 

[accountantpete]

Just a guess but with some older CD players you may need to finalise the CD

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I did that with Windows media player as above, I do wonder if it might be the type of disk it is though. It's a RW disk which I seem to think some older players aren't compatible with? will have to get Googling

Ah yes, sorry I skimmed past that post. RW stands for rewritable, basically you can subsequently add to it rather than the R type which is a one burn pony whether you fill it or not. I'm not an expert but I wouldn't have though that would make much of a difference, unless the CD player looks for the finish bar that the R type closes its burn session with to know where to stop reading the disc.

 

[ian turner]

Er you can't use rw CDs for CD players as they won't read them as they are
A completely different format. Plus you need to finalise the CD after burning usually

 

[Panter]

OK thanks, will try that

 

[Panter]

Finally got there. Two failed attempts first as the default setting is for a data CD which needs to be changed to audio CD, I hadn't spotted that.

Thanks for all the help, it was greatly appreciated