File change when Burning MP3's?
 

Here is my problem. I was given a CD with one huge track on it and i want to turn it into many tracks.
I converted it to .wav and then back to MP3 (lame)...but my problem is when i burn all the re-converted songs onto a CD... they can only be played on iTunes. When only just moments ago...i was playing them on Windows Media Player...i am unable to do so when they are on the CD.
What happened? :edgartpg:

I want to be able to keep them in original MP3 format, and have them be able to play anywhere once i burn them onto a CD. Do you understand?
Help...

i didn't understand everything but you need to burn the mp3's a CD Audio in nero for example, not as mp3 files if you want to play them anywhere

First of all, you shouldn't be converting so many times as the language of your post implies. Was the original "huge track" an MP3 file, or was it standard CD audio (.cda and so on)?

You might need to burn an audio CD. This will not keep the original MP3 files intact, but it will work. Is there any particular reason that you need what I assume to be the split audio files in MP3 format on a CD--do they not fit on an audio CD?

I have honestly never used iTunes for burning--you may want to try something like Burrrn or CDBurnerXP and burn an audio CD (the former option does nothing but burn audio CDs). That should ensure that anything can play the CD.

Originally, the file was in .mp3 format. It's my school's piano recital...and the recording guy did a shity job by being lazy and not spliting the recording into separate tracks. So now i am stuck with the job.

I burn my CD's with "RecordNow Max" program for all my audio and MP3 cd needs. I don't use iTunes for any burning whatsoever. i have never run into this problem before.
I am wondering if, when i converted them BACK over to MP3 (Lame) from .wav format that might have created this problem.

Download and use mp3DirectCut to split the original track into several files (no converting required), then burn them to an Audio CD with some popular software (like Nero) and everything should be fine.

so when i place a cue..does that make a new track? i was experimenting with it earlier. :)

Dont think of it like you are creating "tracks". Create seperate songs/files. Then when you put them on an Audio CD, they will be "tracks". For each single MP3 file you have, you will get a seperate track for it. So make the files first knowing that they will be tracks.

yeah, i made all my cues and then just highlighted and saved each area separately, burned them onto the CD and got my tracks. THANKS! :biggrin:

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