[pchelpers] Re: MP3 Posting Amendment!!

  • From: Don Bieber <donbieber@xxxxxxx>
  • To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:04:19 -0400

Only the newer CD players can play MP3's AND they have to specifically 
specify that they'll play MP3's


Deb Pfingsten wrote:

>Well, I'm not having success with my efforts. (Using Nero to read the files 
>for burning.) Am I missing
>
>If MP3's can be played on a regular CD player, then why are there CD/MP3 
>players sold (I'm talking about personal players.)
>So far I haven't found a regular CD player that WILL play MP3's ... so this 
>is how I test whether the CD I've burned can be heard by others who do not 
>have an MP3 player.
>Me thinks there is more to the mystery than I can comprehend at this time. 
>Evidently UK is way ahead of what's offered to us little folks on the buying 
>end in the U.S.
>I have a "subscription" to a couple magazines. I switched my subscription 
>from cassette to CD/MP3 after purchasing a player compatible with that.
>
>My husband used an MP3 recorder. When downloading to his computer, the 
>program automatically put them in as wav files. HUGE. So then we used a free 
>trial of something to convert them to something smaller that would fit on a 
>CD. It's been a real headache.
>
>NOW someone else has requested to listen to the CDs. Because they are in MP3 
>format their CD player will not produce any talking.
>
>I'm tired. Isn't there an easy way through all this?
>
>Deb Pf
>
>
>  
>

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