I'm alittle late on this. When I burn music I use the burner that comes with MUSICMATCH, When I burn data, making a back up disk, I use the built in burner. I've never had a problem with any of the music cd's I've burned. Steve <-----Original Message-----> From: barnstoneworth Sent: 9/20/2003 2:51:48 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 QUERYS XP PLEASE It's all quite simple really.. If you want to copy mp3's in their native (i,e .mp3) format you burn as a 'data disc'.This will only be playable on drives/players which are capable of handling the data. Few stand alone CD players-be they car or home hi-fi will handle them, but as the format has become popular, you will find lots of DVD players offer mp3 playback. If you want to play them in a car or on a home hi-fi system, you need to convert the to regular CD (.CDDA) format. Well, you don't have to convert them, as your burning software will do it for you. Bear in mind you can't put 700mb of mp3's on a single disc as .CDDA audio, as the files are much bigger when converted. You need to work it out in minutes, or if you are using one of the more advanced burning programs, you should get an indicator of how much room you have left on the disc So, to sum up.. If you want a disc of mp3 for computer playback (or compliant mp3 playback device)-burn as DATA disc. If you want a disc to play in a regular hi-fi-home or car-burn as AUDIO disc. Cheers Andy _______________________________________________________________ Get the FREE email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk