Best way to get 3 albums on 1 CD?

[Gobbledegeek]

We're sick of having to change the CD every 40 minutes or so, can anyone tell me how to get at least three albums on on disc?

Which discs and what method?

Love you....

 

[peetee]

burn them as .mp3s are get an mp3 cd player. alternatively get a cable to plug an mp3 player/pc into stereo and make a large playlist instead.

 

[Gobbledegeek]

I should have mentioned (perhaps) that I have all the original discs but just want them compacted onto one at a time....does that make any difference?

How, precisely, do I go about this?

Thanks.

 

[chiggz]

if you want them as normal CDs then its not possible as they can only hold a certain amount of minutes, and the average CD holds 80mins

 

[Gobbledegeek]

if you want them as normal CDs then its not possible as they can only hold a certain amount of minutes, and the average CD holds 80mins

So can they be burned onto a DVD and played in a CD player?

 

[peetee]

no, its a cd player not a dvd player.

connect a dvd player, mp3 player or pc/laptop to your stereo, all good stereos have the input for a wire, so thats easy.
If not why not invest in something a little newer than a CD player, lets face it.. CDs are OLD.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

What sort of CD player are you using? Is it in a car?

 

[Grrrrr]

So can they be burned onto a DVD and played in a CD player?

Wow. I know this post is completely unhelpful but you've been a member on a computer forum for 4 years with 1500 posts and you don't know that DVDs wont play in a CD drive?

 

[Gobbledegeek]

What sort of CD player are you using? Is it in a car?

It's a standalone, bog-standard CD player......

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Most DVD players nowadays can play .mp3 audio. You could put hundreds of .mp3s on a CD and thousands on a DVD. Since you've probably already got a DVD player near the CD player in your A/V cabinet it's worth investigating.

 

[Gobbledegeek]

Wow. I know this post is completely unhelpful but you've been a member on a computer forum for 4 years with 1500 posts and you don't know that DVDs wont play in a CD drive?

Forgive my obvious ignorance but wtf has that got to do with the price of cocaine in Sheffield?

 

[Grrrrr]

You've lost me

 

[Gobbledegeek]

Obviously...

 

[peetee]

Forgive my obvious ignorance but wtf has that got to do with the price of cocaine in Sheffield?

hes got a point in the fact that you are enquiring about something which most on a computer forum would deem common sense - in that CD players will not play DVDs, hence why they are called CD players and not DVD players.

Anyways you are going to either have to plug another piece of kit into your stereo system or buy something new. Worthy investment though, I cant stand using my cd player anymore.

 

[Gobbledegeek]

I apologise for my ignorance but I know '**** ****' about computers! I thought that asking on a 'computer forum' might be the way to go. If there is a prerequisite then I'm obviously in the wrong place.....apologies again!

 

[peetee]

star out the sweary or ull be gettin a temp ban.
Ah its just you'v got that many posts etc.

 

[titchard]

I apologise for my ignorance but I know 'Jack ****' about computers! I thought that asking on a 'computer forum' might be the way to go. If there is a prerequisite then I'm obviously in the wrong place.....apologies again!

I guess they are saying its just common sense, being called DVDs suggests they ain't compatible with a CD player.

And yeah - starry out the sweary!

Rich

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

I apologise for my ignorance but I know 'Jack ****' about computers! I thought that asking on a 'computer forum' might be the way to go. If there is a prerequisite then I'm obviously in the wrong place.....apologies again!

Theres laws to being on this forum and you've broken one of them.
You must know absolutely everything about everything computerwise so you don't have to ask questions.

Anyway, this is a question that I still get asked so theres many more like you.
If you've got 3 music CD's that total 137 minutes then you are still bound by the 80 minutes on a blank CD.
Your only way out is to buy a new CD player that will accept MP3's and you should get 800 mins at 128 bits.
128 bits is the sample rate of the MP3 but you will get less on if you raise the sample rate.
The other way (as mentioned) is to look for AUX in on your CD player and buy an MP3 player.
I've just bought a marvellous little 2 gig Archos for £40 thats going to be played over a 3000 watt PA system.

 

[Gobbledegeek]

Theres laws to being on this forum and you've broken one of them.
You must know absolutely everything about everything computerwise so you don't have to ask questions.

Anyway, this is a question that I still get asked so theres many more like you.
If you've got 3 music CD's that total 137 minutes then you are still bound by the 80 minutes on a blank CD.
Your only way out is to buy a new CD player that will accept MP3's and you should get 800 mins at 128 bits.
128 bits is the sample rate of the MP3 but you will get less on if you raise the sample rate.
The other way (as mentioned) is to look for AUX in on your CD player and buy an MP3 player.
I've just bought a marvellous little 2 gig Archos for £40 thats going to be played over a 3000 watt PA system.

Utterly brilliant! Thanks mate