Converting mp3s BACK to .cda

Oracle · 13 Apr 2006 at 21:24

Standard CD tracks on files are .cda's arent they!?

If so, does anyone know of some software (other than WMP) or Windows that can convert MP3s BACK to a decent quality .cda!?

You know when you write a cd with MP3s you get the option to either create an audio CD or a data cd, and for mp3 you choose 'data'.

Well I want to create a normal CD again, so..........any suggestions, as I find that Windows muffles the files (and for some reason makes them stupidly large again!?)

Thanks

BigBoy · 13 Apr 2006 at 21:35

MP3's will burn back to normal cd's when you use the audio cd option in nero and every other burning program i have ever used.

Nismo · 13 Apr 2006 at 21:38

Oracle said:
You know when you write a cd with MP3s you get the option to either create an audio CD or a data cd, and for mp3 you choose 'data'.

Sorta answered your own question

Just choose to create an audio CD, your .mp3 files will be converted automatically.

Oracle · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:28

No, because I want something that doesnt result in such a loss of quality.

Sorry if I didnt make sense originally

marc2003 · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:36

Oracle said:
If so, does anyone know of some software (other than WMP) or Windows that can convert MP3s BACK to a decent quality .cda!?

the sound quality is lost during the encoding process TO mp3. there is no way to get that back....

james.miller · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:38

cd files are not .cda's. .cda's are simply links to the tracks on the cd, shortcuts if you like. Check the size of them - they are only a few bytes.

Oracle · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:38

No I know. But an MP3 sounds signigifcantly better than an MP3 thats been converted BACK to a normal audio file.

Why!?

james.miller · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:39

no you dont

Oracle said:
Standard CD tracks on files are .cda's arent they!?

Oracle said:
But an MP3 sounds signigifcantly better than an MP3 thats been converted BACK to a normal audio file.

Why!?

because you are converting a lossy format to a wave file?? any conversion of a lossy format will only make it worse...

marc2003 · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:41

james.miller said:
because you are converting a lossy format to a wave file?? any conversion of a lossy format will only make it worse...

you shouldn't lose anything noticeable though. surely mp3>wav would create an exact copy?

james.miller · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:43

no its a conversion, how can it be exact?

you take a 4mb lossy format mp3, turn it into something with a high sample rate and something that is 30-40mb in length, filling in gaps as you go along, and you think it'll be identical? the difference you'll end up with depends on the quality of the decoder and the quality of the mp3 to start with.

If quality is that much of an issue, copy the cd tracks next time.

marc2003 · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:47

i fail to see how you can lose quality converting anything to wav? that's my ignorance shining through i suppose.....

Oracle · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:50

Ok, but why cant the software keep the file size the same!?

Am I being thick!?

james.miller · 13 Apr 2006 at 22:55

cd' audio tracks are basically 44.1khz 16bit stereo wav files. They take up a lot of room mate. 1 minute is roughly 10mb. you have to convert mp3's to that file type to write an audio cd