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Re: OT- Recording Disk question

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delmelzaJan 9, 2013
 

 
Thank you for the infomation-it can be confusing and frustrating for the Non techies out here. I am mainly self taught at these kind of things. M

--- In just-a-minute@..., James R Curry wrote:
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> "regular CD player that supports the MP3 format." was of course meant to
> read "regular CD player that doesn't support the MP3 format".
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> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:54 PM, James R Curry wrote:
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> > Hi Miriam,
> >
> > This really depends on what you mean by a hard copy. There are two
> > different CD formats, Audio CD and CD-ROM (or data disk) which work in two
> > entirely different ways. (Actually, there are more than two, but for our
> > purposes there are two primary formats):
> >
> > A CD holds 80 minutes of audio, or 700MB of data. MP3 files contain
> > highly compressed audio data.
> >
> > When you take your MP3 and from it make an Audio CD (for play back in
> > regular CD players) then the MP3 file is uncompressed and written as raw
> > audio data. There's no benefit to this, other than compatibility with CD
> > players. You're not going to suddenly regain the quality that was lost
> > when the MP3 was created, so it's suggested you make audio CDs only in
> > those instances where you need to play back through a regular CD player
> > that supports the MP3 format.
> >
> > When you burn a data disk, you're writing the file exactly the way that
> > it's stored on your computers hard drive. A 90 minute MP3 file in standard
> > 128kbps quality will take up about 82MB (give or take, depending on how we
> > define a megabyte, but that's another discussion). Therefore, you could
> > easily get about 8 MP3 files of this length onto a standard 700MB disk. It
> > won't play on a regular old CD player, but many modern players actually
> > support the MP3 format and will be able to play back the disk. You will,
> > of course, also be able to access this MP3 on any computer with a CD or DVD
> > reader.
> >
> > DVDs similarly have audio and data formats, however there's nothing you
> > can do to make a DVD play back in a regular CD player. The big advantage
> > that DVDs have as a method of archive is that they can hold considerably
> > more data (about 4300MB).
> >
> > I hope that answers your question
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:35 PM, delmelza wrote:
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> >> pardon my cluelessness but is there the only way to make a hard copy of a
> >> 90 minute audio show is to put it on a dvd disk?
> >> CD audio disks are 80 minutes generally or am I missing something?
> >> Thanks- Miriam
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