I ripped some audio disks to my media library as mp3s and tried to burn
them (using WMP10) as a data disk for replay. Before burning them to
disk, WMP converted them to WMAs and wrote them as such. Is there a way
around this in WMP10, or do I have to use another program to burn as
mp3s? What program? I can burn them using Drag'n Drop, but that program
doesn't recognize my playlists. Many thanks for any help.

Paul

pjruiz(nospaam) wrote:
> I ripped some audio disks to my media library as mp3s and tried to burn
> them (using WMP10) as a data disk for replay. Before burning them to
> disk, WMP converted them to WMAs and wrote them as such.

I've never seen this happen. I always get a mix of MP3 and WMAs. Are you
sur you're burning a data disc, and not a music CD.

Is there a way
> around this in WMP10, or do I have to use another program to burn as
> mp3s? What program? I can burn them using Drag'n Drop, but that program
> doesn't recognize my playlists. Many thanks for any help.


Just burn it using Windows XP's CD-burning abilities. Copy the files to
a CD as if you were making a backup CD of any other filetype.

Mike Williams wrote:
> pjruiz(nospaam) wrote:
>
>> I ripped some audio disks to my media library as mp3s and tried to
>> burn them (using WMP10) as a data disk for replay. Before burning them
>> to disk, WMP converted them to WMAs and wrote them as such.
>
>
> I've never seen this happen. I always get a mix of MP3 and WMAs. Are you
> sur you're burning a data disc, and not a music CD.

I'm using a new unformatted disk right out of the box and using the Data
Disk selection.

> Is there a way
>
>> around this in WMP10, or do I have to use another program to burn as
>> mp3s? What program? I can burn them using Drag'n Drop, but that
>> program doesn't recognize my playlists. Many thanks for any help.
>
>
>
> Just burn it using Windows XP's CD-burning abilities. Copy the files to
> a CD as if you were making a backup CD of any other filetype.

I havn't tried that yet, but I think the problem will be that the order
of the playlist won't be preserved, just like when burning with Drag'n Drop.

pjruiz(nospaam) wrote:

> I havn't tried that yet, but I think the problem will be that the order
> of the playlist won't be preserved, just like when burning with Drag'n
> Drop.

Only some advanced players support the playlists. If you want the order
to be fixed as the playlist then you need to rename/renumber the files -
it just plays the files in alphanumeric order otherwise. WMP won't do
this for you automatically.

The problem with WMP is more fundamental than the order. WMP converts my
MP3s to WMAs, but it does include the playlist file on the disk.

Mike Williams wrote:
> pjruiz(nospaam) wrote:
>
>> I havn't tried that yet, but I think the problem will be that the
>> order of the playlist won't be preserved, just like when burning with
>> Drag'n Drop.
>
>
> Only some advanced players support the playlists. If you want the order
> to be fixed as the playlist then you need to rename/renumber the files -
> it just plays the files in alphanumeric order otherwise. WMP won't do
> this for you automatically.