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    Question about itunes

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dloreski, Dec 29, 2006.

  1. dloreski

    dloreski Notebook Geek

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    Hi everyone.
    If I download music from itunes and burn them onto a cd, will they play in a regular car cd player?
    Thanks!
    - Dave
     
    dloreski, Dec 29, 2006
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, if you use iTunes to burn em. (but also depends on your CD player)
     
    Budding, Dec 29, 2006
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  3. spartanpredator

    spartanpredator Notebook Consultant

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    Make sure you use a CD-R, not a CD-RW. The latter won't work in most CD players.
     
    spartanpredator, Dec 29, 2006
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  4. niemassacre

    niemassacre Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe you can burn WAV files onto a CD and have any CD player play them. You can also burn MP3s onto a CD and fit many, many more files onto the disc - but only MP3 capable CD players can play those. Check your CD player and see if it can play MP3s. If not, I'm pretty sure a burned CD with .wav files will still play fine.

    Someone please correct me if I'm way off base.
     
    niemassacre, Dec 29, 2006
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  5. JadedRaverLA

    JadedRaverLA Notebook Deity

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    What niemassacre is describing is burning mp3 files directly to a data disc that can be played on SOME CD players. But to the original poster, if you burn an audio CD in iTunes (not a data CD) then you will create a standard audio CD that can be played in pretty much any CD player.

    And to niemassacre, just to clarify, you really don't need to convert your files to wav first. Most modern CD recording software will do this conversion for you if you tell the software you are making an audio CD and not a data one.
     
    JadedRaverLA, Dec 29, 2006
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  6. FormFactor

    FormFactor Notebook Consultant

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    Does Itunes still have that dam limit of 7 audio cd burnings, or something similar? I'm sure I read that somewhere, and it really annoyed me. So sick of DRM.
     
    FormFactor, Dec 30, 2006
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  7. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah it still does. That is why I don't use iTunes to burn music. :p
    Tim
     
    Tim, Dec 30, 2006
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  8. foosa123

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    well, im glad i dont make cds anymore, i just put my music straight onto my ipod and off i go!
     
    foosa123, Dec 30, 2006
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