All cd players

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:35 pm

How do I download a torrent to a cd so that I can use it on ALL cd players.?
For example, I put a torrent on to a cd that I can listen to on my computer. several cd/dvd players but not the cd player in my vehicle.
I know it can be done, as I have done it, but forget how

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:42 pm

I am going to assume the torrent you want to download is music, an album or MP3 files, if your using windows you can just add the file/folder to Windows Media Player then just burn the tracks of your choice, if using a different Media Burner, add the tracks of your choice from the location you downloaded the file to.

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:10 pm

pacificdon wrote:

How do I download a torrent to a cd so that I can use it on ALL cd players.?

Almost all home based cd players can play .mp3's (which is going to be the format that is most likely found on the internet)... Most car cd players cannot... they can only play .wav files. (Google mp3 to wave converter). The .wav format is what store bought cds are in. Please note that .wav files are considerable bigger by design than a .mp3. (Roughly 10 times bigger). So you will only be able to get around 20 .wav files onto a CD. Every CD player out there can play a .wav file.

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:14 pm

I just burn .MP3 files as an Audio CD in Windows Media Player and they work. Weird. Confused

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:22 pm

i know it might be stupid, but i think he wants to download music from a torrent directly onto a CD [eg. the torrent's save folder IS the CD] instead of downloading straight to his PC Hard Drive. strange tho, he said he's done it before, but i never heard of anyone do that.

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:23 pm

Whitestar28 wrote:

I just burn .MP3 files as an Audio CD in Windows Media Player and they work. Weird. Confused

Yes... essentially WMP is converting the .mp3 file to a .wav. There are dozens of programs out there that allow you to do this. But instead of getting 200+ songs on a CD... you will only get around 20 or so.

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:25 pm

Fred-Bear wrote:

.mp3 file to a .wav.

I thought it was .wma???

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:38 pm

Whitestar28 wrote:

Fred-Bear wrote:

.mp3 file to a .wav.

I thought it was .wma???

.wma stands for Windows Media Audio. That format will not play in all CD players.... such as most car players.

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:45 pm

I also have a $300 Sony cd/dvd player sitting in my garage that will not play Divx or mp3s. But a $30 dollar Walmart no-name plays them just fine... Sony owns alot of the multimedia companies... thus they don't allow these formats because the are primarily used for piracy. Thats why I never buy Sony anymore.

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:50 pm

Cool, I know now, learn something new every day, even at Christmas lol, I have never looked into it as I just put a CD in and with a few clicks a CD pops out, job done, lol.

Here pacificdon this thread has a list of free software, I'm sure you find something of interest on it> http://ca.isohunt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=347661

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:41 pm

Well. back to the drawing board.
I converted my mp3 file to a wave sound file. That cd will only play on my computer using window media player.
All my other players show that I have a bad disc.
This all started when I downloaded Michael Buble's xmas album onto my computer.When I used my Roxio software to download it to a cd, the cd played on my computer (window Media Player) as well as a highend cd player and a very good dvd player. But it wouldn't play on a friends cd player or on the cd player in my vehicle.
Obviously I need to find a "universal" format.
Any more idea's ?

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:03 pm

As was kinda indicated above by Whitestar... Make sure you are making an Audio CD... and not a Data CD.

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:01 am

.wav is NOT what store bought cd's are, you need to make an audio cd, use windows media player to burn them. .wav files are like flac, rather flac is compressed .wav. They are both both lossless, but that doesnt mean they are the same format as the original. Most audio cds use the CDA format.

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:57 am

Here's a how to using windows media player http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Burn-a-CD-or-DVD-in-Windows-Media-Player

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:08 pm

I use imgburn and cbilljones is right its CDA format..
The cd player will only play .wav format if its compatible with it..

imgburn one of the best freeware I have downloaded make cue files Burn ISOs all sorts of stuff ..

imgburn

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=5555