MP3 to CDA on DVD

I've got a few thousand gigs of MP3's that I'd like to burn to DVD's
(not CD's) to listen to on my car stereo.
But Nero (Nero Express 6.6.1.15) doesn't seem to do this.
It seems I need to convert to CDA? But I'd rather the software took
care of all that stuff.
Help?

 

"A few thousand gigs" , must have big hard drives then!

CDA stands for CD Audio which is not a native DVD format.
As such there is unlikely to be a one button solution.
Lots of explanation and tools here : http://www.coolutils.com/Formats/CDA

BTW Are you sure your car stereo play's DVD's

Best
Paul.

 

Unless your auto player plays dvd movies it won't recognize a dvd disc
no matter what you do to it.


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Yeah - that was going to be my comment too. Different hardware. There are
DVD players designed for in the car, but even those probably won't do audio
CDA format. If the player handles MP3 (mine does) then he could burn a
gazillion MP3s on the disc, and play it that way. See this page:

http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you_need/dvd/index.html#2

 

Well no. At present it doesn't. But it seems to me that if these discs
are in the correct format my car won't know *what* the disc says on
it.
But I'll read the link, thanx.
It'd be a damned shame if it won't work tho.

 

It's the physical specs of the disc, not the content. But you can still
record a shitload of mp3's on a CDR and be very happy.


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Even if, like Cheeze-Whiz says, I burn MP3's to it (assuming my car
plays MP3's?)

 

Only if your existing car stereo plays MP3 files. What brand/model stereo do
you have?

 

Well, I'll be moderately happy.
I'd be very happy the other way, but I guess it's not to be.

 

Oh yeah - NICE! I have a Blaupunkt MonteCarlo - cheap, but does a decent
job. Heck, it's an economy car - I can't see spending a fortune on it.
http://www.cardomain.com/item/BLAMONTEMP34

And having several hours of music on each CDR beats the heck outa changing
discs all the time.

(There ARE in-dash car units that DO read DVD discs, and probably with MP3
files on them. Out of my league <g>!)

 

A Sony Drive-S CDX-GT300

 

Frosty

Looked up the specs for your Sony Drive-S CDX-GT300

It appears to have a "CD" player not a DVD player, as such it will not read
'any' DVD, irrespective of the content.
This is because Lazer can not focus on the narrower data tracks and after
several seek cycles will assume there is no CD in the drive

I found this on the Stereo's abilities (the MP3/WMA ability is determined by
the Stereo's electronics not the CD Drive)
-----------------------------------
MP3/WMA Playback: This unit can play MP3/WMA files recorded on CD-R and
CD-RW discs in ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2, Joliet, and Romeo formats. Each disc
should have a maximum of 150 folders and 300 files/folders. During playback,
the unit displays any recorded ID3 Tag information.
-----------------------------------
So using Nero Express (CD mode), just add MP3 files to the burn dialog until
the bar along the bottom reaches 'full', burn it to a CDR. (Remember to
Untick the "Allow files to be added later.." option to ensure maximum
compatibility)
You can also use a CDRW if you wish, just erase it to recycle it.

How many mp3's on a CD?
You should get 100+ MP3's, more if you convert to WMA.
The actual number depends on the bit rate / compression of each MP3/WMA

Another way to look at it is MP3's are usually 10% of the original, a
standard CD maxes out at 74 minutes of music, therefore you could squeeze
740 minutes of MP3 music onto one CD.
That's over 12 hours of music on one disk.

Thats a very long trip.

Best
Paul.

 

Good info!

Thanx Paul!
(I knew about the MP3's but the WMA's are (good) news to me!)