Do you burn mp3s directly to audio cds? - Club CDFreaks

anandkapur · 30-01-2002

I've been trying to burn mp3s on the fly to audio cds using Nero, Adaptec, MP3 CD Burner and a few other packages but always get a buffer underrun, I think because of a 100% CPU utilization rate (burning at 8x). Burning on the fly at 4x works fine.

I have an AMD K6-450, 192mb ram, 20gb hdd and a hp9100 cdr drive. I'm also running the hard drive and the writer on UDMA 33, and I dont see how my system can be too slow to handle mp3 conversion and burning.

Anybody here have the same/lower configuration and is able to burn succesfully?

*Smart@$$* · 30-01-2002

The MP3 files need to be converted.
Apparently your system is not able to handle both the writing and the conversion when writing at 8 speed.

So either convert them prior to burning at 8 speed manually (for example through WinAmp) or stick to 4 speed when burning on the fly as you called it.

anandkapur · 30-01-2002

They burn fine on conversion to wavs.

But apparently it can be done, because I've seen posts with people burning audio cds directly from mp3s with a similar configuration. I'm trying to confirm that and get things to work. Even more so, I've done it successfully before. Don't see how it's not working now, or working only at 4x.

**Da_Taxman** · 30-01-2002

It depends on what your system is running in the background as well.

For Windows 9x/ME it also depends on whether you burn right after reboot or after several hours (if Windows lasts that long

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BLDrew · 30-01-2002

i burn direct from mp3s at 16X
system specs: 800 MHz Duron 384 MB pc133 Sdram,burner is on PIO 4 mode

30-01-2002	#1 (permalink)
anandkapur New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 10	Do you burn mp3s directly to audio cds? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I've been trying to burn mp3s on the fly to audio cds using Nero, Adaptec, MP3 CD Burner and a few other packages but always get a buffer underrun, I think because of a 100% CPU utilization rate (burning at 8x). Burning on the fly at 4x works fine. I have an AMD K6-450, 192mb ram, 20gb hdd and a hp9100 cdr drive. I'm also running the hard drive and the writer on UDMA 33, and I dont see how my system can be too slow to handle mp3 conversion and burning. Anybody here have the same/lower configuration and is able to burn succesfully?

30-01-2002	#4 (permalink)
Da_Taxman Senior (non-technical) Admin Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Posts: 13,540	It depends on what your system is running in the background as well. For Windows 9x/ME it also depends on whether you burn right after reboot or after several hours (if Windows lasts that long ) __________________ By registering to our forum you accepted our rules and policies (Dutch), so respect CD Freaks by respecting these rules and policies; Please read these helpful tips and links for all (newbies and oldtimers) Please describe your problem as clear as possible in your topic title, so that others can see what it is about and are more inclined to help if it is something they know something about; I do not provide technical support over E-mail or Private Message (emails with such requests will be bounced); Please post your questions as clear as possible, so others can help you get a correct answer sooner; Please use our search, you might get an answer to your question sooner that way; For any forum related issues you can contact me through PM; I don't dislike newbies, just lazy people who expect others to do their work for them.

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30-01-2002	#2 (permalink)
Smart@$$ Newbie Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 1,117	The MP3 files need to be converted. Apparently your system is not able to handle both the writing and the conversion when writing at 8 speed. So either convert them prior to burning at 8 speed manually (for example through WinAmp) or stick to 4 speed when burning on the fly as you called it.

30-01-2002	#3 (permalink)
anandkapur New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 10	They burn fine on conversion to wavs. But apparently it can be done, because I've seen posts with people burning audio cds directly from mp3s with a similar configuration. I'm trying to confirm that and get things to work. Even more so, I've done it successfully before. Don't see how it's not working now, or working only at 4x.

30-01-2002	#5 (permalink)
BLDrew New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 10	i burn direct from mp3s at 16X system specs: 800 MHz Duron 384 MB pc133 Sdram,burner is on PIO 4 mode