Writing CD

[Tony Arnold]

Karl,

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Mario Vukelic wrote:
>> On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 17:58 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>   
>>>     If you READ what he said he has a very old cd-rom reader in his
>>> car and it can't read MP3. He wants to change the files to .cda so his
>>> reader will work.
>>>     
>> Karl, PLEASE don't try and post answers when you have no clue about a
>> particular subject matter and are not willing to try your solution
>> before posting. It's just confusing for those looking for help.
>>
>> Caleb and Karl Auer are absolutely right, Serpentine (or Brasero)
>> convert mp3s on the fly to Red Book Audio CDs [1]. There is no need to
>> argue with them, you can simply try it out if you don't believe them.
>> You WILL see that they are right.
>>
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_(audio_CD_standard)
>>
>>
>>   
>     I will learn that Serpinten will change the files it puts on a cd 
> without telling me? That is just great! I have not used this software 
> and perhaps it will not be used for this reason. The software needs a 
> way to specify what file is put on the cd.

Serpentine is specifically designed for creating audio CDs, i.e., CDs
that will play in a CD player. It will take mps3 and other format files
and do the necessary conversions and will write the results to a CD,
thus producing an audio CD.

It does not change your original files and there is no need to specify
what type of files get written to the CD as an audio CD can only cope
with audio CD format.

I really do not see what your problem is with all this!

Regards,
Tony.
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