Mp3->wav

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Evil...The question is Why not make your Own VISUAL BASIC ?

[sail3005]

my cdrw program converts mp3's to wav itself.

[zmerlinz]

or you can try music match jukebox, that works just as well

I've got one more question. I converted a few songs to wav format. Now what? They have to be in CDA format for them to work on CDs, how do I get them to that format. I thought wav and CDA were the same, so I tried changing the file extension, but it didn't work.

Thanks,
Dennis

[sail3005]

what program are you using to burn them? As i said before, mine will convert .mp3 to .cda, but i know that most programs won't do that. I thought that almost all burner programs could convert to .cda from .wav as it compiles the cd. In your program, there should be an option to be 'Create Audio CD'.

Thanks, I'll try that.

[parksie]

.cda format is a RIFF-compliant format that basically stores the serial number of the CD, the track number, and other RIFF headers.

They don't store audio, but can be used by audio software -- you copy the .cda file onto your computer, then when you play it it asks you for the CD, and if you've got a net connection up it gets the title for you. Cool really

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There is absolutely nothing special about the audio data encoded on a CD. The only difference between a "raw" 44.1KHz 16-bit stereo WAV file and CD audio is the byte ordering.

It isn't necessary to convert a WAV or AIFF file to a special format to write to a CD, unless you're using some proprietary coding (like MP3 compression) that doesn't have a system-recognized codec. Similarly, you don't have to do anything special to audio extracted from a CD. It's already in a format that just about anything can understand.

Just put your audio into the correct format -- 44.1KHz, 16-bit, stereo, uncompressed (a/k/a PCM) -- and the software you use to write CDs will do the rest. All of the fancy error correction and track indexing stuff happens at a lower level.

Some people get confused by programs (such as Win95 Explorer) that show ".CDA" files. This is just a convenient way to refer to the audio tracks. It's not a file format unto itself. You can't drag-and-drop CD audio tracks unless you're using software that understands what you're trying to do, such as a CD recording program or Plextor's "AudioFS".

Source : http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/faq02.html

[parksie]

That's my point though, Active. CDA files are a file format.