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How to burn music from my PC to a blank CD?
How to burn music from my PC to a blank CD?
Started by John Ortiz4 · · 👁 4 views · 2 replies
#2 ·
-First off, you’re gonna need an optical drive built into your PC—something like a CD/DVD burner—or just grab a cheap external one you can plug in via USB.
-You also gotta have some software installed on your computer to actually run the drive.
-Once that's set, just pick depending on which player you're using whether you want to go with .mp3 or a standard audio format, select your tracks, and burn them straight onto a blank CD or DVD.
-You also gotta have some software installed on your computer to actually run the drive.
-Once that's set, just pick depending on which player you're using whether you want to go with .mp3 or a standard audio format, select your tracks, and burn them straight onto a blank CD or DVD.
#3 ·
First off, if you’re planning on playing these tracks through your car stereo, you really ought to double-check if your ride actually supports MP3 files—I mean, most cars have had this capability for over 15 years now, but hey, just make sure you aren't driving some total relic from the stone age that won't recognize them.
If you're looking to burn discs, honestly, you'll have a much easier time using dedicated burning software since it gives you way more control; I'd definitely suggest grabbing CDBurnerXP because it's free and seriously powerful 🙂
MP3s have the best compression, so you can cram a ton of music onto a single disc—I'm just eyeballing it here since I haven't touched a CD in forever, but you could probably fit around 100 songs as an MP3 while you'd only get maybe power 15 in standard audio format 😁
Personally, CDs feel like ancient history to me, so if I were you, I'd just pick up a modern head unit that has a USB port; it'll save you so much frustration and it's just way easier to swap tracks or delete stuff you don't want anymore
Another option is to grab one of those little gadgets people buy https://www.nabava.net/slike/artikli...R_a5d3d2b0.png which aren't even that pricey; basically, you just plug it into the car, pair it with your phone via Bluetooth, and then set your radio to a specific frequency and save that station as a preset. It essentially lets you stream music straight from your phone through Bluetooth, and the device just broadcasts it over the radio frequency to your car 🙂 You can also find versions with a USB port so you don't even have to mess with your phone, you just plug in a thumb drive and go
If you're looking to burn discs, honestly, you'll have a much easier time using dedicated burning software since it gives you way more control; I'd definitely suggest grabbing CDBurnerXP because it's free and seriously powerful 🙂
MP3s have the best compression, so you can cram a ton of music onto a single disc—I'm just eyeballing it here since I haven't touched a CD in forever, but you could probably fit around 100 songs as an MP3 while you'd only get maybe power 15 in standard audio format 😁
Personally, CDs feel like ancient history to me, so if I were you, I'd just pick up a modern head unit that has a USB port; it'll save you so much frustration and it's just way easier to swap tracks or delete stuff you don't want anymore
Another option is to grab one of those little gadgets people buy https://www.nabava.net/slike/artikli...R_a5d3d2b0.png which aren't even that pricey; basically, you just plug it into the car, pair it with your phone via Bluetooth, and then set your radio to a specific frequency and save that station as a preset. It essentially lets you stream music straight from your phone through Bluetooth, and the device just broadcasts it over the radio frequency to your car 🙂 You can also find versions with a USB port so you don't even have to mess with your phone, you just plug in a thumb drive and go
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