Trying To Fit All Songs Onto 1 CD

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Trying To Fit All Songs Onto 1 CD

Hi. I'm attempting to burn 25 songs onto a single cd using iTunes 7.5 on an iMac.(I really don't want to split them onto 2 CD's).I was unable to fit all 25 onto an "audio cd"(.aif files)......so I tried burning them onto an MP3 cd.However........I find that this MP3 cd will not play on either of my CD players.I assume the problem is that my CD players which are both over 5 yrs. old cannot read the MP3 format.Therefore.....I'm wondering if there is another way to fit all these songs onto 1 CD? Is there another audio file option other than .aif or mp3 formats that could fit all on one and that most CD players can read........or is there any company that makes CD's longer than 80 min.? I'm sure I'm not the 1st person who has run into this problem......so hoping theres some workable solution.Thanks.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Oct 16, 2009 7:59 PM

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Answer 1

Limnos

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Oct 16, 2009 9:31 PM in response to Bruce Thompson

Audio CDs can hold about 80 minutes worth of music, period. If your music adds up to more than that (don't forget the gaps between the tracks), you have to go for a second CD.

In fact an audio CD is not really .aiff format since that is what is on a data CD. AIFF is basically the data version of audio CD format. It is important to distinguish this because an aiff data cd won't play in a CD player either. If you were actually burning a data format CD then you may find all your music will fit on a true audio format CD.

Any player incapable of playing mp3 is also unlikely to be able to play any other alternative format such as AAC.

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Answer 2

ed2345

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Oct 17, 2009 8:38 AM in response to Bruce Thompson

Bruce Thompson wrote:
I'm wondering if there is another way to fit all these songs onto 1 CD?

Some burning programs let you do what is called "overburning," e.g. Nero has an option to put 82 (rather than 80) minutes of audio onto a standard CD. You can also buy CD-R blanks that are 800 MB insead of the usual 700 MB, although iTunes will not make use of the extra.

However, when you do those kind of "tricks," it becomes very likely you will hit incompatibilities with players.

You would be much better off splitting your compilation across 2 CDs, or - now here's a thought - knocking off a few songs.

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