How to burn flac files to regular music CD?

Question

Level 1

83 points

How to burn flac files to regular music CD?

Hi have dBpoweramp on my iMac and have imported hundreds of CDs in the FLAC file format. However, if I want to burn some complications that I make up to a regular CD that will play in my car's CD player how can I do that?

Today I simply tried to drag-and-drop FLAC files to a blank CD on the desktop, but my car's CD player doesn't recognise the CD and won't play it. So next I used the dBpoweramp 'Music Converter' to convert some tracks to WAV CD format, then drag-drop those converted files to a blank CD on the desktop and burned that, again, doesn't play in a regular CD player, no CD player in the house or car recognise it.

I can burn CDs in iTunes, but I can't import my FLAC files into iTunes to burn a regular music CD.

Any ideas of the easiest way to convert/burn FLAC files to a CD in a way that the CD resembles a regular music CD like that you'd buy from a music shop that will play in my car?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), macOS Sierra (10.12.5)

Posted on Jul 20, 2018 5:01 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Top-ranking reply

Limnos

Community+ 2026

Level 10

430,709 points

Jul 20, 2018 5:17 AM in response to Nigel-66

You may need to create an audio format CD which is the standard kind for regular CD players. I suspect the methods you have been using are creating data CDs which are okay for computers but only supported by a few regular CD players. I'd normally recommend iTunes but it won't accept FLAC files. You can see if there are third party utilities such as Burn which will do it all in one step from FLAC files, otherwise you may need to convert to something iTunes will accept (I'd go for ALAC or AIFF over WAV) and then use iTunes to create a music CD, not a data CD.

iTunes 12 for Mac: Create your own CDs and DVDs - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19494 + links to troubleshooting articles at the bottom of the page

iTunes 12 for Mac: Burn settings - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19601

iTunes 12 for Mac: If you have trouble burning a disc - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19495

You don't mention the age of the car. Some early CD players (such as pre-2000) have a hard time reading burned CDs. I had one of those and some CDs it would read and others not, or it may take a minute or two checking the CD before starting to play.

Reply

How to burn flac files to regular music CD?

Similar questions