| From: | Eds Borthwick |
| Date: | 27 Oct 2000 at 21:48:24 |
| Subject: | Re: MP3 decoding/MakeCD |
Hello Dauber
On 27-Oct-00, you were babbling about:
> Last week I tried burning MP3s on-the-fly to an audio CD with MakeCD
> 3.2C and my new Cyberstorm PPC. I was given a warning that without the
> appropriate setup I might not be able to do an on-the-fly burn. I tried
> it anyway, and sure enough I made a temporary coaster. [It was a CDRW!
> :) ] So I downloaded the PPC version of mpega.library, and now MakeCD
> INSISTS on decoding the MP3s to hard drive into raw files first, then
> burning the raw files to CD. Is there a setting I'm missing? I have
> noticed, though, that when the MP3s are decoded into raw format, they
> decode just as fast as a normal file would burn to a CD at 2x. [actually
> MakeCD calculated it at 3.1x to 3.5x...]
>
> Any suggestions?? If I have to decode the MP3s first, that's no
> problem...just would like to save the step if possible....
I would suggest never to burn a CD on the fly, I've produced way too many
beermats, even on really fast PCs to consider it worthwhile.
Just accept the fact that your going to get a more reliable result if you
wait those extra few minutes.
Eds
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