| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 28 Oct 2000 at 10:17:56 |
| Subject: | Re: MP3 decoding/MakeCD |
Eds Borthwick said,
> Hello Dauber
>> 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...]
It sounds like you've got MakeCD set to create image files in Track
Options.
> 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.
With a fast enough Amiga, burning on the fly is easy, while doing other
things too.
> Just accept the fact that your going to get a more reliable result if you
> wait those extra few minutes.
I don't always have those extra few minutes :(
Neil
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