I made a cd and 11 of the 12 tracks played wonderful. One track when I play it on winamp it plays just fine but when I play it burn it to a cd it sounds like just noise. It is a mp3 like the other tracks and I would like to know what I can do to get this tracko onto my cd thanks
If winamp can play it use a diskwriter plugin for winamp to convert the mp3 to .wav and use the .wav file for burning instead. You can do the same with foobar2000 (http://foobar2000.hydrogenaudio.org), the diskwriter is already integrated in this player.
ok now I installed the all versions of foobar2000 copy b/c I have XP and I want to know how do i use it? Do I have to install other stuff? Also how can I get a plugin for winamp? What am I looking for Thanks
For Winamp you can e.g. use File Writer plugin: http://classic.winamp.com/plugins/detail.jhtml?componentId=96985 If you have downloaded installer package of foobar2000 you don't need anything else. (What do you mean with "all versions of foobar2000" BTW?) To convert a mp3 to .wav using foobar2000 do this: 1. Load the song(s) you want to convert to playlist (e.g. drag'n'drop to fb2k window) 2. Highlight the songs you want to convert 3. Right-click -> Convert -> Settings; Choose a output directory with enough space, leave filename as it is (you'll delete the file anyway after your audio CD is written - right?), Choose Output format: WAV (PCM 16bit dithered), uncheck all Processing options (unless you want to use them, e.g. equalizer). Now press Close. 4. Right-click on the highlighted files in playlist again -> Comvert -> Run conversion One remark: If the source mp3s have different volume you might want to use the replaygain feature to make all tracks on your audio CD sound equally loud. (You'll aditionally avoid audible distortion due to clipping.) For this: 1. Highlight the songs you want to convert 2. Right-Click -> Replaygain -> Scan per-file track gain 3. Foobar2000 -> Preferences -> Playback -> Replaygain mode: "use Track gain". The pre-set replaygain preamp value is 89dB which is a good choice to avoid clipping but might be too low if you want to use your CD e.g. with a too-low powered car stereo. Best would be to leave it alone, but If you want a "louder" CD and you set it to higher values you shouldn't go > 95dB. 4. Preferences -> Components -> Diskwriter -> Check "Use replaygain"; Close preferences menu 5. Right-click on the highlighted files in playlist again -> Comvert -> Run conversion
I did the conversion but it won't burn it b/c it is in mono instead of stereo. how can I change that?
Aahh! The mp3 is mono! This seems to be the reason why it couldn't be burned to audio CD like any other mp3. You can use foobar2000's "Convert mono to stereo" DSP when doing the convesion to .wav. - and maybe you have to resample to 44.1kHz (=audio CD standard) too. For this: - foobar2000 -> preferences -> Playback -> DSP manager; put "Convert mono to stereo" and "Resampler" to "Active DSPs), then go to - DSP manager -> Resampler and set "Target sampling rate" to 44100. Now go to - Components -> Diskwriter and check "Use DSP". Do the conversion as described afterwards.
