i did a search for albumwraps but couldnt find an answer to my question... i want to know is it possible to burn a whole albumwrap to cd-r? will all the songs get burn to cd-r or is their something i have to do? will the burn only recognise one tune and burn only one tune on cd-r or will it burn whole wrap?? ?
I guess this "albumwrap" thingie is a big mp3 file. If I'm right you can do (at least) 2 things: - Use a CUE sheet (get it from some webpage that offers cue sheet downloads or create it yourself e.g. with mp3DirectCut) and burn it with a program that is capable of using CUE sheets like Exact Audio Copy. - Use a wave editor like Nero's or Audacity (-> software section) to load the mp3 file, cut it to seperate tracks and save them (as uncompressed .wav files) to HDD. Then burn your CD from the .wav files.
whats the cue sheet for, and what does it do? if i decide to do it the first way is the mp3 albumwrap going to be changed to a .cue format that will only be burned with EAC? OR is a cue sheet in addition to the mp3 albumwrap that i will have to burn to the cd-r. i will have to burn both a cue and the albumwrap to cd-r? can i cut them all up into separate mp3 files instead of .wav file? wjy did you suggest .wav format is that better? what the difference between uncompressed and compressed .wav? is the compressed .wav the normail .wav?
I assumed you wanted to burn an audio CD-R (playable in any CD player). For this lossy compressed audio needs to be converted to wave format (44.1 kHz sampling rate, 16 bit resolution, stereo). Many burning programs are capable of doing this on the fly while burning, but it's also possible to convert mp3 to .wav (= wave format) and burn the audio CDs from the .wav files. In your case I suggested this because - editing a .wav file is easier - the result will be best possible quality (no re-encoding, no bad frames/glitches at cuts, no gaps introduced due to cutting, ...). This is (besides re-encoding) only an issue for gapless playing CDs (e.g. live recordings, meditation music) CUE sheets (= *.cue files) are small files containing information about tracks in an audio file (track name, artist name, pre-track gap, starting time). Example: CUE sheets are typically created during audio extraction and are used by burning software (CD layout information) and a few audio players like foobar2000 (similar to a playlist). Of course you can cut a big mp3 file into small ones directly using mp3DirectCut (also supports cue sheets). This I'd only do if I want to play back the tracks separately with a standalone/portable mp3 player. For more information about CUE sheets and mp3DirectCut I recommend the search function.
So on live albumwraps i should always change to .WAV? you said edit to wav, will that be done automatically in "Audacity" or do i have to change albumwrap to .wav then burn as a .wav on cd-r or will audacity do that? on the .wav process will i have to still split the albumwrap up to all its separate songs? .. is there a way to burn the albumwrap as it is so i dont have to bother with all the things i dont yet? what does on the fly mean? is exact audio copy a wave editor also?? i dont understand bit rate, when do i use the different speeds?? for example most of my mp3's are 128 and some are other speeds. im new to burning cd's so im not familar with them all just yet but do i have to change the bit rate when i burn the albumwraps? when do i or do i change the bit rates on my downloaded tunes, and even on my mp3's what are the differnet speeds for ? is whats the best speeds and im guessing you cant use that for everything ? why did you suggest 16 bit? my albumwrap say 128kbps bit rate? will there be a cue sheet for .wav format process? will there be album info on a wav process? there are so many option the more i learn the more i dont know! i just dont want to waste money burning coasters, learn as i go the hard way.. on my windows media play it has three option .wma, wma varible bit rate and wma lossless.. is that just there format to burn cd-r's. on most of my cd's the format is .cda, is that the normal format? can you give me a run down on what the best formats are to use ? im guessing to use the wav format on live albumwraps? i still dont understand uncompressed? are there different options on the wav process?
