Hi. [bold]Things I know.[/bold] 1 - CD audio is not compressed. When you rip a track from a CD you create (either physically or virtually) a WAV format file. 2 - My MP3 files are on average about 1/12 the size of the original WAV file. 3 - DVDs can hold a LOT of files! 4 - My DVD player cannot play MP3 files or DVDs based on a file system - only real DVDs and DVD+/-Rs. [bold]Things I think I know.[/bold] 1 - MP3 is something to do with the way audio is encoded into a video for DVD. 2 - A DVD with JUST audio (and maybe a few simple menus and / or album cover scans) SHOULD be able to hold a LOT of audio! 3 - A DVD with JUST audio and a DVD player with a track shuffle would make a GREAT jukebox! 4 - I am NOT talking about DVD-Audio. This is the new(-ish) format for encoding high quality surround sound onto a DVD sized disk. Requires speclialised hardware to reproduce it. [bold]Thoughts[/bold] If a single layer DVD can hold 4.7GB of data and if this data was MP3 files, then, theoguessingly 4.7GB * 12 (factor of MP3->WAV) => 56.4G of WAV files. 1s of WAV is 176400 bytes (44100 sample rate, 2 channels, 16 bits). So, 4.7G of MP3s is possibly 319728s of WAV. 5,329 minutes. 88 hours. 3.7 days!!!! [bold]Question[/bold] Is it actually possible to put compressed audio onto a DVD in such a way that a NORMAL EVERYDAY REAL DVD player (not a pc, not one that can play MP3s, etc) could play it? I have heard of a program called AudioDVD. This program only uses uncompressed audio. Regards, Richard.
Best advice I can give is go to WalMart and get a 39$ DVD player that supports MP3 as far as I know there isn't anyway to trick your DVD player that isn't compatable with MP3 into playing MP3's.. Cheers
I think you missed the point of the question. MP3 is a final form of WAV. WAV is my start point (either microphone or ripped from CD). I can't imagine that sound is uncompressed when it is part of a DVD. If it was uncompressed, you could get nearly 7.5 hours of uncompressed audio onto a DVD. Even that would be a start! Richard.
