Hi everyone. I'm sure this has been asked in various forms before, but I couldn't find an answer to my problem. (Not one I could understand anyway ). I have a MP3 player that I like to use in the car. My problem is that everytime I burn a cd, the sound quality on the player is horrible. I have to turn my radio volume all the way up, and then there is more hissing than sound. Very annoying. On my computer, the cds sound fine. I even went and bought a new MP3 player to make sure thats not the problem. I have tried cd-rs and cd-rws. Now, part of the problem might be how I'm recording. What I'm recording is a streaming audio from a radio program that has RA embedded in the links. Since the file shows up as RAM, I use Total Recorder to record from RealOne Player. Then I move it back onto ReaOne as a MP3. I've also tried it as WAV. I have also burned it from Roxio instead of RealOne. FTR, I am just wanting to record this show b/c it comes on early in the AM, and I always miss it. Just wanted to make clear that it's for my one time listening pleasure. Nothing illegal, as far as I know. At first, I thought it might be using Total Recorder as my problem, but I see that many people here recommend it. Can someone help me with this problem? I know sound has something to do with bitrates, but that's all I know about bitrates. Really, that's all I know about MP3s! So, I guess I need simplistic answers. Thank you so much for any help you can give me. Also, if there's an easier way to burn streaming audio, I would love to hear it. Thanks again, Rynn
If the problem is just the mp3s' volume try mp3gain to amplify them. The next problem coud be transcoding low bitrate (=crappy quality) real audio to .mp3. The quality of the result is simply limited to somewhere below the quality of the real audio files. http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=6489&st=0& In this thread there are some ways described to play back real audio files without installing real player. The winamp-input-plugin way works for me (details see the other thread). If you have managed to play back RM/RAM with winamp (or any player that supports winamp input plugins - like XMPlay, which I use) you can use a diskwriter output plugin to write files to .wav (do this, if the volume is too low, then use a wave editor to amplify/normalize the .wavs and encode to mp3 using some lame frontend) - or: use a mp3 output plugin to convert directly to .mp3. XMPlay, for example is able to use lame.exe as output device, so you can transcode directly using any commandline you want.
Do you have an mp3/cd headunit, or are you using a portable with a tape adaptor? If you've got a tape adaptor try shoving it round a bit and see if the sound (volume) changes. I used to have quite a dodgy one that I ended up jamming in place with a folded up bit of paper, and then it sounded... er.. better, at least.
Listen - I will try that with the tape. Does it mean anything that reg cds play fine? tigre - I d/led MP3gain, but haven't tried it yet. I'm still looking into the alternatives you suggested. Is there a way to tell what bitrate the site is using? Any other suggeastions? Rynn
