I just installed my new pioneer deh-p450 mp deck and it sounds great Last night I tried to make an mp3 cd. i just copied the songs in my folder directly to the cdrw drive. thats what you do to make an mp3 disk right? well i put it in my cd player and it says it cant read the format. Any ideas why it says that? Thanks.

 

Read the manual, specifically the sections dealing with the MP3 details. I have a Kenwood deck and it's quite selective on what it will read and what it will not. For instance, when using a CD-RW you must do a full-format rather than a quick-format or it will not read the disc. Understandably, it will only play files with the .mp3 extension (no wma files, etc) but also rejects files who have too many characters in the filename. I had to shorten "The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" because otherwise the deck would read "Mecha Error" and refuse to play the disc. Strange!

These are just a few specific to my player and from memory - yours will probably be totally different.

 

i just used to use CD-Rs before mine got stolen, the kenwood kdc mp-8017 i had always played everything i put on it

 

Dont forget to finalize the disc too, or else it wont work.

 

I have a modulated changer, not a deck. But for MP3s, it will only play them if they're burned at 10x or less. So since my computer burns them at 24x, the changer can't read them. All my home players will, but apparently not all car players will. So be sure to check your player's fine print to see if it mentions any speed restrictions. You might have to re-burn them in audio format.

And like the others have said, the disc most likely needs to be finalized too. But your computer should be set-up to do that by default unless you've changed that.

 

Oh, and if it said 'format,' it could mean + or - Some players are fussy about that. It might play CD-RW discs, or it might play CD+RW discs, but most play either the plus or the minus, CD+/-RWs, probably yours too. But it's something else to look at.

 

That line got my attention the very first time I read it because that's not the complete procedure. There's one more thing to do that you didn't mention that I hope you did. So this might sound very insulting if you know already know and did this, and please, I don't mean for it to be. I'm just being thorough, step-by-step.

But after you copy it to your drive, you have to "burn" the cd. So did you actually click on "burn cd" or something similar? If not, then it didn't transfer from your drive to the cd itself, and you're trying to play a still blank cd.

 

With my Pioneer mp3/wma deck I could throw just about anything with an mp3 SOMEWHERE on the disc and it would play it. Finalized, unfinalized, no sub-dirs, 100 subdirs, high br, vbr, it all worked. My burner program automatically changed filenames that were too long (Nero). I would imagine a plain CDR with just tracks on the root finalized would HAVE to work.

 

Ok, I guess it wouldnt play because some of my files were wav files. I then made a test cd with all mp3 files and it played How would you guys convert wav files to mp3 files?

 

lol no offense taken but yeah i clicked burn cd. i just had some files that were wav

 

I'm using MUSICMATCH jukebox but there's plenty of prgrams that would do it for you.

 

Man, what are you even doing with wav files anyway? Music Match Jukebox is pretty loaded with Spyware, so I'd stay away from that. I dunno, Windows Media Player 9 can do it, there's plug ins for WinAmp, any mp3 playing software should be capable. I use Cool Edit when converting wav files I've authored/composed.

 

Christ, did I buy the wrong deck!

 

It's only a DEH-P5500MP; $189! It kicks monster buttock, I love it

 

lol, cool.

I do everything on my real player. If you have one, click on tools, then on convert media files. You'll get a window that shows the file in its current form, and it'll show you the different formats you can convert it to. It's that simple. A minute later, and it's converted.

But one thing I've found about converting files, the quality isn't as good. So instead of converting, I simply re-copy the songs in the MP3 format from the original disc. They come out sounding just like the original.

 

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

i use this because its small fast , powerful, and easy to use. can convert to any format with the right codecs

 

i had the same thought... get kazaa and d/l a good burning prog i prefer roxio burn a bunch of cheaper ones work too( i actully use a $30 full prog myself..) im gunna get a mp3 hu and this seems to be a good thread to read out...i do have to say tho you should use a bruning prog to make ur cds just to be sure

 

i agree i had music match downloaded to mah comp by my mom and i had a ****e load of spy-gayness show up. the new winamp is pretty cool and if ur creative u can find the registrain for it online( *cough KaZaa lite *cough*) it has tons of features and can burn in a lot of formats and save in eveen more. real1 player also has good features

 

Plus, wav files are HUGE! After you convert the files, be sure to delete the wav files from your hard drive. Music files probably already take up most of your used drive space, so getting rid of those large wav files will give you back A LOT of space.

 

lol i kno.. i dunno why u are saving in wav form you cant tell the diff from wav and 192mp3