Thanks.

Of course, I knew it should be WAV;-)

Cheers

Just a thought...

You said it will handle mp3 files just fine and burn on the fly. But will thr resultant CD be an mp3 format CD or ill it still play in a domestic CD player.

Thanks again for your advice.

Cheers

Probably mp3 format as there are stand alone players that can play mp3s. If you want a standard 44,100 Hz CD, you should re-render the mp3s to .wav 44,100 Hz. (You can fit a ton of music on a CD in mp3, but not everybody can play those.)

Just for clarification:
An mp3 CD is actually not an audio CD, it is a data CD where the data happens to be in an mp3 data file. Other data files might be present as well even though the mp3 data merely happens to represent compressed audio data. On the other hand, an Audio CD stores audio data in an audio only partition in a manner not very different from an uncompressed 44.1Khz 16 bit wav file.

Whenever you make an AUDIO CD, all audio content is converted to this AUDIO CD format by the program burning the CD NO CONVERSION REQUIRED and the resulting CD will be playable in a standard Audio CD player that accepts writable or rewritable CDs.

The key point is that when you want to make an mp3 CD think data, when you want to make an Audio CD think audio.

Vegas is only capable of burning Audio CDs. It cannot burn data discs. Any MP3 files you burn to the disc will end up as audio tracks on an Audio CD.

I have mp3s on CDs and they play fine in my DVD player. The DVD player recognizes them as mp3s. Not CD.

You're missing the point. Vegas and SF ONLY burn AUDIO CDs NOT Data CDs.

You must have burned them with some other burning software (Roxio, Nero, BHA, etc) in data format.

Sure, some players (DVD set tops and other recent CD players) recognize Data disks with formats they support such as .mpeg, .jpeg and MP3 but these disks are "Data" disks, not "Audio" disks which Vegas and SF support.

Audio disks, as stated above are .cda and DON'T support anything else.

MJ

I didn't miss the point. I was only explaining to Mr. Greaves, that it was possible to make mp3 audio CDs . (I call them audio, because I can hear them, not because I know the dynamics of making one.) If vegas can't make mp3 CDs, I haven't discovered that yet, as I don't have any interest in making mp3 CDs. I just happen to have a few (given to me) and they play fine on my DVD players. I will admit that I assumed it was possible in Vegas, because it accepts mp3 and it makes CDs. But I have never made one or tried to make one and unless I only try just to see if I can make one, that will be my only excuse. I'm not that crazy about the mp3 format. If Vegas automatically converts it to 44,100 Hz, that's something I didn't know until now. I never knew that mp3s on a disc were pure data CDs. You know the old joke about 'assuming'. I've stuck my foot in my mouth here before, and I'm sure I'll do it again. There's not a better way to learn than to be embarrassed by your own ignorance. (not that I enjoy that.)

Wooooooooooooooooooooow

More info than I expected. Cool and thanks.

Now I can happily burn my mp3s to CD without worrying about conversion.

Cheers all - I'd forgotten how wonderful a forum this is.

Yes, but as noted way above, not by Vegas.