[godsacres]

IIs it possivle to burn an mp3 cd using AAC formatted songs without changing the song to an mp3?
Thanks, Lynn

[mdawson]

If you make a CD of AAC song files then it is not an MP3 CD. MP3 files are based on the MPEG-1 codec whereas AAC is based on the higher-quality MPEG-4 codec; they are very different file formats. Any MP3 disc player that cannot play AAC files, which would be most of them, will fail to read your disc. AAC is an open standard and given the popularity of the iPod and iTunes one would think that the manufacturers of MP3-compatible CD players would also add AAC compatibility. But that would make sense.

[albloom]

Lynn, according to iTunes Help (Search MP3):
>If your playlist includes songs in formats other than MP3, such as songs purchased
>from the iTunes Store, they aren't burned to the CD.
Short answer: No.

[MetalSlim]

You can convert the songs temporarily to make a MP3 CD. When iTunes converts the songs it keeps the originals. So after burning, delete the new MP3 files.

[Curtis_McHale]

There is an option under the burning tab in iTunes that allows for mp3 burning.

[albloom]

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There is an option under the burning tab in iTunes
that allows for mp3 burning.

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Yes, Curtis, but it only burns MP3's -- songs in the library
that are stored in MP3 format -- to an MP3 CD.

[Curtis_McHale]

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Yes, Curtis, but it only burns MP3's -- songs in the library
that are stored in MP3 format -- to an MP3 CD.

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Never tried it just a thought.

[gmacp]

Why not just burn a data CD? Unless you need the disc to play in an mp3-capable drive, the data disc is a great way to burn multiple different formats to disc for the likes of backup and storage. But hey, if it needs to be an mp3 disc, they've got to be mp3s.