How do you burn 200 songs on a cd?

Question

I can only burn around 20 songs per a cd. I've heard that if you change the format of the songs, you can fit in upwards of 200 songs. How do you do this? I have Windows Media Player and WinAmp. Can I do this with either of these two programs, or do I have to get a new one? Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

It is possible to burn 200 songs per cd.

However: Not as CD Audio.

When you are burning cds, there are two different formats: Audio and Data.

Audio CDs store exactly that - Audio. And it is limited to around 80 minutes per CD. So in theory, you could burn 200 songs to a CD, but they would have be around 3 or 4 seconds a piece.

Data CD's will store around 650 - 700 Megabytes, which is data. It can be word documents, excel, web pages, programs, music, videos - Anything you can store.

If you wanted to burn 200 songs on a CD, you would need to burn the CD as data - Meaning burn your source files. This is nearly impossible if you bun music with DRM (Digital Rights Management). This is music purchased in iTunes, Napster, Yahoo, or any other places.

So you would need unprotected music - illegally downloaded music from Limewire, KaZaa, etc. to be able to burn a Data CD.

The next issue is playback. Not all CD players can play MP3 CDs. Most DVD Players can play MP3's, some factory car stereos can play MP3 cd's (the new fords, Scions, etc). A majority of newer aftermarket car stereos are able to play MP3 cds - it just depends on the capabilities of your car stereo. Best bet is to read the manual and see what icons it has.

On top of the MP3 format, you have the WMA format, which is Microsoft's music format. Again, the same thing with unprotected (Unlocked or music without DRM) music applies, and the same statement about the capabilities of the cd player applies. It just all depends.

Answer 2

you can put nearly 200 songs on a CD (depending on song length) in .mp3 format. Not all CD players will play .mp3 but the ones that do my not 'read' all 200 songs and not play them all. My shelf CD player will only read and play the first 100 songs on the CD. The songs you download are in .mp3 format and will play as is. All you have to do is make a data disk with them on it. To 'rip' cda as on purchased CDs you need a program such as Nero, a CD burning program. The rip process is real easy, almost automatic!
Have fun.

Answer 3

You can download a free program called 'Burn4free' that lets you record MP3 CD's. These CD's only play on your computer or a special MP3 CD player.

Answer 4

You can just copy the files as mp3 files and use them in an mp3-enabled cd player.

I would say convert them to lower quality, smaller file sizes so you can burn more, but even then, it wouldn't be 200.

Answer 5

you dont favor particular utility you could also use abode windows media participant only set the burn kind to documents mode so its burns making use of 700mb no longer 80minutes or you could only go with the information you go with to burn then accurate click on them then go with deliver to then go with your cd burner and then they'll replica to the cd force then bypass into the cd force and choose below the document tap burn those information to cd then you honestly only burn them

Answer 6

you could put 200 songs on a cd you just have to put it in MP3 fomat.

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Answer 7

Gotta be MP3 files. If your player doesn't support them you are stuck with the larger audio files.

Answer 8

probably because the mp3 bitrate is high...like 192Kbps or more....the bigger the bitrate the less songs you can burn on a 700MB CD...

Answer 9

its imposible