Are there any "Nero" experts out there ? PLEASE HELP !!!!?

Question

I have about 20 audio books or spoken word audio files on my hard drive which i want to put onto disc so i can listen to them on long car journeys. All the files are in mp3 format but range in length from approx 5 hours to over 12 hours. Using the Nero "oscilloscope" i can split the file into however many parts i want. I have tried anything from 30 minute splits to 70 minute splits, and that part is fine, but the second i try to burn 1 of these split parts onto the first disc, it just gives an error msg about the file being too large. Its as if it cannot see only the split part, instead of the whole file. I have burned and copied dvd files on nero, so i am not too unfamilar with it, but this is driving me crazy, having spent countless hours trying.

Any help would be much appreciated.

p.s. nothing in the programs help or faq

Answer 1

a geat program

it will split the files and save them as independent mp3 files
then when burning to cd they will burn fine
i have done this with my audio books

Answer 2

OK, I am no EXPERT but I am familiar with mp3 files and Nero as well as other programs that you may need to use.

First: The "time" duration of the file is not the key factor, it is the phsical size of the file. A CD can only hold a max of 700mb of data no matter whether that's .mp3 .wav, .jpg or anything else.

If the files are just spoken word - dialogue then you can compress them down to as low as 32 kb/s without much quality loss. What program did you use to convert them from the original?

If a file (after conversion to low rate mp3) is still too big for one CD then you need to split the file BEFORE you turn it into an mp3. You cannot split the file later and expect it to play - it won't!

I use Cool Edit Pro to convert CDs to mp3. Whatever you use you need to select a point in the file at which to split and save as separate files. each file would have to be a separate and single mp3.

Also, when you burn the mp3 files to a disc try just burning as DATA or make an mp3 disc. What version of Nero do you use - I have V7. Sounds like when you try to burn to disc you are trying to make a normal Audio CD - in which case the file is then converted (by NERO) from mp3 to RAW (which is like a .wav file in size) to make a CD and so even a 2 hour long mp3 would be too big after it is converted. A normal CD or .wav file is approx 10mb per minute of audio. An mp3 at 128 kb/s is about 1 mb per minute so if you record or convert voice to 32 kb/s you should theoretically get about 4 mins of audio per 1 mb and at 700 mb per CD that = about 2800 mins (or more than 46 hours) of audio as a 32 kb/s mp3.
So if you follow this guideline you should get the file on a CD.

Any further probs you can contact me at [e-mail] and my name is David.

Answer 3

if you have an mp3 then u can either just burn as a MP3 CD or it will convert to cda and an Audio CD, but u only get about 80 mins so probably about 20 mp3 depending how big they are.

you can fit tonnes of mp3s on a CD

Answer 4

Check the size of the splits, they should not be more than the capacity of the CD you are using. You probably need to have it a little smaller than 700 mb on file size.