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To: Road Walker who wrote (17634)	12/26/2000 9:51:19 AM
From: Steve Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

OT: John, it is likely that whatever software u get with the cd writer will do what u want. If not, download the free Nero CD burning software. You just drag and drop your MP3 files into the compile window and click "burn" and they get converted wihout u having to worry about it. You can preview from Nero and it will also tell you how long each MP3 plays for, you can mix these on a compilation with other CD audio or wav files, it just makes sure they r all in the right format. If u r using an IDE cd writer, you need to download the wnaspi32 file from the download site, it says it is for win2k but i have it working on win2k and nt4 systems. ahead.de

To: Road Walker who wrote (17634)	12/26/2000 10:11:04 AM
From: Steve 667	Respond to of 60323

John, Here is an excellent file converter that integrates itself seamlessly to explorer allowing you to just right click on a file and select convert. Works great. dbpoweramp.com I have had a re-writable burner for 2 years and have found no real use for the re-writable feature. I use the write only all the time. Keep in mind that to backup your MP3 files, that MP3 files use only about 1/10 the space that WAV files take. Very soon new CD players will play both MP3 and WAV. Hope this helps. Steve 667

To: Road Walker who wrote (17634)	12/26/2000 10:17:07 AM
From: Andre Williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

John - FWIW I use musicmatch plus (I think I paid $30 for lifetime upgrades), and it makes burning audio cds pretty easy, converting cd songs to mp3 and back easily. You can drag and drop say 15 songs onto the playlist, hit cd-r, then it will test and burn the cd for you. The result works fine on all our stereos, including car ones. It also has a reasonably simple insert program so you can print the inserts for the cd. Andre

To: Road Walker who wrote (17634)	12/26/2000 10:46:24 AM
From: Starlight	Respond to of 60323

John - I have a CD burner and I use it for backing up my hard drive. A CD is equal to about 6 ZIP disks, so it's a lot more efficient for back-ups. Betty

To: Road Walker who wrote (17634)	12/26/2000 12:25:03 PM
From: 5dave22	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

John, my brother in-law just bought a new HP tower, with CR-RW for about $450. I think it came with about a 650 Celeron, a good size hard drive (10 Gig), all the things necessary to burn CDs. He told me it was easier (although slighly more $$) to go this route than buying a stand-alone CD-RW because he didn't want to occupy his other computer with burning CD's, plus the quality CD-RW was better than the ones sold on their own. There are other bennies - longer warranty, software optimized to run w/Windows ME, more of a tax write-off, and of course, easier since there is no installation. I also have an HP with the same CD-RW software (mine is powered by Athlon, of course) which is awesome. I can copy a CD in about 20 minutes - I only have to be there for about 30 seconds cumulatively. I also download MP3 songs and burn my own CD's. The HP software + drive is incredibly easy to use. I sound like a commercial. Well, good luck, Dave He is waiting on buying MP3 players for himself and his daughters until after Christmas (sales).