creating mp3 format

coonsanders

ive tried to download songs taken from old 78 records.these tunes were between 3 pr 4 minates per song.i

used the switch to convert the songs to mp3 format.then i tried to burn these same tunes to a cd but the

songs are between 6 and 7 minates long instead of 3 to 4 minates.so as a result im getting songs that take

up more room on a cd with the result that i get less music on an 80 minate cd.usually ill be able to put 25

tunes on a cd with real mp3 files.now with these mp3 files i can only get 17 songs on a cd.whats wrong with

this picture??thanks

coonsanders

ps im using windows 2000

nchtj

well the possible problem there is you converted the songs to mp3 format, which is not very useful if you want to burn them to a music cd.

music cd files are in wav PCM 44.1kHz 16 bit stereo format, and even if you converted them to mp3, they would get converted back to wav format when burning to cd.

so try converting to that format instead of .mp3 and see if its any better. you may have originally recorded your 78s in that format anyway, so chances are you may not have to do anything other than burn to cd.