MP3 dummy

  1. #1
    reddwarf is offline Valued Member

    MP3 dummy

    Hi, When you convert ripped cds to MP3 then want to burn alot of them on a CD, how do you number them, (ie: 1 to what ever or is there another way of doing this) and are all MP3 players random play or will they follow the track numbers.
    Also I have Kodak digital camera software on the computer and while this is there the MP3 player cant be found, anyone know how to fix this. Thanks


  2. #2
    spud is offline D-A-L Team Member (UK)
    some questions

    what burning software are you using?
    what kodak product is it?
    what mp3 playr are you talking about?

    if you can let us know this information i will try and answer your questions

    thanks

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    DJNafey is offline UK site moderator
    When I'm going to burn a CD of MP3s, I copy each of the MP3s I want into a new directory. Then I rename each one with a number prefix, e.g. "001 song name ...", "002 song name ...". Bear in mind that a computer reading an alphabetical list would place 10 before 2, i.e.

    1
    10
    11
    12
    2
    3
    4
    5

    that's why you need to put one or two zeros in front, e.g.

    01
    02
    03
    04
    05
    10
    11
    12

    Also, some MP3 players will read into folders. I found this very useful when burning a CD of MP3s to play in my car as not only could I switch between different tracks but I could also switch between folders on the CD so that I could have several different music styles or albums separated on the one CD.

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    DJNafey is offline UK site moderator
    Random play ought to just be an option. I would expect most MP3 players to play sequentially in alphabetical order as described above.

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    reddwarf is offline Valued Member
    Thank you for the help on numbering the songs. MP3 player is a Ministy of sound 128mb. I did e-mail Kodak and they said with there software on nothing else will work.
    It is a kodak 7440 digital camera software and nere 5.0 burning software. Burning is no problem.

  6. #6
    DJNafey is offline UK site moderator
    Forgive me if this is stating the obvious but, when you've been using your camera software along with your Kodak camera connected to the PC via a USB lead and then you say your MP3 player doesn't get detected, I'm assuming that the MP3 player is still plugged into the PC, right?!

  7. #7
    HappyBeaver is offline Bea*ering Away!
    Does the camera have a memory card or is it the cradle hardware type? If its a memory card you don't need their software anyway do ditch it. You can install a number of free photo editing software titles that probably do a way better job than Kodak provides.

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