can i burn MP3 to a DVD and play?

[muisui]

can i burn MP3 to a DVD and play?

 

[ShoNuff]

I don't know the answer, but am also interested in knowing. I've got a DVD drive on my computer and was thinking about burning some music DVDs but don't really know how they work. Will the Gen play those? Also, other than capacity of the disk itself, is there a benefit to going with DVD over CD?

Thanks in advance for any answers.

 

[ctrcbob]

Don't know if this is what you are asking for. I have a friend who is an expert on his computer (unlike me, the computer dummy). I gave him a bunch of CD's that I normally play in the Six CD Player. He put between 5 (minimum) and 7 (maximum) CD's on one MP3CD. Works great in the Genesis.
The CD Player sees that the discs are in the MP3 format, and just plays them. The display shows the work "Folder" which means the first CD is now called Folder 1 on that MP3CD. I have between 5 and 7 Folders on each MP3CD and the music can last me a long time.

Hope this is the question you were asking.

 

[Mark_888]

It is the same as making a CD with a disc burner on your computer. You will make a data disk (not a DVD-Video movie) on a DVD-R or a CD-R and add the MP3 files to the project you are burning. If you have never made a CD disc with a burner, then look for some software on your PC called Roxio or Nero to burn your disc.

If you have Windows Vista (and you don't have Roxio or Nero) you can also do it with software that comes with the Vista operating system. Look on the help system for "Burn a CD or DVD."

The only difference between a CD-R and DVD-R that are burned as a data disc is that the former holds about 700 MB and the later holds about 4700 MB.

 

[BaywayRic]

In fully updated XP [service pack 3] or Vista, select the files you want to burn, right click on them and select "send to." Then select "DVD". You're done. The system knows what type of media [CD or DVD is in the drive and will respond accordingly.] Be sure to "Finish" or "Close" the session when you are done before moving the media to the car. The car will not read a disk that is not "closed".

 

[Turanacus]

so back to the original question, will the genesis entertainment system play MP3 burned onto a DVD, it'll play CD's -no question, but a Data DVD is something entirely different.

 

[Mark_888]

so back to the original question, will the genesis entertainment system play MP3 burned onto a DVD, it'll play CD's -no question, but a Data DVD is something entirely different.

I have never seen a DVD player that would play MP3's on a CD-R data disk and not also play MP3's on a DVD-R data disk. But I have to admit that I have not tried it yet on the Genesis. I don't even know if the DVD drives are exactly the same on all Genesis models.

 

[Turanacus]

dvd or cd, it does make a difference because the buffer size on a system that plays (data) dvd's as well as (data) cd's has to be huge compared to a unit that only plays cd's. 4.7 gig vs. 700 mb

 

[Mark_888]

dvd or cd, it does make a difference because the buffer size on a system that plays (data) dvd's as well as (data) cd's has to be huge compared to a unit that only plays cd's. 4.7 gig vs. 700 mb

A buffer is provided for a certain number of seconds of play time (which translates into a certain number of megabytes), which is not related to the total size of a disk.

 

[skyfox99]

According to the owner's manual, you can play DVD mp3/WMA discs. I have yet to try it... just got my Gen about three hours aho!! I do have DVD-mp3 disc laying around somewhere. I can't imagine the need for them for me now, but I will try one out and let you know the results.

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[skyfox]

I was able to play a DVD-MP3 with no problem. Supported all the different folders even.

 

[Turanacus]

A buffer is provided for a certain number of seconds of play time (which translates into a certain number of megabytes), which is not related to the total size of a disk.

that is one interpretation, but there are others. play a photo DVD on a DVD player, then play a photo CD -- huge difference in performance because of buffer zones.

mp3's are loaded into memory so that the disk doesn't have to be read 100% of the play time. check out a discman that reads mp3's, the disk doesn't spin, the buffer zone (via memory) intakes up to 700mb of data (mp3's) --not just a few seconds. i could go on and on, I don't know much . . . but i got this one.

 

[Mark_888]

that is one interpretation, but there are others. play a photo DVD on a DVD player, then play a photo CD -- huge difference in performance because of buffer zones.

mp3's are loaded into memory so that the disk doesn't have to be read 100% of the play time. check out a discman that reads mp3's, the disk doesn't spin, the buffer zone (via memory) intakes up to 700mb of data (mp3's) --not just a few seconds. i could go on and on, I don't know much . . . but i got this one.

I agree and maybe I misinterpreted the post (in which case my apologies). But what I meant is that playing an MP3 on a DVD needs no more buffer than playing an MP3 on a CD. MP3 on DVD's are the topic of this thread (not playing video on DVD's) so that is why I assumed what I did.

Basically, you need a few seconds (or whatever) of memory to buffer an audio or video file being played from CD or DVD. This is to allow for bumps in the road, where the player has to re-read the media. Obviously, a few seconds of audio is lot smaller than a few seconds of video. Doesn't really matter whether the disk is CD or DVD.