Burning Songs to DVD

[inboardshooter]

I currently have a playlist in Itunes that has 91 songs in it. I want to burn them to DVD to be able to play them trough my dvd player and home theater system. What program could I use to do that? I want them at good quality because I tried them as mp3 and it sounded terrible.

[CWR03]

Roxio's Easy Media Creator 9 has the ability to burn an audio DVD. It's the only software I've heard of that has that ability.

http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/creator/suite/features.html#music

[setarip_old]

@inboardshooter

Hi!

What is the present format of your ITunes collection?

[r0lZ]

Audio DVD Creator and Apollo Audio DVD Creator (they are different programs.) Google to find them.
Those programs are very limited and not free, as well as Easy Media Creator.

[inboardshooter]

The whole playlist tha I want to burn is in the Apple Lossless format. I tried playing tha on my DVD player but it didn't work, I thought it wouldn't. I will be looking into those programs. And my dvd player does play dual layer discs so if you think I need extra space for all the songs I'll go buy some dual layers.

[setarip_old]

What software and bitrate did you use to convert (from .M4A) to .MP3?

The following possibly useful quote is from another website:If you convert a lossless format to a lossy format, you will also lose information, but you can control the quality of the converted file by adjusting the bit rate and other settings. Lower bit rates result in smaller files with poorer sound quality, while higher bit rates result in better sound quality, but larger files.

With MP3, a bit rate of 192kbps should sound pretty good for all but the most demanding material.

[inboardshooter]

I used Audio Converter Pro and had the quality setting at 100%. It's from riverpast.com. It's not cheap equipment either. I don't know if you can tell on cheper speakers compared to expensive speakers. My system is in the thousands of dollars range. Also do you think that if they were around cd quality could they fit onto a 4.7GB dvd or do i need an 8.5GB disc?

[setarip_old]

From the "RiverPast" FAQ for it's "Audio Converter Pro":Question: Why is the sample rate limited to 24 kHz when I select MP3 as the audio codec?

Answer: We use the MPEG Layer-3 codec in DirectShow. The default codec shipped by Microsoft is limited on some systems. You can install another MP3 codec to get the higher quality.

You can select "Download | lame_enc.dll" to get lame_enc.dll. Lame_enc.dll is based on the open source LAME MP3 codec and it offers excellent quality and reliability.

[r0lZ]

I agree. Lame MP3 is the best MP3 encoder. And it is free!

Obviously, as a CD can hold a maximum of 700Mb, you can put the equivalent of minimum 6.4 CDs on a 4.37Gb DVD, if you leave them uncompressed. If you compress them, it depends of the amount of the compression.
(BTW, a single layer DVD can hold approx. 4.37Gb. 4.7Gb is a lie of the manufacturers!)

[inboardshooter]

Ok. I downloaded the Lame MP3 encoder. And I'll try it. What I really want is a way to just burn all the songs to a dvd at cd (or better) quality. And if at all possible when I put it in I can see all the song information on the tv, but if not that's fine.
Thanks for your help too.

Edit: Right now I'm listening to the songs as how I burned them as mp3 at the best settings when I converted them and I CAN tell a difference in the quality. And it's not good.

[setarip_old]

Right now I'm listening to the songs as how I burned them as mp3 at the best settings when I converted them and I CAN tell a difference in the quality. And it's not good.Your post isn't entirely clear. Are you talking about your previously created .MP3s (before installing lame_enc.dll) or newly created .MP3s, using the lame_enc.dll ? What is the indicated bitrate and frequency of the .MP3s?

[r0lZ]

Anyway, even encoded at a very high bit rate (say 240Kbps) with the best MP3 encoder, you can always hear the difference, if you use a good equipment and you have good ears. MP3 is a rather old and poor encoding method.
Try to encode in DTS or AC3, but verify if your player can play those formats. Or leave the tracks unencoded, in WAV format. As I said above, you can put more than 6 unencoded CDs on a single layer DVD.

[inboardshooter]

Yes, I burned it with the lame_enc.dll and it didn't sound good. The settings were 48 khz and 320 kb/s. I now have Roxio Media Creator 9 and am trying it with that. I only have one problem. I used the MusicID automatic information retrieval feature and it is terrible. A lot of the information is wrong, or it might be right but it's not what Itunes has it at and what I know it should be.

[superfall]

yeah,i just got the idea that <> can be helpful.

[blutach]

Please cut the SPAM superfall.

Regards

[inboardshooter]

I now have Audio DVD Creator and Roxio 9. Roxio is terrible. I try to use the automatic track information retrieval feature but the restults it returns are all wrong. I want it to say what Itunes says. I have all my songs in the WAV format in Itunes. Then I dragged then I copied them to a folder, but now the names are messed up. Each song as numbers before the song name. Is there a way to export the song information from Itunes. Then I'll just burn it with Audio DVD Creator because it seems better than Roxio.