Converting MP2 to MP3 or .WAV

[oscar4pbr]

I have music which comes in as a MP2 movie clip file. When I use BeSweet to convert to MP3 or .WAV the resulting music files fill a cd before the 780 mb size. The most I've gotten on the cd is around 650 mb, then Nero says "BURN PROJECT FAILED". Any help greatly appreciated. Terry

[daphy]

MP2 is a compressed format - WAV (in this case) isn´t compressed -> it needs more space on your disc :scared:
MP3 is also a compressed format and should need less space on your disc (but I´m not sure if this transcoding makes sense)

If your player is able to play MP2 (if MP3 is possible, MP2 as single stream should also work) I would leave it in MP2 because converting from a lossy format (MP2) to another lossy format (MP3) means lossy quality

[KpeX]

Make sure the audio meets CD-Audio specifications, 16-bit, 44100 Hz, stereo, etc. If it does, you should have no problems fitting up to 800 MB of WAVs.

[Soulhunter]

Originally posted by daphy
If your player is able to play MP2 (if MP3 is possible, MP2 as single stream should also work) I would leave it in MP2 because converting from a lossy format (MP2) to another lossy format (MP3) means lossy quality
Hint: Most DVD/MP3 players are able to play MP2 audio! MP3 decoders are "backwards-compatible", but some dont recognize the *.MP2 extension... So you have simply to rename the extension from *.MP2 to *.MP3! ;]


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[oscar4pbr]

I ask because Nero, the software that came with burner, does not recognize mp2. I'm simply trying to burn some cd's of music I like but can not get the disc as full as I feel I should. As for checking all the parameters; incoming music is stereo, 194 bitrate. When I run BeSweet sample rate is changed to 44.1. That's all I know. Not any good at this, that's why I ask the questions. If anyone has the time for a step-by-step tutorial on how to accomplish this, please do so. Terry

[oscar4pbr]

Anyone care to tell me how to change file extension, as Soulhunter suggested? I'm running Windows 98SE if that matters. Terry

[Soulhunter]

You dont see any file extensions?

IIRC you can enable this under: Explorer -> Extras -> Options...


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[emdiem]

The thing is, when burning an AUDIO CD your not going on the MB, but on the PLAYTIME

So choose Audio-CD, and not Data-CD
with your mp2 file, well latest nero can read that, and will make it perfect on the CDA

If not, use Winamp to make it to wave ...

[oscar4pbr]

Sorry if I'm a little slow on this and if I don't get it real soon, I'll stop posting. First,Soulhunter, I do see file extensions. What does,"IIRC you can enable this under: Explorer -> Extras -> Options..." mean? Internet Explorer, windows explorer? Second,emdiem, I do choose Music cd, not data. Total time that I can successfully burn is around 60 minutes. Forget anything any higher. Nero ver. OEM 5.5.9.19 Where do I get Winamp? Thanks, Terry

[Soulhunter]

Originally posted by oscar4pbr
First,Soulhunter, I do see file extensions.
Then you can change them simply by renaming...

Originally posted by oscar4pbr
What does,"IIRC you can enable this under: Explorer -> Extras -> Options..." mean?In WinXP the file extensions are hidden, so that would be the way to un-hide them... But as you say you see the file extensions, Win98 seems to shows them anyway!?

Btw, this renaming stuff is only usefully when...

- You dont wanna make a AudioCD (CDA), but a MP3 CD (Data)
- Your DVD/MP3 player refuses to play files with mp2 extension


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