Different formats? Cd's not reading

lowcar100

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Ok, I've been trying to burn a CD for my dad to listen to in his car but every time I burn a CD the car's stereo rejects it. I have burnt CD's from the same batch of CD's, with the same program (window's media player), and at the same speed, although I have tried every speed. The ones that I burnt before worked great, and still work today.

I got to thinking about it and realized that the songs were not all the same format, some where .wma and some were .mp3

I was wondering if this is the problem and if so what a cost-free program would be that would convert the files? Although on Window's media player it does say 'converting' on part of the burning process.
 
More than likely that IS the problem, yes. Car CD players can't do "mixed-mode" discs; it's .wavs only, in a standard Red Book format.
A low-cost converter for .wav to mp3? How about free? Audacity sound editor is at Sourceforge.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Just load up an mp3, select the whole thing, and hit File->Export as .wav. Collect a bunch of .wavs, and burn 'em all to an Audio CD compilation.
Tom
 
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