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How To Make A CD From A Download - Shannon - 03-16-2010
We at Indigo Mind Labs believe in fair use and we prefer to treat our customers with expectations of trust, instead of as criminals. Basically, we want to treat you as we want to be treated ourselves.
It seems reasonable, then, that if you purchase a title as a download that you might want to use it on a CD. Here is how to make yourself a CD from your download.
In general, there are two types of audio CD. There is the standard audio CD, and the mp3 CD. Mp3 CDs must be played on players that can play mp3 files, and are basically nothing more than a data disc with some mp3 files on it. If you have a player that can play mp3 files, all you need to do is create such a disc. Just open your CD burning software and select "Data Disc project". Then select the files you wish to include, and burn the disc.
If you want to create a standard audio CD that will play in virtually any modern CD player, you have to do things a little differently. For this, you will need to unpack the mp3 file to either WAV or AIFF format. WAV seems to be more commonly used in Windows, and AIFF seems to be more commonly used in OS-X.
I am not familiar with Mac or Windows CD burning programs. I use PCLinuxOS and K3b to burn my CDs. However, I know that you can unpack an mp3 file with an open source audio editor which runs on all three platforms, that is named Audacity. Audacity can be downloaded for free from here:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Once you have downloaded and installed Audacity, you will want to import the mp3 file, not open it. Select File>Import Audio and then locate the file you wish to work with and select it.
To unpack it, simply export it as a WAV or AIFF file.
From there, open your CD burning program and select "Create Audio CD". The specific software may have slightly different names for the job, but they'll all be similar. Once you have selected the option for making an audio CD, just select the files you want to add, and then burn the disc. You may also want to include some additional information.
Please remember that you should NEVER attempt to re-encode a subliminal audio file in any lossy compression format.
About Fair Use
Please understand, however, that fair use has limits. It means you have paid us for the right to use the program for personal use, and make backups and create CDs and copies for yourself and your private personal use only. It doesn't mean you're allowed to give away copies while keeping it for yourself, share the title, sell it, etc.
When you pay for your copy, you are paying for the right to personal use. That includes making a reasonable number of backups, putting a copy on your mp3 player, and generally making use of your purchase as most benefits you reasonably.
Giving it away as a gift is fine, but if you do that you can only give it as a gift to one person, and you can't keep a copy for yourself too. If you want to give away a copy and keep a copy, then personal use has been breached and someone has a copy that wasn't paid for.
Please remember that these programs require years of training and skill to learn to make. I have to make them safe and effective, and I have to constantly work to try to find ways to improve them, while adding new titles too. These programs are intended as a way to exchange my specialized skills (and those of my business partner Andrew) for a way to make a living, while helping people. Please honor and respect that.
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - Andrew - 03-16-2010
Most CD burner software will do all the above steps automatically, if you just make sure to select "Audio CD" (Not MP3 CD) and drag/drop the MP3 files in. It would be very rare and probably a very old piece of software that would require you to convert manually to AIFF or WAV.
Just be careful if creating a MP3 CD, as some CD burning software re-encodes or modifies MP3's.
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - Andrew - 09-11-2010
(03-16-2010, 04:23 AM)Shannon Wrote: If you have a player that can play mp3 files, all you need to do is create such a disc. Just open your CD burning software and select "Data Disc project". Then select the files you wish to include, and burn the disc.
Be very careful if you are going to attempt to make an MP3 cd with subliminals. Many burner programs, including iTunes unless set otherwise, will re-encode the files in order save space and fit as many mp3's on as possible. This will render your audio useless.
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - Serris - 08-14-2012
Got a question here for anyone who uses Windows Media Player, do Windows Media Player encode the file? Also does putting in the format either WPL or M3U matter or does it not matter?
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - Benjamin - 08-14-2012
Hi Serris, I wouldn't burn it with windows media player as it does reencode, and M3U is simply a playlist file as far as I know.
I use audacity as in this article and burn with cdburnerxp (its free and works on windows 7 too) and i've had no problems, done that for about 2 years.
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - Serris - 08-14-2012
(08-14-2012, 05:11 PM)benjamin Wrote: Hi Serris, I wouldn't burn it with windows media player as it does reencode, and M3U is simply a playlist file as far as I know.
I use audacity as in this article and burn with cdburnerxp (its free and works on windows 7 too) and i've had no problems, done that for about 2 years.
Thanks Benjamin! :-)
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - Frankz - 09-29-2012
How bout burning the subliminal mp3's into cd-r using Nero?
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - hotcommodity - 12-04-2012
Hi folks,
I was a customer about a year ago with little success. Then I started reading this again and became a member today. I my think I have made a technical error in converting to cd. My question would be if I changed the original format, are my files messed up? I made CDs by just pressing OK...and On my ipod I basically did the same thing. I have taken six months off and would like to try again. Thanx.
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - AbiDrew85 - 12-04-2012
Any time you convert between different formats loss is generally likely. There was a time that I'd have said inevitable, but many conversion programs have gotten to the point that unless converting to a lossy format, you won't have any loss. In other words, mp3 to cdda should NOT have any loss.
Your iPod most likely shouldn't have changed the format, since mp3 should be a native format to the device.
I find it unlikely that you had any problems of a technical sort...
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - Benjamin - 12-04-2012
Quote:Hi folks,
I was a customer about a year ago with little success. Then I started reading this again and became a member today. I my think I have made a technical error in converting to cd. My question would be if I changed the original format, are my files messed up? I made CDs by just pressing OK...and On my ipod I basically did the same thing. I have taken six months off and would like to try again. Thanx.
Hi, welcome to the forum. As Abidrew said putting it on a ipod shouldn't change the format.
But for cd's alot of the time if your burning mp3's it will convert it.
I use audacity as in this guide and cdburnerxp to burn the wav file, i've been doing this for a couple of years and no isses so far.
-Ben
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - hotcommodity - 12-05-2012
Thanx for the input. I am going to give it another shot. Looking forward to a fullfilling and propserous new year. I will keep posting my progress.
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - Shannon - 12-05-2012
Which titles did you have difficulty with previously?
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - hotcommodity - 12-07-2012
I don't remember the order I used them in. However I used the AOS and beautiful women for the longest, 90 days or more. I just started w/ Luck 4g and about 80hrs into it. I was thinking of starting ASC 5.0 for new years.
RE: How To Make A CD From A Download - Sean - 12-07-2012
You need to run Luck Magnifier for a lot longer than a few weeks. Stick with it for at least 3 months, then consider another sub.