Sean-E-Sean wrote: 
People always ruin everything.

I haven't got mine yet. I knew this was going to SUCK.

 manbirdexperiment wrote: 

No.  Hurry up and send me mine.

 jagdriver wrote: 
I looked at the settings for may software...looks like bit rate is selectable when saving to the hard drive, but can only be reduced or left alone when making discs.  Now I know! 

Hurry up and send me my CD please. 

 Yibbyl wrote: 
It sounds like you're wanting to produce a MP3 CD. Please see the other comments below about this.

 Yibbyl wrote: 
I think the rule is audio-CD aiff. Fiteen sonz iz all you getz.

edit: and when I make mine, it's going to be aiff'd from my ripped stuff. Way too lazy to go back to the source disks. Sorry.

 newwavegurly wrote: 
You could poll your recipients to learn if their car players play MP3 CDs (many newer models and replacement decks do).

But then that'd ruin the SOO-prise for your peeps, if that's something you're wanting to keep secret.

 newwavegurly wrote: 
Has anyone piped in about the bit rate?  VBR takes up less space than say 320...of course, then, what level of quality are we striving for?

Just sayin'...

blah, blah,blah...

 lily34 wrote: 
If we were sending mp3 CDs, that would work, but I want to make sure it's something that can play in any device you can play audio CDs in.

 jagdriver wrote: 

ah, i didn't know.

 lily34 wrote: 
But it won't play in most car players, so...........

 newwavegurly wrote: 
or just put it on a dvd/dvr or whatever it is. holds more, right? :)

 newwavegurly wrote: 

"If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare."

                                      Mark Twain

 jagdriver wrote: 
I could do that... but I have more than 2 CDs worth.
 
It's fine. I just dumped a whole lot of music into the playlist and figured I would pare it down. One needs to be selective when determining the right mix...
 
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The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules. Anyway... I've started to make a tape... in my head... for Laura. Full of stuff she likes. Full of stuff that make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that is done. 
 
~ Rob Gordon (played by John Cusack) in "High Fidelity"

 newwavegurly wrote: 
Why not make it a 2-CD set?

I'm having trouble narrowing down what songs to put on my mix.

 Zep wrote: 
Did I mention the custom booklet that slips neatly into the jewel case?    

 jagdriver wrote: 
Well, I, er, um, ahhh —

yes

Now the pressure's really on!