Burning mp3's onto a DVD?

[The Mock Turtle Regulator]

wasn't sure of which forum to post this in...

has anyone burned mp3's onto a DVD (as data) and got them to play in their DVD player?

I ask as I have 7 CD's of mp3's burned as data, which play in my DVD players, and wonder if their contents can be burned onto one DVD, and play as each CD did.

I don't have a DVD burner/recorder myself- I intend to use a friend's PC DVD burner.

 

[Phil Smith]

I don't see why it shouldn't work, but just for the heck of it I will try it tonight.

 

[bigbeefdog]

Yep, it works.

In fact, they thought I was crazy at the local car audio shop when I asked about a head unit with a DVD drive..... and told them that I wasn't interested in a video system...... simply wanted to play a single disc with about a THOUSAND songs on it....

 

[The Mock Turtle Regulator]

thanks, guys.

yeah, it's potentially a very cheap way to get a 4 or 5Gb mp3 player-
and with removeable media.

 

[johnbegone]

have fun selecting individual songs....

I like the idea in theory, but that's just too much on one disc. I'd get really confused if I had to skip through to track 783 to hear "Highway to the Danger Zone".

 

[The Mock Turtle Regulator]

I've just tried it on a friend's PC.
for some reason Nero Express let only 3.4Gb of mp3s be burned to a 4.7Gb DVD.

my DVD player only lists 298 mp3s, even though all 770 of them are playable off the disc on my PC.

hmm, I guess 298 is the limit for mp3 tracks?

 

[DaftCat]

Perhaps for your make/model, Turtle.

For those who are curious but are cheap, you can use DVD-RWs also to test this.

 

[I am Domokun]

have fun selecting individual songs....

I like the idea in theory, but that's just too much on one disc. I'd get really confused if I had to skip through to track 783 to hear "Highway to the Danger Zone".

That's why you can organise the disc into folders and sub-folders, for artists, albums etc. just like an MP3 player.