Working With Audio Cds - HP z558 Software Manual

Working with Audio CDs

Sonic DigitalMedia Plus enables you to create audio CDs
that play in your car or home CD player, and on PCs. You
can create two main types of music CDs:
Uncompressed — Typical CD format like you
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would purchase on a commercial CD. This type of
CD will hold 10 to 20 songs depending on their
length.
Uncompressed files can be burned on CD-Rs (which
play in most home and car stereos, DVD players,
and computers) or CD-RWs (which play only in some
stereos, DVD players, and computers).
The procedure for creating this type of CD is
described in "Creating audio CDs" on page 87.
Compressed — Files are burned to a disc using a
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compressed file format (.mp3, .wma, or .m4a). The
smaller file format enables you to fit approximately
ten times as many songs onto the disc (depending on
length and format).
Compressed files can be burned to CD-Rs, CD-RWs,
DVD+Rs, DVD+RWs, DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs (select
models only). Compressed files can only be played
on computers, CD players, or DVD players that
support the file format you use to create the disc
(.mp3 is most commonly supported). For file format
compatibility, check the documentation for the device
where you intend to play the disc. You may hear a
slight loss of sound quality using compressed audio
files.
The procedure for creating this type of CD is
described in "Creating jukebox discs" on page 88.
For more compatibility information, see "Disc Features
and Compatibility Table" on page 98.
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