I have a 3 hour program that I recorded from the radio. It's in wma format.
Is it possible to place this on a DVD in such a way that it can be played
on a conventional CD player? Perhaps I need an mpeg player and convert the
wma format to mpeg? I have Nero 6.

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"W. Watson" wrote in message
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I have a 3 hour program that I recorded from the radio. It's in wma
format.
Is it possible to place this on a DVD in such a way that it can be played
on a conventional CD player? Perhaps I need an mpeg player and convert the
wma format to mpeg? I have Nero 6.

The easiest way would be to convert the wma file to mp3 (using something
like CDex software) and burn that to a CD. That assumes your CD player can
play mp3 files. Newer ones often can. If your player can't play mp3 files
then you will have to convert the wma file to a wav file, split it into 3
approximately equal sections (using something like Audacity software), then
use Nero to create a music CD for each wav file. So your program would wind
up taking up 3 CDs. I doubt you can make a music DVD that would play on a CD
player.

"W. Watson" wrote in message
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I have a 3 hour program that I recorded from the radio. It's in wma format.
Is it possible to place this on a DVD in such a way that it can be played
on a conventional CD player? Perhaps I need an mpeg player and convert the
wma format to mpeg? I have Nero 6.

"Conventional" covers a lot of ground. There are a few portable CD players
that will play CDRs containing wma files. I happen to own one--Audiophase
CDM375--which I bought for $30 about a year ago. There may be home decks by
now that do the same, although I'm not aware of any.

As far as DVDs and DVD players go, many such players will play both CDRs and
DVDRs with wma coding. My Toshiba and Cyberhome players will do this. The
Cyberhome has an especially nice directory layout.

As a matter of curiosity, I burned a DVD with 160 hours of music in wma
format. It plays perfectly on both DVD players. I then tried a DVD+RW and
it would play on both players. Then I tried DVD-RW and it would play on the
Cyberhome, but not the Toshiba.

Norm Strong