Question: CD Burning Software/ Disc Capacity

[myz32]

I have just ordered a CD burner for my laptop. I have noticed however that a lot of people are using Nero, Easy Cd creator etc. to burn CDs. Whats wrong with using Real Player or Media Player?

Also, I want to copy a few lectures I have to CD. I am not sure I understand how the max capacity of the disk is calculated. The CD-R disc I have says one disc holds 700mb or 80 minutes. Each of the files i want to copy is approx. 2000kb or between 20 - 45 minutes of talk time.

If a file is 2000kb (2mb) then i should be able to copy 350 files...correct? Wouldnt i still be limited to only 80 minutes of play time the CD-R offers? Which is about 1 maybe 2 files?

Hope this is comprehendable.

[LooseChippings]

The time capacity is for CD Audio.

The MB capacity is for data.

Burning software is all down to what you want to do, find an application that suits your need and go for it.

Many people buy software that has many features that they don't need.

Quality is fitness for purpose!

[javert]

If you burn your lectures as an Audio CD (you would choose this through whatever program you're using to make the CDs) it will only allow you to put about 80 mins worth of audio on the CD, which for you would be about 2 files. If you burn your lectures as a Data CD then you can put hundreds of them on one CD. The difference is this: when you make an Audio CD, the files are converted so that they can be played in almost every CD player. The Data CD keeps the files as is, allowing you to put more files on a single CD, but you will NOT be able to play the audio files of a data CD on any CD player. You would only be able to access them on a computer.

That is,
If you want to listen to your lectures on a CD player, burn them as an Audio CD....you'll be limited to 80 minutes per CD

If you just want to use the CDs as storage and you'll only be listening to the lectures on a computer, you can burn them as a Data CD...you'll be limited to 700 MB/CD, regarless of play length.

Make sense?

My guess (and it is just that) is that Real Player and Media Player will only allow you to burn audio files as part of an Audio CD. I have no experience with either software's burning features so I could be completely wrong.

[myz32]

It does make a lot of sense. Now that i know the difference I can better manage my use of the disc.