Best way to burn cd/dvd

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LotsOfZeros

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OK laugh all you want but media is not my area and I don't feel like pestering my brother at his place of employment.

I have some ripped CDs and DVDs and need to know the best Windows software for placing these on removable media so they'll play on DVD players and car stereos. I have a bunch of MP3s and my wife wants me to make a CD for her car but it's not exactly like I can copy the MP3 formats to a CD - it never seems to work in her car.

What format do movies and music need to be converted to for playing in conventional players?

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put the cd/dvd in her ass, input a usb printer cable in her mouth and shoot your music video load inside
 
I use Nero Burning Rom. Just hit Make Audio CD, add the mp3s in there and it will automatically convert them to a .cda file that can be played with any cd player.
 
I used to use Nero for all my burning needs, but it's become awfully bloated and sluggish over the years. Now I use either ImgBurn or Ashampoo. ImgBurn is more commonly used among the 1337 h4x0r crowd (read: piracy crowd), whereas Ashampoo is more user friendly for burning n00bs (plus, it can do a lot of stuff). Check it out.
 
Video is gonna depend on the source format.

If it is an iso of the original disc check filesize; if the size > 4 or 5 GB (most today usually are), you will either need to burn to double layer or downsample+remove some extra stuff.

If it is a VIDEO_TS folder and size is > 4 or 5 GB, you will need to do the same as above

Check out dvdshrink, it can handle most any of those jobs.

Other formats, there are a lot of possibilities, but the basic procedure is to first encode (MPEG2 with audio or could be separate file), then author (make menus, VOBs and other files required for a standalone player).

Videohelp.com has how-to guides for practically any type of conversion you need.
 
+1 for Nero. Can burn anything to disc with it.

I don't know what your wife is driving, but if the deck can't play MP3 disks I would consider replacing it with one that can because a single disk is about 10 hours of music in MP3 format. You could also get one with an minijack AUX input, or USB ideally, for an iPod or other MP3 player. Saves you all that hassle of making news disks all the time.

A Pioneer deck with, USB, MP3, AUX minijack, etc. can be had for less than $100.
 
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