Audio file conversion and burning utility all-in-one?

[Pohemi]

Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere in the software forums, I did do a search for both ripping/burning programs, and conversion programs but didn't find answers to suit what I'm hoping to find.

What I'm wondering is: are there any all-in-one freeware programs that will not only burn audio CDs, but can convert them from MP3 back to WAV or CDA format? Guess it would be best on the fly but it doesn't have to be.

I've checked out a few programs for burning in the last few days and unless I missed some features in some of them, I don't think any of them included conversion functionality (CDBurnerXP, Burnaware, Nero Kwikmedia, etc).

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance for answers!

P.S. For those wondering what the hell I need to burn non-MP3 audio CDs for: road trip in a vehicle with an older head unit not capable of MP3 playback. All my music on my PC is now in MP3 or FLAC format.

 

[lxskllr]

Maybe I don't fully understand, but it sounds like you want to make an audio disc like you'd buy in the store, right? If that's the case, you can just burn the tracks as an audio cd, and the format won't matter. I use Infrarecorder to do that.

 

[gmaster456]

That's asking a lot for free software. I personally have not heard of anything quite like that. Not to say it doesn't exist.

 

[radhak]

This seems to be so basic a need, that I need to confirm :

a. You have a bunch of MP3 (and other format) songs
b. You want to create an Audio CD of these

If that's all, then a number of freeware (Ashampoo, JetAudio) should do; but simplest is that you use iTunes. Check instructions here.

 

[Pohemi]

It's very possible (and likely) that I just missed an option in the programs I've tried to this point, but the CDs I had burned ended up being CDs with MP3 files instead of regular CD audio files.
Like I said, I might just be an idiot...it's been a long week...

In any case, thanks for the responses!

P.S. In the past, I used CDEx to rip all of my store-bought CDs to MP3s on my HDD, I just didn't see a reverse option in the program

 

[Binky]

Except for the freeware part, you are describing mediamonkey pretty well. Try it out, then maybe spend the $30 or whatever to buy it. Its a good program.

 

[Berryracer]

It's very possible (and likely) that I just missed an option in the programs I've tried to this point, but the CDs I had burned ended up being CDs with MP3 files instead of regular CD audio files.
Like I said, I might just be an idiot...it's been a long week...

In any case, thanks for the responses!

P.S. In the past, I used CDEx to rip all of my store-bought CDs to MP3s on my HDD, I just didn't see a reverse option in the program

You need to create an AUDIO CD not an MP3 or Data or Jukebox CD

Audio CD means any format you throw at the app, it will convert them to the appropriate audio cd format that can be played on any player

 

[gottogo99]

foobar2000 will do what you want and it's free. You will need to add the burninate plugin to write audio CDs, and various command line encoders (exe files) if you want to encode to mp3, FLAC, aac, etc. It can read any audio format as installed but can't convert except to wav, as I recall.

foobar2000 will offer to rip or play an audio CD when you put it in the drive. To write an audio CD, install the burninate plugin, then open the audio files you want to burn, right click, Convert, Write Audio CD.

 

[Gooberlx2]

What do you use to listen to the mp3s? iTunes and WMP will both do this, for example. In fact, this is a pretty basic feature and I'd guess most Music Management suites will do this. (iTunes, WMP, Zune, winamp, foobar, mediamonkey, etc, etc...)

 

[Binky]

FLAC isn't supported on portable devices or car stereos. Mediamonky converts on the fly if the device doesn't support it.

 

[Pohemi]

I usually use iTunes to listen to music straight off my PC, and I did burn a few CDs today with it. Not sure what the hell I was doing the other day when it wasn't working right, I guess I was just being hair-brained as previously mentioned

Thanks for the answers though, mucho apprecianado (or something)