Best way to save your MP3 collection to CDR/RW?

[DaveH]

Hi all,

I have around 25 gigs in MP3s, saved by artist\album\track-title. I'm currently saving them on CDRW by sticking as many directories as will fit on a CDRW, in alphabetical order, and burning them via Nero. This is a long, tedious process, and I'm sure there's a better way.

How do you all do it? Any good free/shareware for this?

TIA, Dave

 

[Lithium381]

The only way i can think of you getting it done more quickly is to get a faster burner.....Are you doing this for backup or are you moving it all or what?

 

[sathyan]

You may wish to try Musicmatch Jukebox 7 http://www.musicmatch.com Dump all of your MP3s on to the playlist, click burn, choose Audio or MP3 (data) CD, let it autmatically split up into CDs. One problem is with MMJB I haven't been able to burn at full speed (24X).

 

[ojai00]

<< You may wish to try Musicmatch Jukebox 7 http://www.musicmatch.com Dump all of your MP3s on to the playlist, click burn, choose Audio or MP3 (data) CD, let it autmatically split up into CDs. One problem is with MMJB I haven't been able to burn at full speed (24X). >>



Is your version registered? I think the demos limit your record speed.

 

[DaveH]

Lithium381, I'm using it for both backup and for access in the car/discman by artist. Would prefer to do both in one operation, but would use two different ones were their compelling reasons to do this.

sathyan, good suggstion. I used this nice program for awhile, but found I like http://www.wensoftware.com/MusicLibrary/ much better. Alas, it doesn't do burning. Perhaps it will be worth it to keep databases current in both these programs...?

Thanks for the replies Would welcome other suggestions.

 

[Mitzi]

<< Hi all,

I have around 25 gigs in MP3s, saved by artist\album\track-title. I'm currently saving them on CDRW by sticking as many directories as will fit on a CDRW, in alphabetical order, and burning them via Nero. This is a long, tedious process, and I'm sure there's a better way.

How do you all do it? Any good free/shareware for this?

TIA, Dave >>



I used two different machines both with CD writers! It took me and my friend about 4 hours to burn 22Gb of MP3s onto CDR (ended by about 43 CDs). He was using a 16x Liteon and I was using an 8x Phillips.

I wouldn't fancy doing it all again thats for sure!

 

[billyjak]

I use Musicmatch 7 also, nothing easier than click and burn.

 

[4824guy]

If i had 25 gig of data or mp3 files, I would think about getting a second HD and back them up there, then disconnect the HD until needed. It must be easier than burning 25 gig's worth of disks.

 

[Mitzi]

<< I use a seperate HD for my MP3's >>



So did I, the drive died (it was an IBM 75GXP) and I didn't have a backup so lost everything

Thats why when I got my collection again I burned it all to CD - paranoid now, y'see.

 

[Stevem627]

My MP3's are all backed up on another hard drive. It's really the easist way. I use a RAID mirror, BUT an easy procedure it just to sort the files by date and back them up manually every day/week whatever you decide. Doesn't take long.

 

[dunkster]

If you're using FAT32 file type, I'd assign all of your MP3s to a partition and image the partition data to CDRs with Norton Ghost at maximum compression.

If NTFS file type, choose another imaging program.

I can't predict how many CDRs this would take with MP3s, but surely much less than the 45 you cite.

Hope this helps!

 

[nippyjun]

I wouldn't trust CDRW's only CDR's. I've had CDRW's go bad. CDR's are pretty much free any with all the rebate deals out there.

 

[4824guy]

<< I wouldn't trust CDRW's only CDR's. I've had CDRW's go bad. >>



Yes, excellent point, I also have had data disappear on cd-rw disks before and it really pissed me off. Cd-r's are more permanent don't have that problem.

 

[sygyzy]

<< If you're using FAT32 file type, I'd assign all of your MP3s to a partition and image the partition data to CDRs with Norton Ghost at maximum compression.

If NTFS file type, choose another imaging program.

I can't predict how many CDRs this would take with MP3s, but surely much less than the 45 you cite.

Hope this helps! >>



MP3's are already compressed. You would be wasting alot of time trying to make it compress it further. You're better off choosing zero compression.