A slight correction, Calle:

You must convert the mp3 files to .cda files (not .wav files) in order for
them to be played on a regular CD player.   This *used* to involve the
intermediate step of creating .wav files and then in turn converting them
into .cda files.  However, I now have a program called "MP3 CD Maker" or
something like that which works quite well converting the mp3 to cda and
burning the CD-ROM, all on the fly.  It is even easy to use, and was about
$30 as I recall.  I can p-mail details if anyone is interested.

One note - the .cda files are almost five times the size of a typical mp3
file, so you can only store about 100 minutes of audio on a 650 MB CD-ROM
(as apposed to about 600 minutes of mp3 audio)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Calle Fallberg
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 11:26 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
> 
> 
> Hi David !
> 
> Why bother ??
> Get a CD burner, convert your Mp3�s to .wav files and burn �m!
> Works great for me, and as a bonus I�m able to play - or 
> share - my music everywhere where there is a CD player,
> and use the big buck CD player/speakers in the Vanagon !
> Not to mention the amount of free space I created on my PC 
> when all the music, pictures, saved files and "temporarily 
> unused" files (400Mb of fonts, wiringdiagrams, screensavers 
> and other Vanagon related "must have" ) were removed :-)
> 
> Calle Fallberg
> -88 Vanagon
> Mullhyttan , Sweden
> 

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