Audio tech question...

[LordKathen]

I downloaded an audio book in two parts. The first part being; 58,641 kb/duration 4:10:12, and the second being; 75,376 kb, duration 5:21:36. I was thinking I would be able to burn it onto a CD, seens how a CD can hold up to 700 MB. I forgot about the time factor. Any ideas how to get around this?

[shamrock_uk]

Play the books and capture the audio from your soundcard using a free programme like Goldwave http://www.goldwave.com/release.php which I can recommend. Then you can save it to an MP3 which would easily fit. Most CD players wouldn't be able to play it though. Having said that, I doubt you could drop the quality enough to fit it on a cd uncompressed - it would just be awful to listen to. If MP3's aren't a solution, how about splitting it over two or three CD's?

[ 10-13-2004, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]

[LordKathen]

Well, it is already MP3. My soundcard is onboard, if that makes a differance.
I thought about just breaking up the file and putting them on several CDs, but am not sure how...?

[dplax]

If it is mp3 then you can already put them on the discs as an mp3 disc. Normal audio cd players will not play this, but mp3 players shall. If you want it in normal, uncompressed audio format then that is going to take 7-8 CD's.

[LordKathen]

Playing them is not my problem. Getting them on disk is. How do I break them up to get them on 7 or 8 CDs?

[Stormymystic]

do a search for an mp3 splitter, if I am not mistaken, steatlhy's has one on it in the yorik jukebox section, because they had to split his songs up.

[silencer]

Originally posted by LordKathen: Playing them is not my problem.

Then simply burn it in a regular data format - I'm almost certain this works with most mp3-players (if you're aiming for them). I usually fit around 120 mp3's at an average 4:30m on a CD (or a total of 9 hours of playback).