sounds like the chipmunks :-(

[chez]

ive been downloading songs from winMx and have no trouble writing them onto my cds, they sound great, but ive downloaded some live comedy of billy connolly but when i write it to the cd it sounds like the chipmunks ;-( can anyone tell a dummy what im doing wrong, do i need to do anything to the mp3 before i write it to the cd

thanks :-)

[chez]

the mp3 play fine in windows media, its just when i try to record them, like if i record a billy connolly spoken comedy clip and a song on the same cd, the song is fine but the live comedy sounds like the chipmunks like its going way too fast

[chez]

when the billy connolly mp3s are playing i noticed they are playing at 32kbits/sec, yet the songs are playing at 160, could this be the problem?

[roger d]

what file extension do these have? Go to the file and look at it's properties. I would have to think that you have a different format for the spoken word piece. Did your rip these from cd or D/L them?

[chez]

it just says mp3 format sound, and i downloaded them from winMx

[Rickio]

You might need to convert to wav format and then burn it.
What are you using to burn the files with?
I think the builtin encoder is not compatible with those particular mp3's. I would guess you have mp3pro builtin to your burner?
Either way making the mp3's to wav should help. If you need a application to do that, try CDEX or EAC both freeware and easily found on the net. Or I believe you can use winamp to turn your files into wav files also.

[chez]

ive got a creative blaster burner, with all the songs i just drag them into the burner and burn them and they come out perfect, its just these comedy ones that dont

[Rickio]

convert your files to wav format and then burn them. It should be fine then.
Ask if you need help converting the files.

[chez]

thanks for the help :-) do i have to download a program to change them to wav files?

[Rickio]

download cdex, it is freeware and it works well. It is also a good ripper and you can use it to convert between several formats like ogg to mp3 or to wav, very useful.
search on yahoo for cdex.