So you know for sure that when software creates an "MP3 disk" that there are
no playlists, metadata, tags or whatever that is stored in text content areas
on the CD that would differentiate it from a dumb data CD?? And when various
'MP3 disk' players go to play a 'dumb' data CD, they'll display all the MP3
data/playlists that they would when a so-called MP3 disk is played? I don't
know, I'm just asking... you see all the hype on devices that they play "MP3
disks"... and you see various CD's that some CD players display track info
for (instead of 'track 1', etc), IF the CD is created with text track info
written to the ('write' ;) area. So... 'MP3 disks' have -no- special text
data areas that differentiate them from dumb data disks?

"Mike Williams" wrote:

> VIMDC wrote:
> > Attention: a data-CD is not the same as an MP3-CD.
> > Such data-CD's won't play on many car or home MP3-systems as those need
> > playlist information.
> > Myself, I use iTunes or Nero (sic: not exactly the forum to mention this) to
> > make MP3-CD's. Many other programs support the function (wonder why
> > MediaPlayer does not). Just bad luck that I was unable to use my existing
> > MediaPlayer playlists and had to redo them all under iTunes. You won't
> > (logicaly) be able to burn protected music however.
>
> From a burning point of view they're identical, and you can make an
> MP3-only CD with Windows XP without WMP. OF course, playback experience
> differs from device to device: some won't play MP3s over a certain bitrate.
>