A MP3 disk is a data disk with a playlist in the playlist format that the
burning software understands - not always the same as what other software
understands.

I have a factory CD player in one vehicle and an aftermarket CD player in
another older vehicle. Both of them play data CDs containing MP3 files with
no problems. My DVD player in my entertainment system does as well. I
think any modern player will play either a data disk or a MP3 disk. You'll
have to read your device documentation to determine what type of playlists
your device may handle.

Dale

"RD" <RD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D9F8B7FB-3021-4EFD-8F95-D313177853EF@microsoft.com...
> 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.
>>