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[gypr]

Hi I have a playlist with a few hundred songs in it. The files are in a variety of formats, mostly flac but mp3, mpc and ape.  I know you can set the flac etc to convert but how do i know how many tracks will fit on a cd.

Is it posible to automate this ? say to mediacenter, convert all these files but when you hit 650meg pause and write to cd

cheers

gary

[Alex B]

I once posted a table of the maximum playback times at various bitrates:

You could collect the files to a playlist first and use a constant bitrate when transcoding.
Just monitor the total playback time and keep it below the disc limit.

Here is a table of the approximate maximum playback times for a 700 MB disc:

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 Bitrate        Time
128 kbps  12 h 26 min
160 kbps   9 h 57 min
192 kbps   8 h 17 min
256 kbps   6 h 13 min
320 kbps   4 h 58 min
Leave some safe margin. Files are always a bit bigger than their theoretical size because of the tags.

I have saved my car/portable CD burning playlists. They have been useful afterwards.

You may also find the following threads helpful:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=28722
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=47873

[gypr]

Perfect, thanks for that