Creating an mp3 CD

[BrianE]

I've only ever used Media Monkey to create standard CD's, but now I wish to create an mp3 CD to play in my car. Can anyone tell me the steps I need to follow to create an mp3 CD. I would like to have a folder called Sixties, another called Seventies and another called Eighties and Later. I would also like to have a folder for specific artists such as The Beatles, Roy Orbison and ABBA. Is it possible to do this?

[Lowlander]

Select Data CD instead of Audio CD when burning the files. For the folder's you use Masks:
https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/WebHel ... ormats/4.0
You may have to create Playlists of the different decades and use \<Playlist>\ in the Mask, but I haven't burned in a very long time.

https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/WebHel ... dio_CD/4.0

[Peke]

Hi,
Just small add to @Lowlander post above:

When I burned DATA CDs for car I always burned them using this Mask " \<Playlist>\<Auto Number> <Title> - <Artist>" and had no issues playing them. Also I always set level volume to 95db and converted to MP3 VBR V2.

[BrianE]

Thanks for the replies. I've never used masks, so could you let me have step-by-step instructions on how to do this? Also, which is the better version to use, 4 or 5? I couldn't find the options in version 5 that are there in version 4 (e.g., no burn button on the toolbar or option to burn playlists in the burn dialogue).

[Lowlander]

You can't burn an MP3 (data) CD in MediaMonkey 5, so you'll need to use MediaMonkey 4 instead.