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How to Copy Music From Your MP3 Into a Normal CD

MP3 is a versatile compressed digital media format that allows you to play music and other audio in a wide array of devices. While you may already enjoy the convenience of MP3 music on your computer and personal audio player, you may want to store that music on a normal CD for playback and transport purposes. Regardless of whether you want to make an audio or data CD, you can copy MP3 music onto a normal CD using the Windows Media Player or iTunes already installed on your computer.

Things You'll Need

  • Blank CD-R
  • Computer with CD writer drive
  • Windows Media Player or iTunes
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Instructions

  1. Windows Media Player

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      Create a playlist of MP3 music you wish to copy onto the normal CD-R if you have not already created one. Drag and drop your desired MP3 music files from the "Library" tab onto the "List" tab.

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      Click "Burn List" so that you may order the MP3 music before copying it onto your CD. From here you may drag and drop the MP3 music files into a desired playback order.

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      Insert the blank CD-R into your computer's CD writer drive.

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      Select "Audio CD" or "Data CD" from the "Start Burn" drop-down menu. Choose "Audio CD" if your want to burn a music disc for playback in standard audio CD players. Choose "Data CD" if you want to burn an MP3 CD for storage and possible playback on MP3 CD music players.

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      Click "Start Burn" to begin copying the MP3 music to your CD-R.

    iTunes

    • 6

      Push the "+" button in the bottom left corner of your iTunes player to create a new playlist containing the MP3 music you intend to copy onto the normal CD-R.

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      Drag and drop the desired MP3 music from the iTunes Library viewer onto the newly created playlist icon.

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      Click the newly created playlist icon and drag and drop the MP3 music files up and down in the playlist to reorder them as desired.

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      Click the "Burn CD" button at the bottom of the iTunes player window.

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      Select "Audio CD" or "Data CD" from the ensuing burn dialog. Choose "Audio CD" if your want to burn a music disc for playback in standard audio CD players. Choose "Data CD" if you want to burn an MP3 CD for storage and possible playback on MP3 CD music players.

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      Click "OK" to begin copying the MP3 music onto the CD-R.

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