How to create an audio CD which can be played in every CD player?

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I'm burning my own audio recordings on CDs and I want to be certain that the discs can be played in every CD player, not only in new models, which may even support plain MP3 files. Can I use a rewritable CD (CD-RW)? If CD-RW is less compatible, does CD-R always work? How to convert files to a supported audio format and burn in a correct hierarchy?

I experimented with Burrrn (no longer in development) -- my newer portable CD player can play the CD (CD-R), but Pioneer PD-207 doesn't detect the disc.

user917794

Posted 2018-06-30T09:14:34.927

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1Supported audio-format ??? There is only 1 format for Audio-CD's. If you mean Data-CD containing audio-files (like MP3, WAV, etc.) then MOST CD players won't be able to play them. – Tonny – 2018-06-30T09:26:28.973

@Tonny I don't mean data CDs. – user917794 – 2018-06-30T09:27:28.917

1I figured as much, but it isn't really clear from the question if you understand the difference between audio and data CD's. Especially since you also ask about compatible audio-formats (which makes sense for data-CD's but not for audio-CD's). – Tonny – 2018-06-30T10:37:20.240

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There is no guarantee that a burned CD will work in every CD player. However, I do remember older CD players sometimes had issues with CD-RW. So you should stick with CD-R. However, I do remember my portable CD player wouldnt play any burned CDs. As Tonny said in the comment, burn slow. Older CD players had issues with CDs burned with a high speed. Stick with 1x-4x speeds, the slower the better.

Keltari

Posted 2018-06-30T09:14:34.927

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1Totally agree and burn SLOWLY. Use 4-speed at most. Even if your burner can do 48 or 52 speed burns it does make a HUGE difference in quality of the end-result. Especially with the cheap CD-R media. – Tonny – 2018-06-30T09:24:30.690

@Tonny thats right. I completely forgot about burn speeds. – Keltari – 2018-06-30T09:55:43.720

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