CD Compatibility Guide

[MediocreMetastasis]

Hey guys. I've been researching how to burn CDs to play in my car and found out there's a lot of nuances between CD players and if you're not careful your CD wont play. I've made a guide on my personal site but here's a summary.


If your CD player is manufactured before 1988:
Burned CDs might work but there's also a chance no burned CDs will ever work on it no matter what as these players were created before CD-R.

If your CD player states that it supports both CD-RW and CD-R:
If your player states it supports CD-RW and CD-R, you can use both type of discs. If not, only CD-R discs are supported. There's also a chance that CD players lose the ability to read CD-RW, but read CD-R just fine due to wear and tear.

If your CD player states that it supports mp3,wmv,aac or any other file type:
If your player states it can support mp3 or other types of music files then you can burn that file type onto the disc as a Data CD (check your program settings). If not, you'll have to make sure your audio file adheres to the "red note" standard. Most CD burning programs automatically convert audio files if you burn onto discs as a Music CD, but you can also achieve the red note standard by exporting audio as a wave (.wav) file with 2 channels (stereo), a sample rate of 44.1kHz, and a bit rate of 1411.2kbit/s (16 signed bits per sample).

Hope this helps. Please tell me if I've got any information wrong.