[Hampshire] [OT] Writing an Audio CD >64 minutes : possible?

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Author: Victor Churchill
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Subject: [Hampshire] [OT] Writing an Audio CD >64 minutes : possible?
Hi,
I have got a 90 minute drama from the BBC via get_iplayer. It downloaded as
a .flv file which I have converted to .mp3 using
ffmpeg -i Drama_on_3_-_Living_with_Princes_b00xn9y1_default.flv -vn -acodec
libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 128k
Drama_on_3_-_Living_with_Princes_b00xn9y1_default.mp3
This gives me a 87MB .mp3 file which I can play on computers (and I guess on
a MP3 player were I to have one.)

I can burn this to a data CD as an MP3 /file/ and it will play on one of my
domestic radio/CD players, which knows how to read data CDs containing MP3
files. However, my car CD player does not have that ability.

When I use Brasero to try to create an Audio CD it tells me that the CD does
not have enough room for the 1h30min programme. This also happens if I
generate a smaller MP3 file by re-running the ffmpeg command with 64kbps
encoding using -ab 64k. Although the .mp3 file is half the size, Braser
still says it represents 90 minutes and the CD ain't big enough.

Short of using Audacity to split the file into two sections, is there a way
I can make an older-player-friendly audio CD of this programme? Or am I
trying to get a quart into a pint pot ?