Author: Jonathan Hudson Date: To: hampshire Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Writing an Audio CD >64 minutes : possible?
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:37:33 +0000
Victor Churchill <victorchurchill@???> wrote:
> 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 ?
> Audio CDs are limited to a fixed time (70m or 80m for "80 minutes CDs",
so I think you're out of luck. The sample rate is fixed.
