i have been able to play my mp3 discs on the tl. why is that not...... on the stero capabilities? it sounds great still and is alot easier than buying cds. Has any1 tried this?

 

Wait the format of the songs are in MP3? or Mp3s that you converted to play on your cd player

 

did you convert them to anything before burning them to the cd?

 

he's saying that he has sucessfully played MP3 discs on his TL.. He is wondering why they dont list in the stereo's capabilities... Read it closely.. I read it twice to make sure..

 

Yes, I understand that; however, we want to know HOW he got it to work. I have tried in the past and MP3s did not play. Our HU is not mp3 enabled.

 

I call either (1) or (2) .

Mike

 

heres the deal:
for bout 3 years, i kept on converting my free mp3 files from places to WMA format to play on out cd players using a mp3 converter from the internet (mp321wma converter) recently, my bro whos done this for alot longer, picked up a cd player that is able to play mp3s. he tried the mp3 disc on his 96' landcrusier (cd,casette, radio 7 speaker) and it worked with no sould quality difference. i tried burning my own disc of mp3 and worked on our 03' suburban z71 (8 or 9 speaker, bose, 5 cd changer, radio, xm) and also worked with our TL. Yet all the g35 owners and tsx owner brag that on their stero, it says it is capable to play mp3. AND on the TL it dosnt...... thats y

 

I still don't get it.

How are you getting mp3s to play on the TL stereo? It sounds like you are saying you convert mp3s to wma format, and those work on our headunit? Please give instructions on whatever you are doing to get mp3s to play in our headunit....many people would like to know.

 

Yeah - I don't get it either. What program are you using to burn the MP3s? Give us the EXACT process you are using if you don't mind.

 

Im not buying it........ Most cd-burning software automatically converts MP3's to play in regular cd players. Are you able to listen to cd's that have like 150 songs?

 

Alright.. from what I understand.. He's CONVERTING his MP3's to WMA wiles using a free online converter.. So he's playing WMA discs

 

When you burn a CD from MP3's stored on your hard drive as an "Audio" CD, the CD burning software records it to the CD as a regular music CD. Some have reported being able to store and play lots more songs by burning a blank DVD-R, though I'm yet to try it myself.

 

I do not think the DVD-R method works with our system (even if it is stacked with WAV files). The TL only recognizes DVD-A discs when DVD's are inserted.

This guy is probably just burning an album to CDR and the software (unbenownst to him) is performing the conversion from MP3 to WAV.

I wish that the head unit WOULD recognize MP3's (Infinitis new head units do), but we will have to wait and see. I highly doubt this will be changed!

 

Our head units probably don't support the MP3s as acuraluvr is probably just converting the MP3s to WMA files.

As far as the new HU infiniti has - ours of course don't support it - but I think in future model years - acura will have MP3 support. Just to keep up with the others. I also see them doing an integrated mp3 player - such as ipod (like bmw does).

 

His software is doing the conversion and he doesn't realize it...

What doesn't make sense is, the TSX can play MP3s (optional) and the RL can play MP3s (stock) why not the TL?!

 

I just burned some converted mp3's to wma format on a CDR.. and they play fine in my TL. What's the big deal? They're are the same size (they = wma's) as the mp3's I converted them from ... so I can burn a whole DVD-R or a CD-R full of wma's and it'll play just fine ... I'm thrilled, thanks for the info!!

 

Nope, I just converted mp3's to wma ... and the size of the file stayed the same. And, it plays in my TL and sounds fabulous.

I'm currently converting about 150 mp3's to wma right now w/ a free mp3-->wma convertor I found on download.com and I'll burn it and test it out in the TL.

More to come.

 

keep us updated Peter, this is great news if its true!

 

(converting now ) if it is, can you make this a HUGE sticky? I think we should all be informed of this .. this is fricken huge, i'm pumped!

 

Let me know, then I'll let you know

 

I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant wait to do this. I cant........

 

Call me a skeptic......this doesnt sound right.

 

April 1 is tomorrow....

 

Good call SVT

WMA is a poor windows proprietary music structure and is worse than Mp3. If a system will play WMA files it WILL play Mp3 files.

 

NO GO ... just tried it.

I burned the second disc w/ 650 mb's of WMAs.... burned fine .. plays on my computer thru WMP and WinAmp just fine ... does NOT play in the TL.

When I created the disc using "Create Audio Disc" .. it dumped the files into Windows Media Player, and then it said that only about 12 of the songs would fit. So it DOES appear that the WMA's are extracted into WAV format w/o the user seeing this, and burned to disc. When I re-looked at my first disc that I made that I thought was successful, I realize that through a glitch, it showed the WMA's that were extracted as files on the CD ... however, on re-look, it's just an audio disc and the WMA's are not on the directory.

Sorry guys ... at least we know for sure this is not an option.

 

 

Can't say I agree 100% with this - it depends on to whom royalties and licensing fees have been paid. I will say that I've tried two WMA CDs (data discs with WMA files on them) and the TL spits it back out after flashing the word FORMAT.

I still call or .

Mike

 

Yup .. mine said "FORMAT" as well then spit the disc out.

 

That was exciting......while it lasted.

 

I agree with you.....I never thought it would work. My point is that if WMA's worked than Mp3's would work, and there would be no reason to convert from Mp3. Ive never tried to stick an Mp3 cd is the TL, but that shouldnt work either

 

Sorry to get everyone's hopes up for a while there... i was simply thrilled at the possibility of being able to burn tons of WMA's to a CD ... and when I thought it worked w/ those first two WMA's .. uh muh gawd.... oh well.

 

2005 Infiniti G35 plays MP3 CDs,
new 2006 BMW 330i plays MP3 CDs,
guess what the 2006 TL will be able to play ?

 

I would rather have factory MP3 player integration rather than a HU that can play MP3 CDs. Why bother using a 650MB disc when there are MP3 players with 5-40GB storage space?

 

True ... good point. Plus, you get the ability to sort through directories w/ a stand alone mp3 player... it just seems so odd,. doesn't it, that the TL, in striving for the most tech-savvy entry-level luxo-sedan... failed to address the Mp3 issue...

I know more people that listen to mp3's than DVD-A's by a LONG SHOT...

 

i personally never found an mp3 support to be of any importance
mp3(or cd track) -> WAV
WAV-> diskwelder
one DVD-A = 99 songs (in case of direct CD->WAV->DVDA they don't even loose the quality)
times 6 (changer)
= almost 600 tracks
how many more do you guys really need on one trip?
besides xm150 never gets old!!!
i don't even listen to music these days

 

Well, abir, you don't represent the huge majority of people that do find mp3's to be of importance, otherwise, I'd say, "right on."

 

If the TL could play MP3s, it'd be important to me - but it can't, and the player integrations just aren't there. Sure, you can hook up an iPod through the XM port and put in a switch, but even the best MP3 player interface in the industry (iPod) isn't really safe to use while driving.

So, given that I go the DiscWelder DVD-A route with the TL. No, it is not as convenient or inexpensive to make DVD-A's as it is to make MP3 CDs or to put MP3s on my Zen, but it is what works, and hey you can do surround sound too (which, by the way, is supported by WMA but not MP3).

MP3 support would be nice, but it sure wasn't a deal-breaker for me even though I had an (aftermarket) MP3 head unit in my last car.

Mike

 

nooooo crap!!! i can play freakin' mp3 files on our tl!!!

steps

1) get the songs off of limewire: they are only given to u in mp3 format

2) get a cd-r disc (mp-3s) take the same space on the cd-r as wmas

3) burn them as mp-3s

4) they work on every car and cd player we hav, but its a little sketchy in our suburban dunno y?

so u guys r using cd-rw? i no those cds can hold hundreds of songs, but i havnt tried it......

just get lik a 50 pack of cd-rs

 

well........ 6/10 of my cds r wma or wav whatever format and work fine.... but i hav had no experience with a dvd-r, dvd-rw, cd-rw in our tl, just our cd player

 

Hey little dude, are you really 13? ...enough said.