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Newbie DVD-Audio / 4.7 gigs of MP3s or no??

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I am fairly new to the whole DVD/Navigation scene although I am pretty computer savy.

I have had an MP3 deck in my car since they first came out and I love it. That said, I have been seeing alot of models listed with DVD-Audio. Does this just mean it plays high quality DVD-Audio or can you actually burn 4.7 Gigs of MP3s onto a DVD and play them through the DVD LCD player like the new Kenwoods and Pioneers?

That would be so sweet if you could have a few discs full of about 15 gigs of music and Mpeg music videos. That alone would be worth upgrading in my opinion.

Dan
 
That would be sweet, but I doubt that's what they mean. The player would have to be able to read a DVD-ROM filesystem (do they use Joliet, UFS, or something else?). Look for a player to actually say: "DVD with MP3s..."

Brendan
 
I was thinking the same thing....but how difficult would it be? A entire disc of MP3 burned in data format is roughly 650 MB so how hard would it be to build a drive that can read the same format, but just 8 times the size?
 
One of the things possibly holding what you suggested up might be the whole DVD+R/DVD-R compatibility thing. My home units can read DVD/VCD/SVCD/MP3/WMA and JPG picture formats, But I don't know if it'll read a +R or +RW disk.

goose
 
The new audio formats that are available that are capable of producing up to 5.1 channels of sound are SACD (Sony) and DVD-Audio. DVD-Audio is a separate format - like "Red book" CD Audio.

Most DVD players will play DVD-Audio Discs - you just have to run them through a 5.1 decoder.

I do not think that you will be able to play a DVD fill of MP3's through your head unit. I think that some of the newer DVD video players have this capability. This would most definitely be on my "want" list on a new head unit - along with a 7" screen.


Imagine - 50 hours of music on one disc.

 
Thanks Castle Rock. I was thinking the same thing.

Castle_Rock_AV said:
I do not think that you will be able to play a DVD fill of MP3's through your head unit. I think that some of the newer DVD video players have this capability. This would most definitely be on my "want" list on a new head unit - along with a 7" screen.
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Does anyone know the answer to this question or have one of them and care to comment? I think the newest Pioneer and Kenwood units seem to have this listed in the features, but I would like confirmation.
 
I recently bought the CyberHome Portable DVD Player w/ 7" LCD Screen from Radio Shack. This DVD player has the ability to play back a variety of audio formats. So, I ripped about 50 of my audio CDs to the hard drive on my PC in MP3 format. I then burned the MP3s back to CD. The 50 albums were compressed down to 5 CDs.

I also bought the irock!? 300-Watt Wireless Music Adapter from Radio Shack. This device plugs into the headphone jack of the DVD player and transmits the music to the radio in the AV.

When I want to use the DVD player in my AV, I put it and the Music Adapter in my glove compartment. When I want to watch a DVD, I hook it up to my TV. I've never tried watching a DVD while rolling down the road in my AV, I like my AV to much to do that to it.

This set up comes in handy when taking long trips and spending nights in hotels. I can always use the DVD player in my AV and I can usually use it in hotels rooms as well.
 
Although DVD audio is a seperate issue than mp3, if the unit decodes mp3's and plays dvds you should be able to play an mp3 filled dvd as long as the player supports the burn format you are using. If it will play them from a cd then it will do the same from a dvd. :D
 
Silver_TT, I was think of the same thing. I've got my entire music collection on 6 DVDs in the MP3 format. I'd be willing to upgrade to a 6 or 10 disc changer if it could read DVDs in a MP3 format. I'm not even worried about the whole +/-/R/RW issue becasue I have a Sony burner that can burn all 4 formats.

I just thought of this, maybe you could burn a DVD and take it to Best Buy/ABC Warehouse/Circuit City and throw it into a couple of players to see what would happen. I don't make it to my local audio shops to often, otherwise I'd do it. (just a thought).

MI 99XPL
 
MI_99XPL -

That is a good idea. I'll do that next time I am around one of those stores.

I am also going to try a DVD full of MP3s in my Sony MP3 deck. Can't hurt.....although I doubt it will work.

I have a Tablet PC with 40 gigs of DVD video, MP3s, etc...which I am trying to setup in the truck. Would be awesome for navigation, watching DVDs on the 10" screen, and listening/watching music video MPEGs.

Anyone mount a laptop successfully with a cool bracket or anything?

Dan
 
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