I have a 2006 convertible with Navigation. I have gone through every post I can find about creating MP3 disks that will play and show all id info on the screen. All info I can find uses software for ripping and writing that is old.

Can anyone walk me through creating a disk from ripping from CD to writing the MP3 disk using currently available apps/software?

I appreciate any help.

 

I've only done a few but have had good luck using iTunes on a mac.

 

Need to use DVD decrypter to first make a clean ISO image of the disc,

From here, imgburn or DVD decrypter on lower write setting, burn as DVD-ROM, Verbatim DVD-R dual layer 8.5gb disc, and make sure that the label in Imgburn or DVD decrypter is exactly same as the label on the original disc before you go to burn the disc.
Note, DVD decrypter is very good with dual layered discs to make sure that the layers are burnt correctly.

Note, this is make a copy of the nav disc.

 

Thanks for the reply . Will this allow me to put multiple cd's on one disk?

 

I use Windows Media Player to rip CD's to MP3's although most of the music I've bought recently from Amazon comes with free AutoRIP MP3 downloads. If you use WMP to rip, you need to give it a little extra time to go to the web to find all the extra metadata.

To burn MP3's to CD I use the freeware CDBurnerXP. You will be able to get about 6 CD's worth of MP3's on one disc.

 

First, I don't know about your NAV system, but I'm pretty sure mine will only play CDs, not DVDs in the 'music' slot. The DVD slot only accepts the NAV DVD, and will not play music. So, assuming that you don't have an aftermarket NAV system, then it's pretty straight forward to rip music CDs using the MS Media Player. I've got an old version of the player (11), but I'm assuming that it hasn't changed that much. I'm also assuming that you are running some version of Windows. Linux is a different, but equivalent story.

First, you need to rip music from your CDs into the Media Player library. Using the 'rip' tab to do that. It's very straight forward:

The Rip tab dialogue

You can tune the MP3 bit rate - the higher the rate, the better the quality, but the fewer will fit onto a CD. However, even using the highest bit rate, I can fit between 90 - 100 songs on a CD. If you have a 6 disk player, then that gets you upwards of 600 songs to play.


How to select bit rate from the option menu

Once you've ripped CDs, you'll be able to see them in your library:


As you can see, I like Jazz.

Now about burning the CD. Unfortunately, it seems that my version of the media player won't burn MP3s; maybe yours does, and if so, there is a burn tab that you start with. On the picture above, it's right beside 'rip'. However, it it doesn't, then you will need some other burning S/W. I use Nero, and the media player saves all of the MP3 in a particular folder on your system. From the screen shot above, you can see that I save everything in G:My Music. The player will create a folder under that top folder for each disk that you burn.

Once you find the ripped mp3 files, then the CD burning s/w should allow you to burn an Audio CD, and you can drag and drop whatever you want into the application. I've created many MP3 CDs like this, and they all play fine. You can drag an entire folder if you like. If you decide to go this route, just burn one CD to start and see how it turns out, rather than waste a bunch to start.

If you don't have the NAV manual, here's one for 2006 attached.

 

There is a limit, a DVD will hold 4.7 gb. You can load up to that amount. I use "Cyberlink" desktop burning gadget. It came with my work computer. I didn't have any luck using windows default CD software. Have you updated your DVD player with the newer disks to actually read the MP3 files? I had to do this. There are 2 disks, I copied the files I found here on the forum, and made 2 CD's , followed the instructions etc..

 

Am I confused (possible), or is there some misunderstanding.

The NAV unit has 2 slots - one for CDs, one for DVDs.

The CD slot is used for music cds. The more recent head units should be able to play a CD with MP3s on it. The CD player will not recognize a DVD.

The DVD slot is for the map data disk only (and possibly for an MP3 S/W upgrade disk for earlier units). It can't 'play' anything else, such as MP3s or WAV files burned onto a DVD. That being the case, there is no point in burning MP3s onto a DVD disk to play in your vette, since the head unit can't play them.

Am I incorrect about the above? I'd like to know.

 

This looks similar to what I have tried with MediaMonkey. I have had trouble getting all the songs that I put on the disk to play. I will download a copy of Nero to try. What settings are you using for writing to disk?

 

That's sounds right on although I have never tried a DVD in the CD slot.

 

Sorry about that, this will cover you to make MP3 files from your cds.


Start with Freemake audio converter your CD .Wav files to MP3 files on your computer to begin with.

Now make folders to put the MP3 songs in so you have them grouped by folder next. Also, double check the names since the player gets picky about them as well
Once you have the folders set up, then this will cover you on the burn, and so the Nav player will show the correct titles as well.

Hence this allows you to select by folder first, then by song in the folder on the nav radio.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-cd-in-c6.html

 

The CD slot on the nav will only play CD. 700mb.

They can be stored on the CD using a standard file system, windows 7 and up have built in CD burning software, so just drag and drop any song with a .mp3 extension.

Anything purchased on itunes will require a conversion to mp3 format.

 

Wrong. I have played multiple DVD's with MP3's burned on them on my stock C6 CD player.

 

I can try to get you started, but like a lot of apps, some of it needs to be self-learned.

I ripped all of the music using Windows Media Player into MP3s, using the highest bit rate. That's the only setting that I changed.

I use Nero SmartStart to get going. I didn't change any of the default settings, except to point it to my CD burner.

It looks like this on my system:


Select the Audio Burning tab on the left

Select Jukebox






Select the 'Add' tab


Use the standard Windows file browser to navigate to where your music files are. You can select whole folders, or individual files by selecting the item, and then clicking 'Open'


Here you can see I've added some entire folders. You can use this window to navigate into the folders that you have selected, and remove items, or even add them. You can also create new folders and populate them with MP3 in the same fashion. It keeps track of how much of the CD will be used.


Click on 'Burn', and the CD creation starts.

I just burned the CD that you see in the pics above, and went out and tried it in my NAV system, and it works just fine. Displays titles, musicians, etc. I could have completely filled the CD by working at it, but that's up to you.


Hope this helps.

 

That's interesting. The NAV system manual specifically states

"• DVD with MP3 are not playable on this system."

And to verify this, I burned a DVD with some MP3s on it, using the exact same procedure as for a CD, and the CD player in the NAV system doesn't see the DVD at all. My NAV unit is an '11 GS.

But if I read your post, then are you talking about the NAV system as per the OP, or on the standard radio? Either way, my owner's manual for the standard radio states.

"Radios with the MP3 feature can
only play CD-R discs."

If you can play DVDs in your radio CD player, well done, I would say.

 

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...3-capable.html

Not sure if this changed on the 11+ models but 05 to 09 at least cannot do dvd mp3.

 

I have a stock '13 dual slot NAV/CD player. The NAV DVD slot only works with the NAV data DVD and the CD slot will only play CD's. The CD's however, can be native CD's or can be "home made" full of MP3's.

I also have a USB port which you would think would be the best solution since a thumb drive can hold much more music than a CD. But it's much finickier, frequently does not recognize the drive and the user interface is so painful to use I've quit using it except on long drives.

 

My 2006 is the same setup except it doesn't have the USB. My homemade mp3 disks will partially play and display info. I will keep playing with the file structure to see if I can get a full disk to play. It is frustrating to think that I may have to re-rip all the cd's again to get the structure right.

 

I doubt the problem is the the mp3s that you've ripped, and has everything to do with how how you create the CD. If I just copy MP3s onto the CD as a data CD, it doesn't work very well (almost doesn't play at all). If I use the audio burning feature of the CD writing S/W, it works like a champ.

 

according to Mr Google:

How do you burn a mp3 CD on Windows Media Player?

Click the “Burn” tab, located toward the upper right side of the Windows Media Player window. 4. Click the "Burn Options" icon, located next to the Sync tab, and then select the "Data CD or DVD" option.