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  maximum length on audio CD?

  Posted by Larry Watts on October 26, 2005 at 7:06 pm

  I am a TV video editor assigned the task of remastering many cassette tapes on to CD.

  What is the max length a CD can hold? 74 min is default I see. (I have an 80- minute cassette to put on CD and hate to use 2 cd’s.)

  Can things be compressed to make it smaller?

  I can make this with Vegas Video – is there any reason I would need a dedicated CD authoring software package?

  Also, how to you get the tracks, artist name and other info to appear on a player screen?

  Thanks

  Larry

  LSW

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  Bouncing Account needs new email address

  October 26, 2005 at 8:19 pm

  You can’t “compress” an AUDIO CD and still have it play as a CD.
  It must be a 44.1 kHz audio file in the proper CD audio format to play in a CD player as a CD.

  Some players can play mp3 and other kinds of files, but an audio CD must be recorded as such to play in a standard CD player.

  That said, you can buy CD-R blanks that record up to 80 minutes.

  Google (or eBay) for “80 minute CD-R”.

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