Burning Audio CD with Windows Media Player | Troubleshoot Corrupt Songs

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When burning an audio CD using Windows Media Player, issues can arise if a song file is corrupt, leading to the burning process halting unexpectedly. Despite the file playing fine in media players, the corruption isn't detected until the burning process, resulting in wasted CDs. Users seek solutions for editing .mp3 files, particularly for splitting continuous tracks and converting bit rates. It's noted that re-encoding audio files from a lower bit rate to a higher one does not improve quality and can result in poor audio due to the lossy nature of compression. Converting from higher bit rates to lower ones reduces file size but compromises audio quality.
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I'm burning an audio CD using Windows Media Player. The process stopped right after finishing a song. I assume that the proceeding song is corrupt. After going through the process of converting it why can't it detect the corruption earlier? That was a waste of a CD! The file plays fine in Winamp or Windows Media Player.

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In that case does anyone know of a program that can edit .mp3 files? I want to break up an audio file because it plays continuously. If so, what's the name of it?
 
Forget it, I got one.
 
Will anyone provide the name of a program that converts .mp3 files from 128 KBPS to 192 KBPS ?

Thanks
 
Nusc said:
Will anyone provide the name of a program that converts .mp3 files from 128 KBPS to 192 KBPS ?

Thanks

There's no point to it. Re-encoding rich data to a lower bit rate is a lossy transform. When you try to reencode at a higher bit rate, you just get rubbish data thrown into fill in the blanks.
 
Interesting, and what about when you convert from 256 to 128?
 
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Nusc said:
Interesting, and what about when you convert from 256 to 128?

256 -> 192 or 128 = smaller file size, lower quality

128 -> 192 or 256 = larger file size, no gain in quality.
 
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