Will discs I make via Windows Media Player and burnt via Nero (Data disc) play on ANY MP3 headunit, or does it have to have WMA?

And what is ATRAC?

TIA

Alcazar

 

Advisable to burn them as MP3 to play on an MP3 headunit. WMA's are windows media files so unless the headunit has microsoft codecs then it will probably not play.

ATRAC and ATRAC Plus are Sony native formats for their media players like the network walkman. Much like the MP3 format but with slightly better sound quality IMHO. This format will probably only play on Sony products.

 

Here is a link to an explanation about music file formats:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_file_format

You will find that MP3 formats are most likely to be compatible. Bear in mind however that for highest quality you will need either a lossless format or CDDA original quality format.

 

ATRAC - Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding.

Used in the Minidisc format. but very similar in how DVD works. The brain is very good at differentiating between frequencies, but very poor at comparing same frequencies at differing levels. So, the brain ignores differring levels of same frequencies and "fills in the gaps"....

Hence ATRAC, can cut out frequencies, and reduce the amount of music encoded.

It does change the sound of the audio, but IMHO, in a comparable way to vinyl - nice and warm

My advice would be to stick to MP3 - it might sound sh1te, but it's popular

Dan