Umm ALL of my CD's are in WMA format.. I think I would know since I burned them... [/b][/quote]
Sheri, burning them from the windows media player, and having them in WMA format are two different beasts entirely. I am basing this off of your first post where you talked about having burned your CDs through WMP, but that doesn't necessarily mean that your music is in WMA format.

I just looked through my WMP version 10 burn abilities. It can burn in three different modes.

1.) Audio CD. This burns the data into a CDA (normal audio CD) format.

2.) Data CD. This burns the data to disk EXACTLY the way it sits on your hard drive. This is the ONLY method where you could be right and all of your music must end in .WMA instead of .MP3

3.) HighMAT Audio CD. This is it's own standard, not to be confused with WMA.

 

Unlike other things in life, "all CD-Rs really are created equal", lol...

Make sure you don't buy them "whenever" though. Wait till Best Buy or Office Depot has a sale -- like 100 CD-Rs for $15 or something. Never, EVER pay the $30 they usually ask for a 100-stack, they always go on sale a few weeks later (and sell-out F...A...S...T!)

 

Sheri, burning them from the windows media player, and having them in WMA format are two different beasts entirely. I am basing this off of your first post where you talked about having burned your CDs through WMP, but that doesn't necessarily mean that your music is in WMA format.

I just looked through my WMP version 10 burn abilities. It can burn in three different modes.

1.) Audio CD. This burns the data into a CDA (normal audio CD) format.

2.) Data CD. This burns the data to disk EXACTLY the way it sits on your hard drive. This is the ONLY method where you could be right and all of your music must end in .WMA instead of .MP3

3.) HighMAT Audio CD. This is it's own standard, not to be confused with WMA. [/b][/quote]
Thanks Stubbies, I couldn't think of a way of explaining without sounding like an a-hole so I just dropped it, that and the fact I don't do windows

No american car manufacturer makes a .wma capable receiver from the factory.

The only wma capable receiver's are from the aftermarket and started appearring on the market about a year and half ago, after Microsoft found it neccesary to start licensing it's format to other devices.

 

Sheri, burning them from the windows media player, and having them in WMA format are two different beasts entirely. I am basing this off of your first post where you talked about having burned your CDs through WMP, but that doesn't necessarily mean that your music is in WMA format.

I just looked through my WMP version 10 burn abilities. It can burn in three different modes.

1.) Audio CD. This burns the data into a CDA (normal audio CD) format.

2.) Data CD. This burns the data to disk EXACTLY the way it sits on your hard drive. This is the ONLY method where you could be right and all of your music must end in .WMA instead of .MP3

3.) HighMAT Audio CD. This is it's own standard, not to be confused with WMA. [/b][/quote]
Haha whatever same difference to me... all I know is that my songs are in WMA format when they're on my comp, then I burn an audio CD, and as long as it works i'm happy... thanks for clarifying that though, I wasn't trying to be a b*tch

 

No worries, it's all good

 

I wish it played WMA files. I've got about 4000 songs in wma format on my computer. I guess I'll need to convert if I want to make a disk with tons of songs. I know there are a few aftermarket systems that play wma or mp3 but it didn't seem like many. You would think though that paying an extra $1200 or so for the Shaker 1000 they could have included this capability.

 

Not taken that way. As soon as you burned the disc as an audio disc, it no longer is in WMA format. Same as if you burned an audio disc from mp3. The system automatically converts them, so you can play em in pretty much any stereo setup.

 

How can a make a disc that will work...my files in question are WMA on my computer, how can i put it on a CD as MP3's so it will be able to be read by the shaker 500?

 

I covered this in the other thread. You must get them converted to MP3, or burn them as standard audio discs.

 

I see many different ways of answereing this question, and with out getting into an yes no yes no argument, My shaker 500 absolutely playes WMA files. I know this because 1" all my music is on laptop, i own no bought CD's. 2: I'm the one who's burrning them and I want them as WMA. and 3: it says WMA as the file extenstion.

Now if others have been unable to or say it's imposible, all I can say is I'm glad mine does.

 

HOw many songs can you fit into a CD?

 

HOw many songs can you fit into a CD?[/b][/quote]
Yes, that is the key question.

If you are actually burning them as WMA's, you will be able to fit hundreds of songs onto a single disc, just as you can with MP3's.

If, however, they are being converted into regular music files, then you'll max out at around 30 songs per disc, give or take a few.

The only way I've been able to do it is to burn the WMA's to a rewriteable disc, 30 or so at a time, then rip 'em back into MP3's.