Hypernova Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Hi guys,I'm having a major problem with a bunch of music i just got of a mate. Its a heap of mp3's that i've burned onto CD's which then skip like hell in my CD-DJ's and my S-250's. My other, store bought 320kbps, tracks work just fine. These new mp3's range from 60 to 192kbps, and they are almost all unreliable, even with my burner turned down as low as possible. Do you guys know of any program i could use to convert them to higher bit-rate quickly? (I'm talking 500 tracks here) or should i just dump all the low ones?Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupe Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 i don't think you can just convert them up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 you can't just convert them to a higher qualitydump all of those low bitrate tracks, you don't want to be playing them.Go and buy what songs you actually want in a high quality format (320 or wav) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Never use mp3 man always straight audio discs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernova Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 you can't just convert them to a higher qualityWhat if i converted them to .wav and back again through audition or something? Would take forever though. dump all of those low bitrate tracks, you don't want to be playing them.Go and buy what songs you actually want in a high quality format (320 or wav)I wish I could, but its literally about 10 gigs worth of tunes, proper singles, and I don't have the money to buy 1% of that. Its just too good not to try. Heaps of old stuff too, like Happy Hardcore from the 90's. I'm not sure I could even find that stuff digitally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupe Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 how did you obtain them in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceRaver Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Try burning them as audio CDs (ie only a few tracks per disc). Some types of CD players struggle to read MP3s off a CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernova Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 how did you obtain them in the first place?A mate lent me a hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernova Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Try burning them as audio CDs (ie only a few tracks per disc). Some types of CD players struggle to read MP3s off a CD.I did that unfortunately. I usually don't have more than six or seven tracks per DJ CD. It recognises the tracks, it just skips like hell on the really low bitrate songs, and is inconsistent on the higher bitrate songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupe Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 There's no way around it ayeYou can't just up the quality of tracks, otherwise shit quality tracks wouldn't exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernova Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 There's no way around it ayeYou can't just up the quality of tracks, otherwise shit quality tracks wouldn't existBut is it the quality of the tracks that causing them to skip? Or is it the format? I was thinking if i somehow recorded them at a higher bitrate, they'd still sound like shit, but at least they'd play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolDios Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 If you put a mazda 121 engine in a Ferrari, it's still a mazda 121You can't just pull quality out of nowhere.Trust me, if you cant it's better to just chuck em, then grab the 320's from "Somewhere else" wink wink nudge nudge, there are huge packs of em from every genere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 The actual sound quality of the files will never change if you change them and export from programs again they will still hold the original quality.What is interesting is why they are skipping, it sounds like the files could be bad or they way your mate has burnt mp3 discs, i never burn mp3 because they are slower and quite often have issues.Double check the files dont skip when just played on media player for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernova Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 If you put a mazda 121 engine in a Ferrari, it's still a mazda 121You can't just pull quality out of nowhere.But that's the thing, I'm trying to improve the quality of the track itself, I just want the fucking thing to play in any of my CD decks without skipping. Or am I not going to be able to do that without actually increasing the quality? i.e. not gonna happen? Trust me, if you cant it's better to just chuck em, then grab the 320's from "Somewhere else" wink wink nudge nudge, there are huge packs of em from every genereI'll have to look around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernova Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 The actual sound quality of the files will never change if you change them and export from programs again they will still hold the original quality.Yeah I know, I'm not actually trying to make them sound better. Its not commercial quality sound but i wouldn't use any of this stuff commercially anyway. What is interesting is why they are skipping, it sounds like the files could be bad or they way your mate has burnt mp3 discs, i never burn mp3 because they are slower and quite often have issues.Nah, he just gave me the files, I burnt them through windows media player (as .cda's i guess). Double check the files dont skip when just played on media player for example.They sound fine on the PC, and the CD player chugs through my other stuff, both CDR and commercial CD's. I've burned the same tracks on different types of CDR, which didn't work. Some of the tracks (the higher bitrate) improved when i burt them slower, but not enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernova Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Just played one on my crappy stereo downstairs and it worked fine. Could it be my CD decks? They play higher quality stuff fine though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ill_spector Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 If you put a mazda 121 engine in a Ferrari, it's still a mazda 121You can't just pull quality out of nowhere.Trust me, if you cant it's better to just chuck em, then grab the 320's from "Somewhere else" wink wink nudge nudge, there are huge packs of em from every genere just buy all your music from legit sources, if you wanna take djing seriously?otherwise just do liek sol^ or rip from youtube or godknows what else people do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolDios Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I can assure you I don't commit the mortal sin of playing music from YouTubeSent by Tapatalk using Xperia Play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Use itunes and burn them as an audio disc man see how that goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceRaver Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 What type of CD players do you have?Also have a search on Google for software that can 'fix' Mp3s. I can't remember what it's called but it scans the file, looks for errors (in frame rates etc) and can sometimes improve the stability of the MP3 file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupe Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 SolI deleted your other post in this thread where you tell him to get music from 'somewhere else'That doesn't mean post it again.Stop fucking implying pirate music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Haha buy your music kids, it's very noticeable using anything below 256kb in a club or even on a pair of pa's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolDios Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Haha buy your music kids, it's very noticeable using anything below 256kb in a club or even on a pair of pa's.ThisSorry didn't see that cupe, won't do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Upgrade your cdj firmware too the older models cdj800/1000s dont all run fantastically well with mp3's i would most def stay clear, audio can fit around 10 tracks and you really dont want anymore than that on one disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattus123 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 hey dude i used to get a similar issue with skipping CDs, except it happened my CDs at randomi cant see how the bitrate of a song would effect its playability of a CD though. i ithnk it might jsut a be a coincidencethe issue with my problem was the CD burner, i dunno what was going wrong but the CDs became un-reliable. as soon as i got a new cd burnrer there wasnt a problem.u can test it easily by using the exact same tracks (copy onto usb) and burn a cd using a mates computer, if they work fine then u know its the burner and not the tracks.also! buy ur music, ur ensured good sound quality, ur supporting hte industry, and it jsut feels good to buy your music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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