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Liberty Player, Creating an Audio CD

Introduction

Using the "Export to Audio CD" feature, the Liberty Player can export a recording to an audio CD. An audio CD is sometimes referred to as a music CD. It is the same format as the music CDs that you may purchase at a store. An audio CD may be played on any PC, your home audio equipment or your car stereo. The audio placed onto an audio CD will be played back in mono format. The playback will not have individual channels for each of the recording channels, as is found when the recording is played back through the Liberty Player application.

Each audio CD will hold between 60 to 70 minutes of audio.

An advanced feature of the Export to Audio CD function, is the ability to have the recording automatically split into multiple segments or tracks on the CD. The user can then jump to any track within the recording. This is similar to skipping through song tracks on a music CD.

If you want to save only a portion of the recording, instead of the entire recording, then start by reviewing this page on
"How to obtain a segment of a recording file from the Liberty Player".

Prior to using the Export to Audio CD function, you must confirm the following three points:

Your PC has a CD burner.
The properties of the CD burner are configured to allow recording onto blank CDs. See the screen capture below. The checkbox "Enable CD Recording on this Drive" must be checked. Otherwise, the instructions found on this page will not work.
Your PC must have Windows Media Player V9 or later installed.

If you are unsure about any of the above points, consult the person or staff responsible for the maintenance of your PC.

Export to Audio CD

Follow these steps to create an audio CD:

Step One:
Open the file to be exported in the Liberty Player. If you don't want to export the entire file, then select a portion of the file.

Step Two:
Select "Export to Audio CD", as indicated in the screen capture below:

Export Audio CD using the Liberty Player

Step Three:
Step 3: Specify the parameters as available in the Export to Audio CD Window.

Check the box "Use the CD Writing Wizard to make the Audio CD"
Specify the max file size, so the file will be split into smaller tracks or segments and the user can "jump" through the various tracks written onto the CD. This is similar to having a number of songs on a music CD. Each track or segment will be the max length specified in this Window. As indicated, the tracks may also be split based on bookmarks.

Step Four:
Click on the Export button in the Export to Audio CD Window. The Player program will begin to export the audio data.

Step Five:
Once the export is complete, the Windows CD Writing Wizard will automatically start. You will see the screen below where you must specify the label name for the CD. The default label name is simply the current date. Continue through the Wizard by clicking Next.

Step Six:
The Windows CD Writing Wizard will ask about the format of the CD. Specify "Make an Audio CD".

Step Seven:
The Windows CD Writing Wizard will start Windows Media Player. In Windows Media Player, you will be asked to click the "Start Burn" button as seen below. Click the Start Burn button to have Windows Media Player burn the CD. You should then see messages in Windows Media Player that indicate the audio is being written to the CD. Windows Media Player will indicate when the CD writing process is complete, at which time, the CD may be ejected. Close Windows Media Player after the CD burn is complete.

Note that the version of Windows Media Player may mean that Step Seven is slightly different on different PCs. Check your version of Windows Media Player to confirm exactly how to invoke the burn function.

Finally, some versions of Windows Media Player do not remove extra copies of the files that were written to CD. In this case, users may continue to see the message below. This message may be ignored, or you may click on the balloon, select the files to be written, and delete them (as they have already been written to the CD).

The user may delete these files after the CD has been written