A slight correction, Calle:

You must convert the mp3 files to .cda files (not = .wav files) in order for them to be played on a regular CD = player.   This *used* to involve the intermediate step of = creating .wav files and then in turn converting them into .cda = files.  However, I now have a program called "MP3 CD = Maker" or something like that which works quite well converting = the mp3 to cda and burning the CD-ROM, all on the fly.  It is even = easy to use, and was about $30 as I recall.  I can p-mail details = if anyone is interested.

One note - the .cda files are almost five times the = size of a typical mp3 file, so you can only store about 100 minutes of = audio on a 650 MB CD-ROM (as apposed to about 600 minutes of mp3 = audio)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C= OM]On Behalf
> Of Calle Fallberg
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 11:26 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a = laptop while driving?
>
>
> Hi David !
>
> Why bother ??
> Get a CD burner, convert your Mp3´s to .wav = files and burn ém!
> Works great for me, and as a bonus I´m able = to play - or
> share - my music everywhere where there is a CD = player,
> and use the big buck CD player/speakers in the = Vanagon !
> Not to mention the amount of free space I = created on my PC
> when all the music, pictures, saved files and = "temporarily
> unused" files (400Mb of fonts, = wiringdiagrams, screensavers
> and other Vanagon related "must have" = ) were removed :-)
>
> Calle Fallberg
> -88 Vanagon
> Mullhyttan , Sweden
>