[E90 ANdy]

Hello,, so i know that many members have been able to get the Mp3 cds to play in the dvd drive. but for some reason it doesnt work for me. i have the early E90, i believe it was a demo or whatever so the 1st of its kind. I have Idrive and its been updated the the new version ( grey background) what program do you guys use? also.. what bitrate? any help will be greatly appreciated! thanks!!

$20 PAYPAL incentive if you figure out what im doing wrong and make it work

no kidding, i will pay you 20bucks to figure this out for me

Andy

[E90 ANdy]

If someone can help me figure this out i WILL paypal them $20 bucks!!!!

forreal too! It'll save me cause i've wasted alot of cd's and dvds trying to make it work and so far its been a waste of time and effort

Come on.. i know someone has the solution

[va_lemon]

The DVD player does not play anything but the Nav DVD. On models that do have MP3 support, the MP3 CDs are meant to be played in the CD player.

I don't know if your model supports MP3 CDs. Keep the 20 and buy some more CDs.

[Dragonman4]

Are you trying to play an MP3 CD in the DVD player slot or an MP3 DVD? I recall seeing a thread earlier that you can put an MP3 DVD into the DVD slot and it will work. You just sacrifice the navigation.

[Weaselboy]

The Nav DVD slot is not gonna play a MP3 CD. Your options are MP3 CD in the CD player, or burn MP3s to a DVD and play that in Nav DVD slot.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131581

See this thread.

[E90 ANdy]

hmmm... lemme try what weasel boy just said

[Dragonman4]

Originally Posted by E90 ANdy

hmmm... lemme try what weasel boy just said

I don't think just burning mp3's as data on a DVD will work. There is an mp3-dvd option you can use on programs like Nero like the ones in that thread. If you burn them without the mp3-dvd option, you may run into issues such as scrolling to other folders, etc.

[E90 ANdy]

as of right now, i cant the cd drives to read anything on the cds or dvds i burn. it doesnt even read it at all " something something format not supported in either internal drive"

[Weaselboy]

What program are using to burn and what settings are you using?

Make sure you are making a "data CD" and not an "audio CD."

[E90 ANdy]

yeah im burning them as a data disk. i tried using a regular cdrw and burning folders with music in it onto the disk. the computer reads it fine, but the car doesnt. i also did the same with the dvdrw disk. Im using the Default windows vista burning software. basically u put in a black cd and drag files in it and it burns it on there.

[rrandyy]

Originally Posted by E90 ANdy

yeah im burning them as a data disk. i tried using a regular cdrw and burning folders with music in it onto the disk. the computer reads it fine, but the car doesnt. i also did the same with the dvdrw disk. Im using the Default windows vista burning software. basically u put in a black cd and drag files in it and it burns it on there.

Id say try Nero instead. It may be that windows is not "finalizing" or "closing" the CDs/DVDs.

[E90 ANdy]

i'll dl it and try thanks rrandy

[Weaselboy]

CD/RW and DVD/RW will not work. You need CD/r or DVD/R. That is the problem.

[E90 ANdy]

oh really... lemme try that, I'll keep you posted

[PiperD]

CDRW and DVDRW absolutely do work. Again, try Nero.

[E90 ANdy]

nero? which program allows me to burn "MP3 data disk" ??

[collin]

dvd+rw works for me for the navigation disc in the dvd slot so we know the drive can read that.

i think the disc format is important as well as the disc type. since most dvd drives can also read cd in the computer world, it's likely that the dvd can read a cd-r or cd-rw but can it interpret the disc/file structure? i think certain programs can burn a dvd formated disc structure onto a CD media. Nero should be able to do it although it's been a while since I used it so I can't give specifics. I think UDF is the disc structure format to try.

[335xi2k8]

Originally Posted by E90 ANdy

yeah im burning them as a data disk. i tried using a regular cdrw and burning folders with music in it onto the disk. the computer reads it fine, but the car doesnt. i also did the same with the dvdrw disk. Im using the Default windows vista burning software. basically u put in a black cd and drag files in it and it burns it on there.

I had the same problem. When you burn it with windows vista it does not work, well it didnt for me, then i burned it with a trial version of Nero and my car read the mp3 cd....It should also work for an mp3 DVD

[cobradac]

I have burned successfully with either iTunes (PC) or Nero. I use DVD+R and DL DVD+R (8GB+)

[zenmaster]

Yes, the DVD plays MP3s. FWIW, I use Verbatim DVD+R's, which work fine. 03/07 build, Progman v25

Here's a thread (from 2005) on the subject.
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5627

You really don't want too many songs in any one directory, as the Java software can be too slow to index them.

[zenmaster]

Originally Posted by Weaselboy

The Nav DVD slot is not gonna play a MP3 CD.

This is wrong.

[zenmaster]

Originally Posted by va_lemon

The DVD player does not play anything but the Nav DVD. On models that do have MP3 support, the MP3 CDs are meant to be played in the CD player.

I don't know if your model supports MP3 CDs. Keep the 20 and buy some more CDs.

This is wrong also.