I KNOW I played a CD with MP3s on it last year. I know it. But now when I try to play a disc with MP3s on it, the counter starts, but no sound. Also, there are 61 tracks that are on the disc. In the Bose it only registers as 1 long track. Can't switch tracks. In my DVD player at the house, it plays fine so I know that the disc is good. Anybody got any guesses?

 

no it wont

 

One of my coworkers has a 99 Altima with the STOCK headunit and it plays MP3s. I know for a fact. One of her MP3 discs is what I used to test my system last year and the disc played fine. NOW, after having the Bose h.u. replaced, it doesn't. ?????

 

Do you mean a CD with mp3s converted into an audio disc or a CD with actual mp3 files on it? No Nissan as far as I can recall has ever come with a factory MP3 player.

 

Well, there are about 42 tracks on one of her discs so unless they are 7 seconds apeice, I am guessing they are MP3s. It's confusing to me too. I don't know how a 99 Nissan with a factory headunit can do this. She uses CD-RW discs and says they are the only kind that works. I put my newly compiled 61 track MP3 disc in her car and it did NOT work. But it works at home on my DVD player so I know its a legit disc. Maybe I'll try to burn a version on a CD-RW when I get home. I dunno. I really hope it works but now I'm gettin discouraged.

 

Most dvd players play mp3 cds.
Your car cd player does not play mp3 cds. sorry.

 

I can't figure out why an older gen Nissan with a stock headunit WILL play em. It doesn't make sense.

 

Are you sure that the disc that she's using is an mp3 disc?

 

It's a Memorex CD-RW. She used Roxio to compile an MP3 disc and burned 42 tracks on it. No WAY they are wav. files. That would be around 2500 megabytes. I am stumped man!

 

A stock 99 Altima headunit (and practically all Nissan headunits as of today) will not play mp3s.

I think you should get that CD and pop it in your computer to see the contents.

 

Her cd with the 42 tracks ain't no MP3's. It's regular cd format.

 

I've seen regular cd's with over 50 songs on them and the weren't MP3!!!

 

Consumer CD-R's have a 700MB capacity on them. 16 bit, 44k wav. files that have playtimes of 3 to 5 minutes are too large to get 40-50 of on one disc. Compressed files, like MP3s, will. That is why I don't think they are wav. or uncompressed audio. I am just gonna get one of her discs, bring it home to the lab and get to the bottom of it. If those tracks are MP3s then I will be back with the recipe on how it was done so we can all take advantage of it. If not, then I will slink back to retract all comments and admit defeat.