Burning cds - Question

[princevegetam]

karma is right, don't judge them by their "extensions" otherwise you'll never know what file type they are. on the computer, of course it's mp3 cause it's a compressed wav file that was ripped off the original cd. but when you burn it, it converts the file into wav format and burns it onto the cd. on the cd, the extention is ".wsz", this is because it is the form of wav file that can be recognized by your cd player whether it's a portable one or the one on your computer.

anyways, files on the cd don't necessarily have to be .wav files. you can burn the mp3 directly onto the cd which means the cd could then hold hundreds of songs because mp3 files are WAY smaller than .wav files. the catch is that you need a cd player that has mp3 decoding so that it can play mp3 files.