MP3 is a common compressed format for music, podcasts, audiobooks and other audio. To burn an MP3 file onto a CD-R, you can create either an audio CD of uncompressed audio that can be played on all CD players and stereos, or a data disc that contains the MP3 files as compressed audio and can only be played on MP3 players and computers. A typical audio CD will have higher-quality sound than an MP3 CD and can hold around 80 minutes of music, or approximately 20 songs. An MP3 CD stores files in their compressed form and can hold around 700 MB of music, or approximately 250 songs. Tips Writer Bio
