Read the OP. He has various file types and wants to ensure they’ll play on another player. So he is looking to have them into a single common file type that will enable it to be played without issue.
Making a digital "mixed tape"
Hi All. I am putting together a playist for a memorial ceremony for a friend and am using Jriver v 21.0.9 for music management on my laptop. However, the intended "mixed tape" needs to be saved in a format that other machines can play without having JRiver installed. The "mixed tape" could be in any format (MP4, wave, flac, anything) - though I am assuming all songs should be saved in the same format. On JRiver, I see how one can save the contents (e.g. library) or a playlist to a file, and see that I can export a playlist to a burnable CD, but in this case, I want to export the music to a single file on my hard drive, and then share it with the guy doing the video for the memorial. Any help would be most appreciated. Can I do what I need in JRiver? If not, what other (preferably free) software would do this. If I recall right, I think iTunes might do this, although I'm not psyched to install iTunes on my Dell laptop.
Thanks, Peter
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@peter_s when you export a playlist in JRiver, it will save as an M3U file. An M3U file does not contain the actual tracks themselves, but rather pointers to those tracks. For that reason, other computers or players won’t be able to execute the playlist unless they are connected to your network. I may be mistaken, but I don’t think JRiver can save a playlist and the files it contains to a thumb drive. It is limited to burning to CD. If you want to be certain, you can ask your question on the JRiver forum. You'll get a definitive answer.
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Of course. But the OP wants to export the playlist as a single file, and I do not think JRiver does that. Acoustica can export as a single file to CD, thumb drive, or you can just save it (such as to HD) as one large file. By exporting all the tunes as one file, the OP can save it in a single format. It sounds like the tunes @peter_s has are in different formats, so he’s trying to avoid having any incompatible formats in the playlist. |
I am 99 percent sure that JRiver will not export to a single file. You might want to ask in the JRiver forum to be certain. One bit of software that I know will do what you want is Acoustica CD burner. Not only can you export to a single file, but you can mix the tunes together so that there is no silence between tracks, and you can adjust the mix to your preference so the tracks overlap into a smooth segue. |