burning cd in mp3 format

[tony mcscaff]

burning cd in mp3 format with nero startsmart;I have dragged and dropped the tracks I want in the add/compile area when pressing next it says what image to save it in ,save it in my documents and then burn ,after completion burned successfully it shows only first 20 tracks on first cd I done and does not read it is even there on my computer but plays through my stereo mp3 player the 2nd copy I made does not even play there was a total of 119 tracks supposed to burned successfully in mp3 format where am I going wrong I think it is to do with the image request any help appreciated

[mxyzptlk]

Are you sure you burned as a DATA file and not as an Audio file. 20 tracks sounds very WAV ish to me.

[ugly_bob]

yep, sounds like that mxyzptlk.

Make sure you select either 'burn data cd' or 'create mp3 cd', depending on what version you have

[tony mcscaff]

thanks to both mxyzptlk and ugly-bob