Wav files when compressed result into MP3 files. The resulting MP3 files have many advantages such as light weight and portability. You can easily store more than a hundred MP3 files in one single CD ROM. The music quality also remains as good as the wav files. With so many advantages, you would not want to convert the MP3 back to CD format. However, it is the inability of many CD players that may get you to do the conversion. A number of car CD payers are known to not recognize the MP3 format.

MP3 files, being the data files are easily played on any computer and CD player capable of recognizing them. The conversion of MP3 format to CD format requires decoding software. The decoding software specializes in converting the MP3 into wav format.

If you are lucky to have a CD writer installed on your PC, you may find it extremely easy to convert MP3 into CD. You need to look out for a utility that came wit your CD writer, capable of burning CD. In case you can not find the utility, you could browse through the CD that came with your writer and install it. Different utilities would have their own user interface. However, the following steps would help you convert MP3 into CD on most utilities.

The utility gives you quite a few options to start with. The options could include data, audio, photo and video, backup, favorites, and extras. Amongst all the options that are provided, you need to look for the one that says “Audio?, “burn a music CD?, or something similar to it. Clicking on this option would open up another window that has an empty panel to add the files. To add the files, you need to look for an “add? button or the one that sounds similar to it. Once you click on this button, you will be able to browse the MP3 files that you want to convert. Adding the files into the blank panel would automatically convert them into wav file. Also, as and when the files are added, an indicator would let you know about the remaining space left in the CD. The indicator could be a progress bar or something else.

You may click the “Next? button available on the window. This will open up another window that prompts you for some more detail, such as the CD title and artist name. Once you have filled up the details you can click on the “Burn? or “Next? option given to you. This will initiate the burn process. It could take a few minutes for the burn process to complete. Once the burn process is completed, the utility will come up with an alert box to let you know the same.

With the above process, you will have completed your MP3 conversion to CD format. If you do not have a CD writer or the utility on you PC; you may look for a decoder on the internet and download it. Any decoder would also function on the similar lines.