What format to use when recording music to a CD

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I have a bunch of mp3 files I'd like to record to a CD. However, I'm not sure if the CD player can read MP3. What format should the music be in to ensure that it will be read correctly? And does it even matter or do CDs use an "internal" format?

Best Answer

The music should be in WAV format to be readable from most CD players.
MP3 CD Maker is an easy program with which you can put your MP3's as WAV's on a CD.

Update
As pointed out by @Vdex in the comments, the format is actually RAW audio format which is comparable to WAV without the header information.
Even more specifically it is CDDA, as pointed out by @Joakim.
That's why you need software to create an audio CD from single audio files.
I think if you already have WAV files, you can do this with most CD recording software (choose for create audio or music CD in the first step of the wizard mostly, and then select your WAV files), but MP3's need to be converted to WAV first. That's where MP3 CD Maker comes into play.

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