It depends on the compression, you can open it in an audio program, and 
change it from, say 320K to, 192 or lower, and that will make the file 
smaller as you go and it very well may fit if you bring the quality down 
enough.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 4:55 PM
Subject: MP3 question


>I have downloaded an MP3 file of a described version of, "The Sound of
> Music," which I hope to put on a CD for a friend of mine.  Bare in mind 
> this
> is an MP3 file with no video.  I would think even with a file as long as
> that movie is that a standard CD should hold it, but when I use Roxio I 
> keep
> getting the message that the disc does not have enough space to contain 
> the
> file.  I realize that in a standard CD format the disc would not be nearly
> long enough, but if you can put multiple albums on one disc in an MP3 
> format
> I think one disc should hold this file.  Windows Media Player does not 
> give
> you the option of leaving the file as an MP3 file.  Does anyone have any
> software suggestions or any other helpful hints as to how I might 
> accomplish
> this, or even whether or not it can be done since I know comparatively
> little about digital recording.  Thanks and 73.
> Harvey