Nick, thanx for the step-by-step. Very helpful. I haven't tried Audacity yet. Now I will. Lots of fine folk shows on Sundays.

UJ, RealPlayer also claims to be able to "burn a music disk." That is, create a disk playable on (lalmost) any disl player.

It will alternatively make a "data disk." Which is what you aleady have done - just copy the mp3s to disk, playable only in mp2 (& computer) players. I think this is the usual terminology.

NOW - can anyone tell me how to use Win XP Scheduler without logging on to Windows with a password? I hate the notion of having to password on to my own computer.