making audio cds

[deleeuw]

Hey all,
After some very good advice from various members of this forum,
I installed gcombust for copying audio cd's (tho eroaster, ripperX, grip seem to have their strenghts as well).
But, unless I'm doing something wrong, is their any way gcombust (or any software for that matter) will copy an audio cd (as well as copy tracks from different cd's onto one), such that it can be played on a normal cd player?
I was VERY impressed with K3b--definately had an "Easy CD Creator" feel to it. The problem, however, is that I'm using GNOME, not KDE (although I do have access to some kde programs from within GNOME, having KDE listed on the programs menu). If there is a program, preferrably GUI, that will do what Nero of EasyCD Creator will do--make audio cd's that can be played like regular audio cd's--I would very much appreciate any input. I apologize as I have had 2 or 3 postings dealing with a similar issue, and each answer brings me closer to what looks like a solution, but isn't exactly what I am looking for.

THX

[Molecule Man]

You need to burn it as an audio cd. Depending on the program, there should be an audio cd section. Many will only accept wav files while some claim to convert other formats automatically for you.

I personally use the diskwriter plugin for XMMS to create a wav file from an mp3. I configured XMMS to write the resulting file to /tmp. Then I use XCDRoast (www.xcdroast.org) to write the resulting cd.