assuming you are burning mp3 file to cd ,and doing it in such a way that they will play in regular cd player[like a car stereo ] if so the mp3 file is being converted to a different larger[wav file ] format ,hence the long time to transfer files to disk
if you have mp3 file and do not care if they play in a car stero [put hundred of songs on each cd for safe keeping ],just burn the cd as data cd and the mp3 is not converted ,there more files fit on the cd and time to transfer is faster .





no programs i know of ,but that means nothing ,there is lots i don't know

Can you explain how to do that? Its good that you explained, I thought it was my computer! So are you saying that a mp3 file thats like 2 hr concert will fit on a 80 min cd?

Can I use regular CD RWs for this?

not saying one mp3 file takes long to convert ,but if you put 10-12 it would take awhile to convert ,but should not take 2 hrs ,but of cource that depends on the speed of you burner ,and the speed of your computer
if you just want to put the songs on disk to get them off the computer ,simply tell burning software to make a data disk and copy about 150 to 200 songs depending on there quality,yest just use regular cd-r, no need to use cd-rw as they are more expensive as they are erasable and you can reuse them