I just burned MY ENTIRE music collection from my PC onto about 40 CD's with 7-10 tracks on each one. I decided it was time to rock out on my CDJ's and I noticed that I could only search(fastfoward) through some of the tracks. The others would not fast forward through the track and only say "VBR" on the display. My brain hurts thinking that I probably have to go back and burn all these tracks again as audio files. Has anyone had this same issue?

they only play variable bit rate (VBR) mp3s u can not set cue points, loop or fastforward. your other mp3s are encoded to a certain bit rate and these can be used just like a normal audio cd.

i still dont understand why somebody came up with vbrs...whoever it was needs to be shot...imo they're pointless

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Originally posted by i got big pants i still dont understand why somebody came up with vbrs...whoever it was needs to be shot...imo they're pointless

They were invented when hard drive space was much more expensive than it is now. VBR 192 or more was roughly the same size as a 128, and that was a huge improvement for people on dial up.

Your comment essentially amounts to saying that whoever invented the 2nd generation iPod was an idiot. It was a building block to where we are now, and we are always limited in our capacities.