swdea,
Yes you can download other formats for songs but MP3's are a compressed form that take less space and therefore download faster.
Yes, you can burn MP3's to a CD. but not all players can play MP3's.
Go here for a free music player that will burn your music to CD's in the format you want.
http://www.musicmatch.com/download/f...tbasic_jbpromo
Norm