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Tobiasly · 07-16-2002, 02:41 PM

Using CD's to store files is a purpose that was "tacked on" after the original audio CD standard was in use. Basically, a player can either read the data as continuous audio data, or discrete files.

Most home audio CD players do the former. Most computer CD-ROM drives do the latter. That's why these new copy-protection schemes they're trying to implement can prevent CD's from being played in computers but not in regular audio players.

It sounds like, to cut corners, the players you got read them only as data, in which case they would decide how much space to put between tracks, just as they do with MP3's. If a player read audio CD's as audio and MP3 CD's as data, that skip wouldn't be there.

I'm not sure where to find out which ones might do which. Or maybe they all read the tracks as data, and "good" ones like juju suggested simply know how much space to put there.

07-16-2002, 02:41 PM	#3
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	Using CD's to store files is a purpose that was "tacked on" after the original audio CD standard was in use. Basically, a player can either read the data as continuous audio data, or discrete files. Most home audio CD players do the former. Most computer CD-ROM drives do the latter. That's why these new copy-protection schemes they're trying to implement can prevent CD's from being played in computers but not in regular audio players. It sounds like, to cut corners, the players you got read them only as data, in which case they would decide how much space to put between tracks, just as they do with MP3's. If a player read audio CD's as audio and MP3 CD's as data, that skip wouldn't be there. I'm not sure where to find out which ones might do which. Or maybe they all read the tracks as data, and "good" ones like juju suggested simply know how much space to put there.