#CD Audio
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I'm going crazy. Originally, I could play audio cd's using Windows media
player. The only problem was that I would get an error if I tried to start
on track #1. So I got the bright idea of dnlding another audio program.
I've tried CDAUDIO, WINCD, and CDPLAYER. CDAudio v 1.25 worked the same
way..error from track 1. If I set it to another track before starting it,
all was fine. Then I found the v 1.27 upgrade and thought that might be
the fix. Well, that's when the crashes started. So like a dummy, I tried
WinCD with occasional success, mostly failure. Then the same irratic
behavior from CDPlayer. I've been fooling with this stuff for 6 hours
straight. Can anybody help me?
Could it be a problem with my CDROM? All non-audio disks run beautifully.
Just got Street Atlas USA and everyone has had a blast playing with it.
Thanks,
Linda
Some CD's I have (for my PC) have warnings on them that shout out Don't
play Track 1! I have no idea why.
Mark
Schoenadel,
I've tried out some shareware cd audio programs that just plain crashed on
one of my cd's. It was one that the Windows cd audio would play ok as long
as I didn't start it on track 1. Do your cd's really say not to play track
1 or have you just discovered that it doesn't work? I've only tested 3
cd's so far. I have some more at school that won't play on track 1 that I
bet will cause the shareware programs to crash. Maybe those gurus will
figure a way to fix it. Otherwise I think we should insist on some kind of
standards, at least notification on the cover that they aren't computer
compatible. How 'bout sending me the names of the manufacturers of the
discs you have and whether or not they play track 1. I'll match that with
mine and maybe we can come up with a list of makers to avoid.
Try CDAUD.ZIP (I think in WINADV). It's a nice cataloging system, comes up
when you start a CD giving title, author, tracks, and lets you rearrange
the order in which they are played. Only problem is that I get an error
when I change discs and have to abort the program. Have a message in to
author about that.
Linda
Linda:
I gues I've missed something. What is a >>shareware cd audio program<<?
Are these sound effects or regular music? Can you share a title or two and
their publishers?
In several mixed media discs I know, the publisher puts computer data in
track 1, and Red book audio in later tracks. The rule as I have understood
it is never try to play track 1 of a CDROM on an audio player (because of
potential damage to the audio system or speakers), but later tracks
containing music were ok. Playing the CDROM through a pc shouldn't cause a
problem either way.
Rich Bowers
Hi Rich,
the definition for a mixed-mode disc is that it starts with data on track
one and is followed by one or more audio tracks. If you play data on the
speaker it's possible that the speaker will get damaged.
Bye, Torsten
Torsten
Thanks for the clarification! That's what I thought.
Rich
Rich,
I've latched onto Mark O'Brien's CDAudio (CDAUD.ZIP) because it lets me
catalog the tracks, hence I have title and tracks in front of me when the
cd starts, also can rearrange the order in which they are played. I have
about 20 cd's of classical music and 3 of them return error messages (drive
not ready) using Mark's software. These are plain ole audio cd's from a
record store that all play just fine on boom box cd player. The ones that
return errors are Strauss(RCA), Scott Joplin(RCA), and Great Overtures
(Stemra-made in Holland). 5 out of the 6 Stemra discs work great, 2 out of
3 RCA's don't work on computer.
The ones that return errors with Mark's software simply hang another
shareware, WinCD. When I tried them with Windows audio app, they returned
a drive not ready (or something like that) error. All this is certainly
not a matter of life or death–I'm just curious as to what causes the
problems and am tempted to avoid RCA labels in the future.
Thanks,
Linda
Linda:
Obviously Mark is the best source, but it does sound as if your problem is
related to an anomaly on the discs. Perhaps something was damaged in the
pressing, and a piece of data required by the software is missing or
obscured. It might be interesting to see who pressed the disc. Usually
the manufacturer presses its name around the center hub, in the shiny
silver circle just inside the clear plastic. It would seem reasonable that
the RCA discs would be made at the same place, what about the European one?
Rich