HI gang, OK, so let's say that I get one of those players that plays audio CDs or CDs with a bunch of MP3 files on them. (I don't mean converting the MP3s to audio first). My question is this: what format is used for the MP3 CD? Is it just a standard ISO9660 CD with the MP3 files and playlists(?) layed out with a particular directory scheme? Or is it something else? Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org
On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 01:07:25AM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote:
My question is this: what format is used for the MP3 CD? Is it just a standard ISO9660 CD with the MP3 files and playlists(?) layed out with a particular directory scheme? Or is it something else?
Ya, dude. The manual that comes with it should specify how to lay out the files and directories to get what you want. I have purchased a cheaper model, which has weird rules about what order the directories play, but I've successfully burned ISO disks in Linux and played them on the thing. I couldn't imagine anything easier. Of course, now that I'm on the forum, here, I've got another question for the folks. Is there any to create the equivalent to hard links on an ISO disk? With my particular player, this would seem to be the only way to create "playlists." (That would be just to make directories with "hard links" that point to songs that are already elsewhere on the disk.) Thanks. -Chuck
On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 01:07:25AM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote:
My question is this: what format is used for the MP3 CD? Is it just a standard ISO9660 CD with the MP3 files and playlists(?) layed out with a particular directory scheme? Or is it something else?
It depends on the player. I have a RioVolt 100 which uses a standard ISO9660 disc. When it first reads the CD, it does a find for all the sound files and then lets you navigate the directories to play files. So if I'm feeling lazy, I put all the MP3s in the root of the CD and call it good. If I'm making an archive CD, or if I'm feeling more structured, I'll do the following: / genre artist album MP3s As for playlists, it depends. Most of these players don't use "standard" (as defined by your current MP3 player) playlists, they just handle directories. So you could make a directory with the songs you wanted and go from there. Depending on your player, it may support playlist files which would be very nice. :) -- Randomly Generated Tagline: My superiority complex is better than yours!
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