[P1] Problem with a CD

[Barry Lyden]

Rebecca,
That's probably best at this point. By now I think we've (you've) 
established that it just ain't gonna work :-)

Good luck!
B


On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 08:51  AM, Rebecca J. Hoffman wrote:

> I'm pretty sure she did it on a PC, but other than that I have no 
> idea. The file is named "Track01.cda.
>
> Wouldn't the file show the correct size on my iBook? All my other 
> audio CD tracks do.
>
> When I click on "Get Info" for other CD tracks, it opens a window in 
> iTunes with information. When I do the same with this file, it opens 
> the usual "Get Info" window and identifies it as a document.
>
> I'll e-mail my friend and have her try again.
>
> Rebecca
>
> On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 06:18  AM, Barry Lyden wrote:
>
>> The .cda file with a size of 1KB is exactly what you see when you 
>> open an audio CD in Windows Explorer. The file looks like a link, but 
>> the properties don't actually identify it as a shortcut. 
>> Nevertheless, it just does the right thing and plays the song when 
>> you double click the file.
>>
>> Interesting to note that on a mac, the files on a typical audio cd 
>> show up as the name of the songs, where as in windows they don't. 
>> (chalk up another win for mac.)
>>
>> The fact that you have the .cda file on the cd would seem to indicate 
>> that the audio track is there. I wonder if you can't read it because 
>> of the way it was encoded? How did your friend record the track?
>>
>> B
>
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