[P1] Problem with a CD

[Barry Lyden]

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


On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 07:33  AM, Gary D. Adams wrote:

> Some of the Windoze pages I looked at said this is an audio CD file 
> for Karaoke--that it ought to play fine on a CD player. You could 
> output CD player to your machine and input the sound via something 
> like Sound Studio... A real pain.
>
> Gary
>
> Rebecca J. Hoffman wrote:
>> I downloaded Real One; same problem. I even tried Windows Media 
>> Player on my sister's PC. I got the following message:
>> "The selected file has a scheme that is not recognized by WMP, but 
>> the Player may still be able to play it."
>> When I tried playing it, I got:
>> "WMP cannot find the specified file. Be sure the path is typed 
>> correctly. If it is, the file does not exist at the specified 
>> location or the computer where the file is stored is offlline."
>> So I've tried WMP on my iBook and on a PC; RealOne; iTunes; Amazing 
>> X. This is so strange. As I said, I've never had any trouble playing 
>> any kind of audio file on my iBook. Any other suggestions?
>> Thanks again.
>> Rebecca
>
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