Re: CD writing in future Linux try #2

[Albert Cahalan]

On 2/6/06, Peter Chubb <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >>
> >>> There are all sorts of funky formats. I've only ever heard of
> >>> mixed audio+data CDs for circa-1995 games and Sony spyware, but
> >>> maybe there are decent people who actually create these things.
> >>  These are in fact very common. Lots of audio CDs, with a data bit
> >> with a few quicktime/mpeg videos.
>
> Jan> The other type of "mixed-mode" CDs are the so-called "CD Extra",
> Jan> which is:
>
> Jan>   Session 1 >> Track 1 (Audio) Track 2 (Audio) ...  Session 2 >>
> Jan> Track N (Data)
>
>
> I have some of these -- some Christian music publishers include sheet
> music (as PDFs) in an ISO FS on the second session.  Published last
> year, so recent.

In other words, a cute hack in a commercial product.

You're not doing this for computer backups, to play a custom mix in
your car CD player, to send photos to grandma, to deliver data to a
customer, or anything normal.
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