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Can I use a non-MDLP unit to change the track title of a LP track? Just
curious.
TAKY CHEUNG
http://hottaky.com
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Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: MD: 80/160 minute MDs
>
> In response to Jerry's questions about 160-minute MDs, two answers have been,
>
> | You can play a standard MD on an LP recorder, but can not play an LP MD on
> | a standard recorder/player.
>
> and
>
> : Mono discs with play in vitually every MD player ever made. LP2 and LP4
> : will only play in a handful of new models.
>
> Shorthands are useful for those who are familiar with a topic, but they can
> mislead novices, and it is a poor idea to use them in explaining the basics.
>
> There are no such things as "mono discs" nor "LP MDs." There are mono tracks
> and LP tracks. A single disc can accommodate an assortment of tracks in va-
> rious modes; their modes will be indicated in the Table of Contents (or the
> TOC as we commonly call it) and any unit will adjust accordingly on playback.
>
> Second, saying that non-LP MD units "cannot" or "do not" or "will not" play
> MDLP tracks is too terse. If you try to play an MDLP track in a machine that
> doesn't understand MDLP, it will play as silence. Certainly that qualifies
> as "not playing," but "not playing" can mean a lot other things as well. The
> unit will not stick at the start of the track, report an error, eject the
> disc (unless you stop play and eject it), blow up, emit smoke, nor spring up
> and bonk you in the head; rather, it just mistakes the MDLP data for a silent
> recording.
>
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