Hello all, I just popped onto the list this morning although I've been Red-Hatted for many years now. It's nice to touch on a subject near and dear to me the day I join... CDs.
Anyway, there is a minor difference between "data" and "music CDs". I'm not certain, but I suspect it's in the ATIP. Many standalone CD recorders will search for this specific piece of data and will refuse to record onto "data" CD-Rs. This is the RIAA's way of "recovering losses" due to pirated music, I suppose. That is why "music" CDs are generally more expensive. You pay some amount of tax for each "music" CD-R that you purchase. So, to answer the original question, as far as burning of data to CDs is concerned, there is no difference between the two types of CDs, but I'd save the $$ and stick to data CDs in the future. -D On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 07:33, Tim Willis wrote: > As far as I know, a CD-R is a CD-r, is a CD-R...packaging and labeling > make no difference at all. Just like data, is data, is data....and, if > your MCSE friend wants to question that, tell her that *I* am an MCP! > (why, I'll never understand...biggest waste of money in my life! I'll > never go back to a pure windows environment).... > > On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 07:14, Stone, Timothy wrote: > > List, > > > > The answer to this question is for my colleague, an MCSE, that needs reaffirmation > > on the state of CD ROM media today: > > > > Scenario: > > > > Colleague orders a spindle of 50 CD-Rs. Receives said spindle. Spindle is labeled > > "Music CD-R 700MB/80min/40X." Colleague is afraid to use CD-Rs to record data and > > wishes to return for, and I quote, "Data CD-R" > > > > I have tried to explain that the media is only labeled "Music CD-R" because of the > > storage rating (700MB/80min), not because it is something specially formulated for > > music. > > > > Question: > > > > Is true that the media is just CD-R media and not "specially" manufactured for the > > storage of *music*? > > > > Warmest Regards, > > Tim > > > > P.S. > > > > I know music is data, and data can take the form of music, surely she understands > > this? Maybe not. And yes, mentioning the fact that my colleague is MCSE is a bit > > of a poke at MCSEs but this is a RedHat list and a few might find the humor in it. > > > > > > -- > > /** > > * Timothy Stone . Sun Certified Java Programmer > > * Web Master . tstone at cityofhbg dot com > > * City of Harrisburg . 717.255.7297 > > * Pennsylvania USA . 717.903.9162 > > * > > * "Censorship always defeats its own purpose, > > * for it creates in the end the kind of society > > * that is incapable of exercising real discretion." > > * --Henry Steele Commager, Historian > > */ > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > J. Tim Willis > “A Computer without Windows is like a chocolate cake without mustard.” > -- David Hollister Furthurnet - Free, legal P2P - share the tunes: http://furthurnet.org -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
