Hi Mike:
You're talking video. We're asking audio. Audio MP3. DVD-R burned full
of MP3. Will it play audio MP3 off a DVD-R data disc? Marcos correctly
pointed out that for some reason, most multi-format DVD players appear
unable to do this. I have a theory why this might be so, but I might
be wrong. It seems to me that a DVD drive wants to turn at 1x speed
for DVD video. Further, it seems to me that 1x DVD speed is a data
flow far above the data flow needed to play MP3 files. So my guess is
that the drive can't stop and start for such little bursts as would
come off a densely-packed DVD disc, but I might be way out in left
field on that. I believe when a regular CDR or audio CD is put in one
of these players, either a different laser is used or the laser
re-focused for a less dense pack of data, but again I might be wrong.
Anyway, does your new player do what most others seem unable to do --
play AUDIO MP3 from a DATA DVDR disc?
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Multi format DVD/CD/SACD, etc Player
Tom Fine wrote:
Hi Mike:
I think the operative question from Marcos was, have you tested it
with a DVDR full of MP3 files? Marcos is correct that my Toshiba and
Marantz players will not play MP3's from a DVDR data disc, but they
do fine with a CDR full of MP3.
-- Tom Fine
I am routinely reading DVD-ROMs with AVI and MPG files using both ISO
9660 and UDF formats. With the one exception noted before (an oddball
codec), all have read without trouble.
Mike
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