[ubuntu-in] Retrieving Track details from Audio CD's

[mallikarjun arjun]

The track information will be storen in thumbs.db file which is invisible in
windows

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Kingsly John
<member+ubuntu at kingsly.net<member%2Bubuntu at kingsly.net>>
wrote:

> +++ Ramnarayan.K [2008-06-03 10:11:31]:
>
> > AFAIK even when winamp or other windows media players have been
> > offline they are still able to get / show the trackand album details
> > (basically name of the song etc) Even in the days when we (as in where
> > i am) did not have internet we got the track details which would mean
> > they are stored somewhere on the disc itself. So why can't we just get
> > that info.
>
> The info needs to be there on the disc for it to be retreived. Most CDs
> don't have that information. CDDB/FreeDB exist to provide that information,
> based on other details from the disc.
>
> > Second (maybe unrelated) why can't i browse an Audio CD like a
> > regualar disc ??
>
> Because Audio CDs don't have a file system.(Audio CDs outdate PCs! CD-ROM
> drives came much later!)
>
> > >
> > >> i have a cd Cafe De Flore and Sound Juicer shows all the track details
> > >> nicely - how come ??
> > >
> > these details were available in Sound Juicer not wincedoze
>
> It must have CD-Text information on the disc.(an extension to the redbook
> standard that regular audio CDs use.)
>
> Kingsly
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