jgabriel@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Juan Gabriel Ruiz Pinto) (11/27/90)
I have a question..
Any body knows if the information recorded in a musical Compact
Disk (CD) contains the names of the songs. We are using the CD
reader from an IBM RS6000 to play CD's and we want to know if we
can get the song name from the CD.
Thank's a lot..
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I.T.E.S.M. Campus Monterreydownin@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Downin) (11/27/90)
Sorry to tell you but the song names are not stored anywhere on the CD itself. However, the playing times and number of tracks are (if you haven't figured that out already.) Dave Downin "Bitchin'" - Bart Simpson
sirakide@motcid.UUCP (Dean Sirakides) (11/29/90)
downin@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Downin) writes: >Sorry to tell you but the song names are not stored anywhere on the >CD itself. However, the playing times and number of tracks are (if >you haven't figured that out already.) Is there any identification on the disk which uniquely identifies the material? i.e. is there some manufacturer's code on the disk that I could read and then match up to an external list that would identify the album title/author/songs/etc.? Dean.
lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) (12/01/90)
In article <5490@mint29.UUCP> sirakide@motcid.UUCP (Dean Sirakides) writes: >Is there any identification on the disk which uniquely identifies... Apparently. My Sony CDP-C100 can match the title (after I enter it) with the disk being played. Lots of CD-ROM software for detecting this and playing tracks in favorite orders... --kyler
sgm@otter.hpl.hp.com (Steve Methley) (12/01/90)
sirakide@motcid.UUCP (Dean Sirakides) asks in <5490@mint29.UUCP>: > Is there any identification on the disk which uniquely identifies the > material? i.e. is there some manufacturer's code on the disk that I could > read and then match up to an external list that would identify the album > title/author/songs/etc.? Commercial systems that do this use the number of tracks and playing times to 'uniquely' identify a cd - although a little thought shows that it is not unique at all, but the probability of getting cd album 'a' and cd album 'b' with the same track details is small enough for the system to work. Cheers, Steve. (private opinions)
ld2c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lloyd A. Dye) (12/02/90)
I don't want to confuse the issue, but I have _heard_ that entire lyrics lists have been placed on "empty tracks" on certain music CD's and that in the fairly near future, CD players may have the technology added to read these tracks as they read the music and "dump" it to an LCD display. I'm not too sure about this info, but I've heard it from several different sources (not just hearsay) and do believe that the idea and technology are sound. Your opinions? Any help or added heartache? Have fun (optional, of course) Alan ------------------------------------------------------------------ Alan Dye ld2c+@andrew.cmu.edu "A shadow shall fall upon the universe, and evil will grow in its path, and death will come from the skies..." ------------------------------------------------------------------
iacovou@cs.umn.edu (Danny Iacovou) (12/04/90)
In <8bK4Pvq00awUEME0ZD@andrew.cmu.edu> ld2c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lloyd A. Dye) writes: >I don't want to confuse the issue, but I have _heard_ that entire lyrics >lists have been placed on "empty tracks" on certain music CD's and that >in the fairly near future, CD players may have the technology added to >read these tracks as they read the music and "dump" it to an LCD >display. I'm not too sure about this info, but I've heard it from >several different sources (not just hearsay) and do believe that the >idea and technology are sound. Your opinions? Any help or added >heartache? so the technology is there, would you sit in front of a cd player watching the words of the current song scroll by the screen? I wouldn't. I think they should work on making the cd players that can output to tv more affordable. I forget their name off hand, but the Lou Reed "New York" cd can play the words in about 5 languages (depending on what chanel the tv is set on). -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neophytos Iacovou University of Minnesota email: iacovou@cs.umn.edu Computer Science Department !rutgers!umn-cs!iacovou
skrbec@motcid.UUCP (Brad Skrbec) (12/06/90)
iacovou@cs.umn.edu (Danny Iacovou) writes: >In <8bK4Pvq00awUEME0ZD@andrew.cmu.edu> ld2c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lloyd A. Dye) writes: >>I don't want to confuse the issue, but I have _heard_ that entire lyrics >>lists have been placed on "empty tracks" on certain music CD's and that >>in the fairly near future, CD players may have the technology added to >>read these tracks as they read the music and "dump" it to an LCD >>display. I'm not too sure about this info, but I've heard it from >>several different sources (not just hearsay) and do believe that the >>idea and technology are sound. Your opinions? Any help or added >>heartache? > so the technology is there, would you sit in front of a cd player > watching the words of the current song scroll by the screen? I wouldn't. > I think they should work on making the cd players that can output to > tv more affordable. I forget their name off hand, but the Lou Reed > "New York" cd can play the words in about 5 languages (depending on > what chanel the tv is set on). What I would like to see with this technology is a menu driven jukebox style setup. Lets say you have a cd changer with 6 disks. You put in any 6 disks in any order, and get a menu of songs and play times. You then check off the songs you want to hear in the order you want to hear them, and then you have the evening's music programmed and don't have to touch it again. I hate the current methods of programming changers. If you've got fairly large contents on each CD, it can take half an hour to program a full set. Even better would be a connection to a PC which would allow you do do anything you wanted with the information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Brad Skrbec | "For it is the doom of men that they forget." | | Motorola Cellular | -- Merlin | | Arlington Heights, IL | UUCP: uunet!motcid!skrbec | | | Internet: motcid!skrbec@uunet.uu.net | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------