lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) (11/20/90)
I'm putting together a LAN which will be storing lots of images (sheet music primarily) so I plan to include a Erasable/WORM optical drive for archival and a DAT drive for backup. For Postscript libraries I thought I'd also include a CD-ROM drive. Question: Can the CD-ROM and DAT drives read (and write - DAT) standard audio formats? Fantasy: selectively copy music from CD/DAT to WORM (and be able to play it back over network??) also be able to write this music to DAT I don't wish to break any copyright laws - I'm hoping that by the time the system is ready to use in this manner, I'll be able to work something out legally. However, I need the hardware for data storage now. So, I want to get hardware that eventually can do both if it is possible. Thanks for any insight! --kyler
rick@ofa123.fidonet.org (Rick Ellis) (11/21/90)
On <Nov 19 16:17> Kyler Laird writes:
KL> Question: Can the CD-ROM and DAT drives read (and write - DAT) standard
KL> audio formats?
From many ads I've seen CD-ROM drives seem to be able to read audio CDs.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) (11/29/90)
In article <1632.2749A722@ofa123.fidonet.org> rick@ofa123.fidonet.org (Rick Ellis) writes: >On <Nov 19 16:17> Kyler Laird writes: > > KL> Question: Can the CD-ROM and DAT drives read (and write - DAT) standard > KL> audio formats? > >From many ads I've seen CD-ROM drives seem to be able to read audio CDs. O.k., I goofed. In talking with several others in the field, I realized that the question isn't as clear to everyone as it is to me. I don't want to simply read the subcode information (or whatever it is that says "Hi, I'm disk number #123456"). I also don't want analog out (headphone jack). I know that these are common features. What I am after is a hardware/software combo that can read the AUDIO information from the CD/DAT, store it somewhere else (floppy, WORM, DAT, paper tape, ...), read it back in, and THEN convert it to analog (audio) out. Essentially, a huge buffer between the digital out and the DAC. Thanks for the help - I think this is a subject of interest, especially with copy protection on DAT's... --kyler