Audio CD (CD-DA) Player Devices

This section describes the physical parameters of an audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA).

Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) player devices are electronic devices that are dedicated to play back sounds (music, songs, voice messages, etc.) recorded on the audio CD. Examples of audio CD player devices are CD players in cars, CD players in home audio systems, etc.

An audio CD player device should have the following logo displayed on the device:

Audio CD (CD-DA) Logo
Audio CD (CD-DA) Logo

An audio CD player device should be able to automatically play the first sound track starting from index 1.

Au audio CD player device should be able to read the TOC (Table Of Contents) on the audio CD. It will use this information to allow fast forward (seek) the next sound track.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Format

Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Players

Audio CD (CD-DA) Player Devices

 Opening Audio CD with Windows Media Player

 Playing Music Track with Windows Media Player

 Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Rip Music

 WAV Audio File Format

 MP3, MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, Encoding Format

 Burning MP3 Music to Audio CD

 Windows Sound Recorder

 ISO 9660 Standard for Data CD

 Recording Data on CD

 VCD (Video CD) Standard

 DVD (Digital Video Disc) Standard Format

 TOC (Table Of Contents) on CDs

 IsoBuster - A Nice CD GUI Tool

 MPlayer - The Movie Player

 vStrip - Rip and Manipulate DVD VOB Files

 mpgtx - Manipulating MPEG Files

 CD/DVD - File Name Extension and Format Types

 References

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