Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] linux and "enhanced" CDs
From: iriXx (m@irixx.org)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 14:41:35 EET
can you run it under WINE?
Anthony Perez-Miller wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Recently I picked up Peter Gabriel's _Up_ disc. In the fine print on the
> outside of the case it says "This is an enhanced CD. Please put it in
> your computer."
>
> Of course, the finer print inside says that by "computer" they mean a PC
> or a Mac. My linux box won't recognize the executable to play the durn
> thing: it's encoded so that on a CD-ROM the tracks can't be accessed
> directly.
>
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Is there a linux utility that can deal with such?
>
> 2) (Somewhat off-topic for this list) I'm presuming the answer to 1) is
> "no." If this is the case: When I boot up the Windows side of my
> (dual-boot) system, and put in the disc, the executable brings up a menu
> one option of which is "play." If I click on this it starts the generic
> Windows CD player, which is of course useless for, well, turning the songs
> into ogg files.
> How would I set up a symbolic link in Windows, so that a call for
> the generic CD player brings up, say, musicmatch? I can usually deal with
> these things in linux but I'm not very confident messing things around in
> Windows.
>
> I know Micro$oft products aren't the usual topic of discussion on this
> list; I promise not to make a habit of these sorts of questions.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Anthony
>
>
>
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