Re: [ARSCLIST] CD writing speed

[seva <seva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 1:01 PM -0500 1/22/06, Charles Lawson wrote:
> The
> key is what type they are and whether they can be transparently
> correctable.


audio CDs have many errors and are not corrected, per the protocol. 
they *may* be corrected by the player (hence the better players have 
less trouble, less audible problems).

CD-ROM for data also has errors, but it has much more robust error 
correction, and if the disk can be read, it is bit for bit accurate, 
otherwise software could not be delivered nor stored on optical 
media.  if it can't be corrected, your op system will say 'disk can 
not be read'.

this is why audio data should be stored (archived) as data files on 
CD-ROM, not CD-DA (audio disks).  if you can play it as an audio 
disk, i don't count it as an archive at all.


--
w/best regards,
seva
mastering engineer
http://www.soundcurrent.com


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