Re: (idm) CD-R / Audio or Data

From Matt Woodard
Sent Thu, Jan 14th 1999, 07:19

>New problem - it now appears that certain CD-R manufacturers 
>(Philips, Pioneer and TDK so far) are making two different types of 
>recordable CD's - cheap ones for data (yellow book) and MUCH 
>more expensive ones for audio (red book).  There is technically 
>*no* difference between these two at all - except that the 
>specifically marked 'audio' ones carry an embeded flag - if your 
>audio recorder senses the flag, it permits you to copy.  If it fails to 
>see the flag, it won't run.
>
>Anybody have further knowledge on this?  

The CD-R FAQ answers this and many other questions on the subject:
http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/

specifically for this question:
http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/faq05.html#[5-12]

-Matt

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