From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 25 22:36:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 126FC37B410 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 22:36:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACF3F2B72A; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 07:35:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7FB884D8; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:35:23 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:35:23 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: "Brian T . Schellenberger" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Track Indexes for CDs Message-ID: <20010926153523.H99595@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , "Brian T . Schellenberger" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010925234109.A20952@sylvester.dsj.net> <20010926135937.F99595@k7.mavetju.org> <20010926000701.A7728@sylvester.dsj.net> <01092601232609.00588@i8k.babbleon.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01092601232609.00588@i8k.babbleon.org>; from bts@babbleon.org on Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:23:26AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:23:26AM -0400, Brian T . Schellenberger wrote: > information from the net. There *is* a code on CDs that uniquely identifies > the CD, but it's gibberish, useful only as an index for one of these internet > databases. (What it was originally added for I have no clue since Sony & > Philips surely didn't anticipate the WWW in 1980 or so when they designed the > CD, but it's nice that it's there anyway.) Well, compare it with the ISBN number for books: It's made for uniquely identifying a book's title, author(s), revision etc. This CD-ID is the same. Just like the bookshops have access to a database which translates an ISBN number into the details of the book, CD manufacturers have a similair database for the details of a book. And with the possibilities of a global network, it's pretty neat that I can insert my audio-cd in the cdplayer-tray and the application pops up with the tracklisting of it. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message