Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 23:28:27 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: making MP3s to fill my new HDD [LIB]
At 07:15 AM 16/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:06:08 -0500 >From: Pres Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: making MP3s to fill my new HDD [LIB] > >> >> Well either way you need to install SOMETHING on the computer that has the >CD-ROM drive, be it a CD ripping program or the new cdfs driver (which would >appear to simply rip on the fly or just tell Windows what to do with the >..cda files). If it just tells Windows what to do with the files then its >even more pointless ... copy them to your libretto and it'll look for a CD >that won't exist. > > >Unless you map a network drive... > >like r: = \\server\cd-drive > >that's not the actual syntax, just for concept > >when you can see the network, in Windows Exploder in the left pane, right >click the drive and hit "Map network drive" > >You will be able to see the files just as if it was connected to your >Libretto/ A MAPPED DRIVE IS NOT A PROPER DRIVE! All it is is an SMB (stands for Server Message Block IIRC) connection. Conceptually its no more like a drive than, say, an FTP connection is, only Windows' network client hides the gory details and makes it LOOK like a drive to higher levels of the OS (Explorer, programs, etc). Notice that permissions get completely screwed going through a mapped drive for instance. Think of it as FTP for dummies (I'm not full bottle on the intricacies of SMB but from what I've heard it bears remarkable resemblance to FTP in fact ... some of the network engineers here might be able to throw some more light on the subject). As a result, it is only possible to map FILE SYSTEMS. All you see is what the FILE SYSTEM DRIVERS of the host computer sees. Now the problem with your .cda files is they are NOT part of the file system. An audio CD track has NO file system. That's why you can't just copy tracks off in Windows Explorer. Thats ALSO why if you install that cdfs driver on your Libretto then map the drive, it'll do you buggerall good. CD player programs recognise them because they read the .cda files that Windows presents them, recognises that they're actually pointing to CD tracks, then executes the instructions to control the CD hardware to play the track (notice those programs also work if you use the hardware controls on older CD-ROM drives). Think about it ... do you need an NTFS driver on a Win9x box to map a shared drive on an NT/2k drive (running NTFS)? Do you need an EXT2 driver on a Windows box to map an SMB share from a Linux box? Now, if that new CDFS driver actually rips the files on the fly (so your .cda files are in fact glorified .wav files) then you might have a fighting chance if you install the driver on the computer that has the CD-ROM drive AND on your libretto ... but like was said, software can't be installed on that computer anyway. If you were going to do that you might as well put a PROPER ripping program there and have things done properly. *phew*! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
