The track information will be storen in thumbs.db file which is invisible in windows
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > +++ Ramnarayan.K [2008-06-03 10:11:31]: > > > AFAIK even when winamp or other windows media players have been > > offline they are still able to get / show the trackand album details > > (basically name of the song etc) Even in the days when we (as in where > > i am) did not have internet we got the track details which would mean > > they are stored somewhere on the disc itself. So why can't we just get > > that info. > > The info needs to be there on the disc for it to be retreived. Most CDs > don't have that information. CDDB/FreeDB exist to provide that information, > based on other details from the disc. > > > Second (maybe unrelated) why can't i browse an Audio CD like a > > regualar disc ?? > > Because Audio CDs don't have a file system.(Audio CDs outdate PCs! CD-ROM > drives came much later!) > > > > > > >> i have a cd Cafe De Flore and Sound Juicer shows all the track details > > >> nicely - how come ?? > > > > > these details were available in Sound Juicer not wincedoze > > It must have CD-Text information on the disc.(an extension to the redbook > standard that regular audio CDs use.) > > Kingsly > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kingsly At Users Dot SourceForge Dot Net -- http://kingsly.org/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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