quoted 2 lines The Red Book specification for>> The Red Book specification for
>> CD length is 74 minutesquoted 2 lines I'm no expert, but the red book specs> I'm no expert, but the red book specs
> were written in 1980/1, right?
That sounds about right, and I know more than a few people still using CD players from the early 80s that are in fine working order.
I've since deleted it, but I believe the original post was looking for the lowest common denominator, a safe length to stay under such that his CDs would play in ALL antique/oddball CD players (not to mention old CD-ROM drives, PlayStations, etc.), and the answer to that question would be to stay under 74 minutes. Using 80-minute CDRs would be a mistake.
I seem to remember hearing what might've been an urban legend about how the 74-minute spec was arrived at based on the length of a particular recording of a particular piece of classical music favored by one of the (Philips?) CD engineers. Or did I make that up?
JG
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