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CD times (was: IDM review 1.7)

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1993-09-30 18:25Alan Michael Parry CD times (was: IDM review 1.7)
1993-09-30 18:32Jon Drukman CD times (was: IDM review 1.7)
1993-10-01 02:54Re: CD times (was: IDM review 1.7)
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1993-09-30 18:25Alan Michael ParryOn Thu, 30 Sep 1993, Jon Drukman wrote: > nope. i copied the times off the back of the pac
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On Thu, 30 Sep 1993, Jon Drukman wrote:
quoted 3 lines nope. i copied the times off the back of the package, and there> nope. i copied the times off the back of the package, and there > appears to be an error. the Sabres Of Paradise track is 3:36, not > 6:27. the total time as reported by my CD player is 79:31.
Hmmm....my not-very-vast CD knowledge thought that you could only get 72 mins or so on a single disc. -Fluid
1993-09-30 18:32Jon Drukmanfluid writes: >Hmmm....my not-very-vast CD knowledge thought that you could only get 72 >m
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fluid writes:
quoted 2 lines Hmmm....my not-very-vast CD knowledge thought that you could only get 72>Hmmm....my not-very-vast CD knowledge thought that you could only get 72 >mins or so on a single disc.
absolutely incorrect. the actual physical maximum is around 82 minutes. however, there are many cheap players out there that can't track well past minute 74, so there seems to be an unofficial limit of about 74 minutes. earlier in the history of CDs, most record companies limited themselves to 70 minutes, which led to a whole spate of reissues later on when they realized that 74 was fine. (XTC's English Settlement was issued in a 65-minute version, missing two tracks. They corrected it later and issued the full album which still fit fine on a single CD, at around 75 minutes. Ditto, I think, for Prince's 1999.) if you want to make a CD that's longer than 74 minutes, the price will increase quite a bit because the failure rate is a lot higher. also they have to get special tapes for the Sony 1630 stage - apparently they're normally only 74 minutes long or something like that! Jon Drukman jdrukman%dlsun87@oracle.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.
1993-10-01 02:54ebh@usl.com> >Hmmm....my not-very-vast CD knowledge thought that you could only get 72 > >mins or so
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quoted 5 lines Hmmm....my not-very-vast CD knowledge thought that you could only get 72> >Hmmm....my not-very-vast CD knowledge thought that you could only get 72 > >mins or so on a single disc. > > absolutely incorrect. the actual physical maximum is around 82 > minutes.
The original limit as devised by Philips was 74 minutes, precisely the amount of time required to hold a particular rendition of the favorite symphony (Beethoven's 9th, if I remember correctly) of the Philips executive overseeing the project. CDs which go beyond that limit do so by encoding the data in a slightly tighter spiral than the original design specified. More details can be found in the rec.music.cd FAQ. -Ed SLiP "into someting more comfortable"