audio format for playing audio cd

[Xerlome]

"Strict, compatible Audio CDs will not carry song titles or anything but the music."

I don't understand this point. How is it that commercial CDs have track lists that normally read out on the player's screen? What do they use?

[steve]

How is it that commercial CDs have track lists that normally read out on the player's screen? What do they use?

It depends on the CD and the player.
A few years ago Sony had thousands of CDs sent back because they would not play in car CD players. They were non-standard CDs. Not all commercial CDs keep to the "Red book standard".

Commercial CDs all carry an id. Some computer CD players use that to look up the track details in a database.

Some CDs may contain CD Text, but that is not Red book standard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Di ... o#Standard

[SirDodgerRoyal]

Of course you could drag the MP3 tracks you want to play on to an Ipad or HD Fire and play via the headphone socket into the Radio Desk. Instant start being available via the Pause / Play on tablet.

[kozikowski]

Of course you could drag the MP3 tracks you want to play on to an Ipad or HD Fire and play via the headphone socket into the Radio Desk. Instant start being available via the Pause / Play on tablet.

All true, but the station doesn't typically bring out connections like that. They're hidden behind the mixing desk and a good way to not have a show any more is to get caught messing with cables back there.

Management has instructed that the only two ways to get into the desk are a "real" Audio CD via a broadcast CD player and the thumb drive socket associated with it. The thumb drive socket will not accept WAV.

That and the show started out MP3 music at the beginning of production. Making a new MP3 for delivery will double the compression distortion and the goal is to avoid that distortion.

Koz