Re: streaming audio to disk

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Re: streaming audio to disk

Post by steve » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:30 am

A standard CD always uses "16 bit 44.1kHz (Microsoft PCM) WAV" format. Some CD players will play other formats (such as MP3's) but this is not standard. Some audio players (such as WinAmp or VLC) allow direct to disk writing of streaming audio. An audio CD capacity is a little over an hour.
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