CD won't read contents -- Follow-up -- Solved!

[Benjamin Sher]

Joel Jaeggli wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Benjamin Sher wrote:
>
>> STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) wrote:
>>
>>>> Dear Robert:
>>>>
>>>> So you mean the DVD uses the mpeg file system while the music CD 
>>>> has no
>>>
>
> dvd's have iso9660 or udf filesystems or sometimes both. data cd's 
> have either iso9660 (orange/yellow book) or udf filesystems. pure 
> audio cd's have pcm data divided into tracks (per the red book 
> standard, iec 908), they do not contain filesystems. a cd can contain 
> multiple sessions which could represent different types of data, but 
> in general they do not.
>
> more info can be had here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_(audio_CD_standard)
>
>
>>>> real file system. And that is why its contents show up in File 
>>>> Manager?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Benjamin
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I am not familiar with the inner workings of DVD file systems.
>>> Video DVDs that I have burned have an assortment of visible files
>>> when look at them under Windows.  I just put a DVD burner on
>>> my main Linux box and plan to learn something about video editing
>>> on Linux.  My Pinnacle video editing software on Windows has
>>> great features and a great interface, too bad it crashes all the time.
>>>
>>> You can put a data file system on a DVD and use it to back up files.
>>> When you do this, you can see the files just like with a data CD.
>>>
>>> Audio CD's have some other type of organization, a bit of poking around
>>> on the web will show some good tutorials on this.  I have never managed
>>> to do anything useful with the files obtained by pulling the files 
>>> right off the CD with file manager on Windows.  I tend to use a 
>>> ripper to
>>> get the songs off my CD's and then put them on my MP3 player.  I can
>>> then keep the originals in a cool dry place (my safe).
>>>
>>> Bob Styma
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>> Dear Bob:
>>
>> Thank you for the good information.
>>
>> I really don't need to rip the contents and burn them in mp3 format. 
>> I was just curious about the whole thing. Now it all makes sense. 
>> Knowledge is always better than ignorance.
>>
>> Benjamin
>>
>
Dear Joel:

Thanks for the excellent info and advice.

Benjamin