cd in dvd drive mp3
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I just found out i can play cd on the dvd drive in front. I did not know that. I have a extra cd loader aboven the dvd drive. Cool.
Most of you guys probably know this but for me it was a new one
question: if the new software makes us abel to play mp3 does that mean on both cd drive and dvd drive or just on the cd drive ?
Most of you guys probably know this but for me it was a new one
question: if the new software makes us abel to play mp3 does that mean on both cd drive and dvd drive or just on the cd drive ?
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Most likely since the restriction of playing mp3s is the software and not the drive. Yuo should be able to play mp3s in the DVD drive just as you can play cds in there now. That would be great since you can get a ton of mp3s on a dvd.
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Originally Posted by skipper' date='Apr 15 2005, 12:30 AM
Most likely since the restriction of playing mp3s is the software and not the drive. Yuo should be able to play mp3s in the DVD drive just as you can play cds in there now. That would be great since you can get a ton of mp3s on a dvd.
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ok so i guess it s not possibel to have the dvd in the memory , unloading it , put a cd in and still have navigation like in some other car models?
So if the dvd is out does that automaticly mean no navigation anymore yes?
Some other cars you can unload the dvd and still have nav , thats why i ask
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Originally Posted by pmmeke' date='Apr 14 2005, 05:38 PM
[quote name='skipper' date='Apr 15 2005, 12:30 AM']Most likely since the restriction of playing mp3s is the software and not the drive. Yuo should be able to play mp3s in the DVD drive just as you can play cds in there now. That would be great since you can get a ton of mp3s on a dvd.
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ok so i guess it s not possibel to have the dvd in the memory , unloading it , put a cd in and still have navigation like in some other car models?
So if the dvd is out does that automaticly mean no navigation anymore yes?
Some other cars you can unload the dvd and still have nav , thats why i ask
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[/quote]DVD must be in drive for Nav to work. Since 90% of the time most people are familiar with their routes of travel, it is not an issue to not have the DVD in the drive.
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Originally Posted by skipper' date='Apr 14 2005, 06:30 PM
Most likely since the restriction of playing mp3s is the software and not the drive. Yuo should be able to play mp3s in the DVD drive just as you can play cds in there now. That would be great since you can get a ton of mp3s on a dvd.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Apr 14 2005, 07:40 PM
[quote name='skipper' date='Apr 14 2005, 06:30 PM']Most likely since the restriction of playing mp3s is the software and not the drive. Yuo should be able to play mp3s in the DVD drive just as you can play cds in there now. That would be great since you can get a ton of mp3s on a dvd.
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[/quote]Rudy, the way I understand it is that the drive just reads the data on a disk. That information is passed as digital information back to the controller for the device ( I Drive or Home PC ). It is up to the controller to have software to read and interpret the various file types that are on a disk. I find it hard to believe that the drive itself is unable to read those files since every drive from (floppy, cd, dvd, etc.) even the $2.00 ones are able to read MP3 files, you just can not actually play them if you do not have the software to interpret that info.
Make sence?
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If they allow us to use DVD discs with MP3s in the Nav drive I will be sooo happy - that would utterly be the best solution for me 
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Originally Posted by skipper' date='Apr 15 2005, 02:45 AM
[quote name='Rudy' date='Apr 14 2005, 07:40 PM'][quote name='skipper' date='Apr 14 2005, 06:30 PM']Most likely since the restriction of playing mp3s is the software and not the drive. Yuo should be able to play mp3s in the DVD drive just as you can play cds in there now. That would be great since you can get a ton of mp3s on a dvd.
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[/quote]Rudy, the way I understand it is that the drive just reads the data on a disk. That information is passed as digital information back to the controller for the device ( I Drive or Home PC ).
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[/quote]It is almost certain the DVD Navigation drive is connected to the "computer" as it would in a PC. If the CD drive can do MP3, then it is also certainly the case as well.
The changer, however, used to be connected to the iBus for CONTROL and using analog output for audio. Today with MOST or whatever it is called I believe they could implement the file system over it, but it is a lot more complex, and very likely MOST in only used for control and maybe for digital audio. So unless the changer itself can understand MP3 CDs, it would not work, because even though you have a computer capable of understanding MP3 files, connected to a drive perfectly capable of reading the file system, the FILE SYSTEM itself is not exposed over the connection.
Not sure it is very clear, I hope it kind of makes sense...
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Originally Posted by Swiss535d' date='Apr 15 2005, 11:51 AM
[quote name='skipper' date='Apr 15 2005, 02:45 AM'][quote name='Rudy' date='Apr 14 2005, 07:40 PM'][quote name='skipper' date='Apr 14 2005, 06:30 PM']Most likely since the restriction of playing mp3s is the software and not the drive. Yuo should be able to play mp3s in the DVD drive just as you can play cds in there now. That would be great since you can get a ton of mp3s on a dvd.
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[/quote]Rudy, the way I understand it is that the drive just reads the data on a disk. That information is passed as digital information back to the controller for the device ( I Drive or Home PC ).
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[/quote]It is almost certain the DVD Navigation drive is connected to the "computer" as it would in a PC. If the CD drive can do MP3, then it is also certainly the case as well.
The changer, however, used to be connected to the iBus for CONTROL and using analog output for audio. Today with MOST or whatever it is called I believe they could implement the file system over it, but it is a lot more complex, and very likely MOST in only used for control and maybe for digital audio. So unless the changer itself can understand MP3 CDs, it would not work, because even though you have a computer capable of understanding MP3 files, connected to a drive perfectly capable of reading the file system, the FILE SYSTEM itself is not exposed over the connection.
Not sure it is very clear, I hope it kind of makes sense...
Fred
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[/quote]I have logic7 cd changer and dvd drive and cd drive. Do you think the cd changer
is connected with fiberoptics now or just ibus. Do you think there is a difference in sound if its only ibus connected now? I dont hear much difference in sound between cd drive and cd changer now.