Will someone explain to me what a Redbook CD is and if possible a couple of examples of them. Thanks Scott
Every regular CD on the market, with the exception of SACD or DVD-Audio, is a redbook CD. It is the published standards for what constitue the CD standards. In order to be able to put the "Compact Disc Digital Audio" symbol on your CD you have to follow those standards. For the most part redbook CD are the hundreds of thousands of CD in any BEST BUY, SAM GOODY, CDNOW.com, etc., etc. which are encoded at 44.1/16. So if you have any regular CD's - you have a redbook CD. (There is an issue in the marketplace now that any CD's using any form of the new copy protection go against the true standards that are the redbook standards, so Philips is pushing to not allow those CDs that have the new offending copy protection schemes to be able to use the "Compact Disc Digital Audio" symbols which indicate they adhere to the redbook standards). I gave you more than you asked for in your inquiry - but that's just me running off at the mouth.
Orange book versus Red book All, If I have this correct--that when I initially record CD-Rs on my CD recorder they are "orange book". After recording, I manually initiate the indexing process. After indexing the CD-Rs are then "red book". Only "red book" CDs can be played on a normal CD player because "red book" standards require indexing. "Orange book" standards do not require indexing. Bob
"Every regular CD on the market, with the exception of SACD or DVD-Audio, is a redbook CD." But regular CD's with video added, CD+ for example, complies with other Sony/Philips standards such as Yellow Book. These standards are uesd in certification to insure that your player will play back properly encoded CD's. All CD players must pass certification to carry the CD logo but that applies to Red Book standards only.
Re: Orange book versus Red book If memory serves, red book is the standard for audio CDs (actually, I *know* that one). Orange book is a/the standard for recordable CD-R media. They deal with totally different issues...
Re: Re: Orange book versus Red book lukpac, I have an HHB professional CD recorder (purchased from Full Compass in Madison, by the way). In the manual, it indicated that until the recorded CD-Rs are "indexed" they are "orange book" and are unplayable on standard CD players. They will, of course, play on the HHB. Once "indexed" they are "red book" and can be played on any conventional CD player. Bob
Re: Re: Re: Orange book versus Red book Orange book has nothing to do with indexing - it simply specifies how to physically write CD-Rs. CD-Rs are *always* orange book. Red book specifies the layout for audio CDs (CDDA). I'm not very familiar with stand-alone CD-Rs, but I'd assume they write the TOC after you are done burning, so yes, they wouldn't be red book until "closed" or "finished"...
Re: Re: Re: Re: Orange book versus Red book lukpac, That is it!...well said. It does produce super sounding CD-Rs, by the way. Thanks! Bob