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As some of you have heard ad-nauseum, I've been frequenting Retro Remix sites. Some of the folks that upload to these sites also sell CD's of their work. I've found that some of them use a little trick that I find quite fascinating; though I'm sure a 'real cracker' wouldn't blink an eyelid at overcoming it.
You see, an MP3 player will look at the MP3 you download and decide (for example) that it has 1:51 worth of song to play. It doesn't seem to mind if it gets to 1:52 and finds more song. It just keeps playing. It also doesn't seem to mind if it's told it has 15:17 to play but finds only 5:27.
All the utilities that I have that allow you to write MP3's to audio CD's, on the other hand, do mind. They will write 1:51 or 15:17 or whatever the original header said. Thus you can end up with a song chopped off, or a huuuge gap.
What this means for the casual user is: you can download, you can listen, but you can't write your own CD.
I like it.
You see, an MP3 player will look at the MP3 you download and decide (for example) that it has 1:51 worth of song to play. It doesn't seem to mind if it gets to 1:52 and finds more song. It just keeps playing. It also doesn't seem to mind if it's told it has 15:17 to play but finds only 5:27.
All the utilities that I have that allow you to write MP3's to audio CD's, on the other hand, do mind. They will write 1:51 or 15:17 or whatever the original header said. Thus you can end up with a song chopped off, or a huuuge gap.
What this means for the casual user is: you can download, you can listen, but you can't write your own CD.
I like it.
