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- From: yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Fractalman)
- Subject: Re: MiniDisc is here!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.060454.7343@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Originator: yxl5388@ultb
- Sender: yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Y.X. Liu)
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- References: <1992Dec15.143059.9149@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Dec29.002911.29017@intacc.uucp> <92Dec29.170026est.47991@neat.cs.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 06:04:54 GMT
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- In article <92Dec29.170026est.47991@neat.cs.toronto.edu> tlai@cs.toronto.edu (Tony Wen Hsun Lai) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.002911.29017@intacc.uucp> zerobeat@intacc.uucp (Ferenc Szabo) writes:
- >>Hmmmm....... It's hard to believe that the audio on MDs would be kept in
- >>a truly random access location. Wouldn't it be like a CD, where you *can*
- >>randomly access any tune you like, but would have to wait out whatever
- >>the access time is for the player? (70ms or so????).
- >>
- >>However, I can imagine a clever use of the 3 second buffer being used to
- >>truly have random access recording & playback with NO access time delay.
- >>
- >>ANybody know anything about this???????????
- >
- >Um, I remember reading somewhere that an MD player does use its 10 second
- >buffer so that audio is continuous during playback. There were some
- >articles on MD in recent issues of _Audio_ and _Stereophile_, but I don't
- >have them with me.
-
- Arg. That's the problem I'm having. The music IS continuous if I shake
- the MD. But after a vigorous shaking (music doesn't stop!) I put the MD
- player on the table again the music stops for about 1/3 of a second! Is
- this just my player or is this a common problem?
-
- Also, is this buffer *10 seconds* or *3 seconds*? The manual says it's 3
- seconds but everywhere else (ads, etc.) say it's 10 seconds.
-
- =Fractalman
- yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu
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