Playing audio cd's in dos mode.

[karthik316_1999]

In win98se,by pressing F8 key at startup and choosing ms-dos mode,we can play any audio cd by presssing the play button on the cd drive.(even though there is no cd-rom support in dos mode).this way,we need not load the os and can hear the song using a earphone.

my question is
1.whether we can play mp3 cd's also in a similar way?
2.while playing audio cd's in dos mode,is it possible to get the output in the main speakers?(no audio in or audio out pin available in speaker.)

[degsy]

When the PC is on an there is power to the drive then the CD drive acts as a stand alone CD player.

It will only play standard AUDIO CD's.
If you want output to speakers then you will have to connect the Headphone Out to the Line-In on an Amp/Hi-Fi.

[karthik316_1999]

When the PC is on an there is power to the drive then the CD drive acts as a stand alone CD player.

It will only play standard AUDIO CD's.
If you want output to speakers then you will have to connect the Headphone Out to the Line-In on an Amp/Hi-Fi.

thanks for the reply.what's the difference between cda and wav format?which one is better?does the cd-rom drive play wav files also while in standalone mode?
is it like this:
wav--plays only in pc's
cda----standard cd audio format??

[degsy]

CDA (Compact Disc Audio) is used for specific audio CD's that can be played in any CD player.

WAV files are a computer format which can only be used with an OS that supports them.


When you write an Audio CD the WAV/MP3 files are converted into CDA files (RAW Audio data).

[karthik316_1999]

CDA (Compact Disc Audio) is used for specific audio CD's that can be played in any CD player.

WAV files are a computer format which can only be used with an OS that supports them.


When you write an Audio CD the WAV/MP3 files are converted into CDA files (RAW Audio data).

Is the conversion to cda from wav or mp3 done automatically by the software like nero5?

[degsy]

yes.