[LMB] MP3 advice

[Mark Allums]

I wrote:
> At 03:55 PM 23/04/2007, Meg Justus wrote:
>>   And Mark,
>> aren't MP3 CDs by definition audio CDs?
> 
> 
> The "standard" use of audio CD is to refer to a CDA encoded 
> (uncompressed) CD, while an MP3 CD is used to refer to a CD where the 
> tracks are encoded in MP3 format. Note that many DVD players will 
> also play MP3 CDs.
> 
> Iestyn

An audio CD uses PCM encoded audio tracks; an MP3 CD uses a PC-formatted 
(data) MP3 file.  MP3s happen to contain encoded audio.  That's by 
coincidence.  They are still data tracks.

--Mark A.