[linux-audio-user] linux and "enhanced" CDs

[iriXx]

can you run it under WINE?

Anthony Perez-Miller wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Recently I picked up Peter Gabriel's _Up_ disc.  In the fine print on the
> outside of the case it says "This is an enhanced CD.  Please put it in
> your computer."
> 
> Of course, the finer print inside says that by "computer" they mean a PC
> or a Mac.  My linux box won't recognize the executable to play the durn
> thing: it's encoded so that on a CD-ROM the tracks can't be accessed
> directly.
> 
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> 1)  Is there a linux utility that can deal with such?
> 
> 2)  (Somewhat off-topic for this list)  I'm presuming the answer to 1) is
> "no."  If this is the case:  When I boot up the Windows side of my
> (dual-boot) system, and put in the disc, the executable brings up a menu
> one option of which is "play."  If I click on this it starts the generic
> Windows CD player, which is of course useless for, well, turning the songs
> into ogg files.
> 	How would I set up a symbolic link in Windows, so that a call for
> the generic CD player brings up, say, musicmatch?  I can usually deal with
> these things in linux but I'm not very confident messing things around in
> Windows.
> 
> I know Micro$oft products aren't the usual topic of discussion on this
> list; I promise not to make a habit of these sorts of questions.
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --Anthony
> 
> 
> 


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