the inward spiral?

[rosa]

Hello,

I’m wondering if any of you can answer a silly question that I have often pondered:

When a music cd is played, is the music read from the outer edge to the inside, like an LP, or from the inside-out? Or is it not even formatted in a spiral?

Just curious,
Rosa

[everyonelovesjaron]

I believe music CDs are read from the inside out. In fact, I’m pretty sure.

Try finding a short CD (one with 20-30 minutes of music on it) and look at the burnt side. You’ll see it’s only burnt so far.

[Mattman]

Yes, ELJ’s correct. It spirals from in to out… [img]images/smiles/converted/cool.gif[/img]

[Mattman]

Deepsludge’s questions (in order of appearence.)

1. Not sure why they read in > out… Yes, its a first, something Mattman doesn’t know… [img]images/smiles/converted/rolleyes.gif[/img]

2. Don’t usually stop when paused.

3. Scanning is OK. [img]images/smiles/converted/biggrin.gif[/img]

4. Maybe toxic fumes. Don’t recommend inhailing. [img]images/smiles/converted/dizzy.gif[/img]

5. They have scratch undoing products, but I’ve never tried them. An ounce of prevention… [img]images/smiles/converted/cool.gif[/img]

Hope I helped… [img]images/smiles/converted/wink.gif[/img]

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