CD types¶

CD Sizes
Physical size	Audio Capacity	CD-ROM Data Capacity	Note
12 cm	80 min	700 MBytes	Standard size (650 MB 800 MB & 900 MB are also existing)
8 cm	21–24 min	185–210 MBytes	Mini-CD size
	~6 min	~55 MBytes	“Business card” size

 

CD-R / CD-RW
CD-R	A CD-R can only be written one time (WORM). Tha data can’t be changed or erased later. The only possibility to add data later is to create a Multi-Session-CD where you can add another session later. Be aware of problems that might occur if you try to open a Multi-Session-CD on another computer.
CD-RW	A CD-RW can be erased and burned again with other content. Many CD-Players don’t accept CD-RWs and they are more expensive than CD-Rs.

 

CD formats¶

Most important CD formats
Audio CD	Audio CDs can be played with most CD-Players (CD-Rs). The audio data is stored as PCM with two channels (stereo), a samplerate of 44.1 kHz and a bitrate of 16 bit/sample.
CD-ROM	CD-ROMs can be used to store data in files and folders. They may contain different filetypes on the same CD. They are primarily used to store data for usage with computers. Some DVD-Players are able to read CD-ROMs (only some audio- image- and video- file types and often only if no folders are used).

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD#Logical_formats for more possible CD formats.

Audio CD creation¶

Audio file formats

Audio CD import¶

sound-juicer – preferences (target folder & file format)

Audio downloads¶

copyandpass’s Bookmarks on Delicious wiki.creativecommons.org/Content_Curators

Burning the audio CD¶