[Wylug-discuss] Re: Sound Recordings

[Dave Fisher]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 09:41:28PM +0000, James Holden wrote:
> Right... so they're *not* audio files then, they're actually ISO9660
> filesystem images.

 ... mmm ... so I wasn't imagining it after all ;-)

The reason I suggested this possibility in the first place, is that my
Mac Mini uses .cdr rather than .iso by default ... for any CD or DVD
image!

> Talk about confusing the issue - it's generally understood that a .cdr
> file is raw audio data to burn as a type 2 track on a CD, and that a
> .iso file contains an ISO9660 filesystem image for burning as a type 1
> track so that you can mount it.

Wouldn't be the first time that an IT term/label was overloaded ...

Dave