Posted by Richard Crowley on 04/29/07 22:40

"Telstar" wrote ...
> "Richard Crowley" wrote ...
>> Indeed. In fact, the "cd native format" is effectively WAV.
>> The audio data is exactly the same. The only difference
>> is that the CD "files" don't have headers (since they don't
>> need them, as the format: 16 bits x 44.1K samples is
>> pre-defined.)
>>
>
> .WAV files are quite different: There are no error correction
> elements.

You appear to be confusing the medium with the message.
WAV files (and, indeed ANY computer files) have even more
error detection/correction than the information on a RedBook
audio CD.

You can demonstrate this for youself by trying to write the
equivalent WAV file as an Orange-Book data CD. Note that
exactly the same data takes more space on an Orange Book
data disc.

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