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Old 20th April 2002, 00:30   #19  |  Link
Tronic
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My version allows ANY file in it. That could be Ogg, EXE, BZ2, BMP, AVI - anything.

Also, in addition to file extension there is 4-char identifier. I also plan that a MIME-type should be added to the header.

It is possible to make CD filesystem drivers for Windows and Linux (and probably all other OSes too) - those would allow reading the file directly, thru filesystem. Like, copy movies to HDD directly from Explorer.

Windows' VCD-bridge driver isn't very good. It displays the data incorrectly (adds RIFF header and displays all sectors in 2352 octet mode). Thanks to that you can't copy the data directly to HDD, but you have to use special software for that.

I don't know how difficult it is to write such driver, but I have seen people doing it. Sources for some reference driver (apparently the normal one, used by Windows) are available in some M$ developer kit.
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