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Old May 22nd 05, 12:19 AM
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Default Can't run a MPEG video file in Windows 98SE ....

The machone in question has a Pentium 1 and a 64Mb RAM and, although it sees
the relevent video file as a .cda type, it can't run it. Running the file
starts up the CD player application but this application doesn't see the file
at all.

I suspect that a new application is needed, as my XP machine sees the file
as a video MPEG and runs it without any problems. Is there a "free"
application availabel so that the Win 98SE machine can run the video file?
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Old May 22nd 05, 02:43 AM
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The .cda files are representations of CD audio tracks and do not contain the
actual pulse code modulation (PCM) information. You cannot play the file if
you copy a .cda file from the CD-ROM to your hard disk.
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The machone in question has a Pentium 1 and a 64Mb RAM and, although it
sees
the relevent video file as a .cda type, it can't run it. Running the file
starts up the CD player application but this application doesn't see the
file
at all.

I suspect that a new application is needed, as my XP machine sees the file
as a video MPEG and runs it without any problems. Is there a "free"
application availabel so that the Win 98SE machine can run the video file?



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Old May 22nd 05, 09:40 AM
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Jeff, thanks for the reply but not sure what the PCM component of the video
is. I do have the CD and, as well as the 146Mb MPEG Video file, there is a
3kb application file. I'm presuming that this is the PCM componenet you
mention, as the video works on my Windows XP machine.

The Windows 98SE machine can see both files on the CD but sees the MPEG
Video file as a .cda type instead. Do you know why the 98SE can't use the CD
whereas the XP machine can?
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Old May 22nd 05, 12:30 PM
Jeff Richards
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Are you trying to play a CDA file, or are you trying to play a CD? You
can't play a CDA file because it doesn't actually contain any video or audio
data (that's what the PCM information is). You can play a CD. When you do,
it's actually the CDA file that is being played, but this is quite invisible
to you. The only time you see the CDA file is if you copy it to the hard
drive, or if you look at the CD as a data CD, which, of course, it isn't.
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Jeff, thanks for the reply but not sure what the PCM component of the
video
is. I do have the CD and, as well as the 146Mb MPEG Video file, there is a
3kb application file. I'm presuming that this is the PCM componenet you
mention, as the video works on my Windows XP machine.

The Windows 98SE machine can see both files on the CD but sees the MPEG
Video file as a .cda type instead. Do you know why the 98SE can't use the
CD
whereas the XP machine can?



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Old May 22nd 05, 07:39 PM
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Are you trying to play a CDA file, or are you trying to play a CD?

Have tried both!!

I've tried playing the CD and this starts up the CD Player application but
as if I had used a shortcut to start the application with no data specified,
rather than clicking on the data file which in turn starts the application
with that file being the data.

When this didn't work, I copied the two visible files from the CD to the
hard drive of the 98SE machine and this didn't seem to make any differerence
........
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Old May 23rd 05, 11:43 AM
Jeff Richards
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What CD Player application are you using? Is there an option to tell it to
play the CD, rather than attempting to open the files? If the CD is
recordable, are you sure it has been created properly?
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Are you trying to play a CDA file, or are you trying to play a CD?


Have tried both!!

I've tried playing the CD and this starts up the CD Player application but
as if I had used a shortcut to start the application with no data
specified,
rather than clicking on the data file which in turn starts the application
with that file being the data.

When this didn't work, I copied the two visible files from the CD to the
hard drive of the 98SE machine and this didn't seem to make any
differerence
.......



 




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