Re: [rumori] MP3s: pay-to-play: CDDB (fwd)


From: Quahogs ! (k944AThotmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 21 2001 - 10:09:03 PST


>actually, believe it or not, all CDDB does is use track time, number, and
>order to determine a 'unique ID' for an audio CD -
>there's nothing else in the 'red-book' audio spec to go on. But it turns
>out that that is enough - the chance of having two CDs with the same number
>of tracks, with the
>*exact* same lengths, in the same order is extremely unlikely.

The fewer the number of tracks, obviously, the higher the chance. Promo
singles with one or two tracks usually have a ton of choices.

--Quahogs--
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