Enhanced CD Content: S/D?

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I recently purchased Garbage's "Beautiful Garbage" CD and began playing with the interactive mixer feature included on the Enhanced CD portion of the disc. What are people's opinions of features like this on CDs? Are there other discs out there that feature content like this (mixers, etc.)?

Thanks, eclectomaniac

― eclectomaniac, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

only useful if you listen to your CDs on a computer, which you shouldn't, if you want to hear anything...

― g, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Poster Children's LP RTFM comes with a tour diary that was a lot of fun to read, pictures, and I think one of those navigatable building tours of their studio. Also a game that was boring.

― nickn, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

g's right. The mixer is the ONLY way to hear the record off of a CD-ROM drive or any high-end equipment. Its boobytrapped to "prevent piracy"; It copy-prevention...er...'protection.'
Theres three threads in the archive on this subject (One I posted shows how to defeat the protection by using an alternate version of CDFS.VXD. I'm such a naughty DMCA-defying piraty bad person.)

― Lord Custos, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The "enhanced CD" in the Captain Beefheart "Grow Fins" set and the one in the Tony Conrad box are useful, a rare chance to see any actual video footage of these gentlemen. No copyright protection garbage either.

― J Sutcliffe, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

On Kid Koala's CD you can play a video game where you shoot giant records.

― Honda, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

DAFTCARD! Also, enhaned 'Blue Train' is pretty stunningly done.

― Clarke B., Saturday, 9 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i look forward to the intereactive cd that is enhanced with the latest reord exec's security methods, making it unplayable in ocmputers...

― goeff, Saturday, 9 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I've noticed that in the UK a lot more CD singles now come with a 'bonus' CD Rom video 'track'. I presume this adds to their 'perceived value' without actually increasing their running time (singles over 20 min (?) are ineligible for the UK charts.)

― Andrew L, Saturday, 9 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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