Dumb CD-R Question

[mark4man]

People,

What's the difference between CD-R & CD-R Audio.

I go to Staples or CompUSA to purchase CD-R's to burn audio; & some salespeople tell you there's no difference between the two...whereas others tell you CD-R Audio is the only way to go (of course, no one can tell you exactly why.)

What's the scoop?

Thanks very much,

mark4man

[bighap]

Audio ones are for standalone cd burners.

[dauber]

And to add to that...supposedly the "music" CD-Rs can't hold "data" -- i.e., you can't make a CD-ROM out of 'em, just music. BUT -- I recently got in the mail one of those "music-only" CD-Rs -- burned as a data disc! Go figure! [And from my experience, when I was trying to burn Linux to a CD, it wouldn't burn to a music-only. I spent a long time figuring out why it wouldn't work...until I noticed I slipped in a music-only disc. I swapped with a data and it worked....]

And you'll also notice that music-only CD-Rs cost more. That's allegedly because the RIAA assumes that if you're going to buy music-only CD-Rs, it's to make illegal copies of copyrighted material, and the bigger price is supposed to compensate for some of the lost profits.