ABSTRACT
The audio CD is what we would now call a streaming format. It was designed to provide a continuous bit stream to a CD player. It was also designed to allow errors. It is not a filing system, that role is taken by the CD-ROM. This can be confusing if you are new to making your own CDs. You can make either from the same blanks. They look the same but one will be played by a CD player and the other spat out, played silently or, at worst, played with tweeter searing loud noise that in no way resembles your audio. CDs play from inside to out and start with ‘Table of Contents’ to tell the player where the tracks are.
