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22 – 584 Data CD/DVD Projects
Introduction
A Data CD/DVD project is an environment that can be used to compile
and write a data only CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, Mixed Mode CDs and mixed
data/DVD-Audio discs (although this is only possible when a Data CD/
DVD project has been automatically created from a DVD-Audio project,
see “Creating a DVD-Audio compatible disc” on page 589).
Data discs exclusively contain computer data. This can be files of any type. How-
ever, the files are stored on the CD/DVD in such a way that an audio CD player or
a DVD-Audio player cannot recognize them.
The difference between a Mixed Mode CD and a normal audio CD or a mixed
data DVD-Audio disc and a normal DVD-Audio disc respectively is that the Mixed
Mode CDs/mixed data/DVD-Audio discs contain both computer data and audio
data that can be played back by a CD/DVD-A player.
On a Mixed Mode CD, the computer data occupies track 1, and the music
occu-
pies the subsequent tracks. Computer data on a DVD is stored in a separate di-
rectory, and is not shown in the visual menu of a DVD-A player.
An alternative to a Mixed Mode CD is the “CD-Extra” format, which also allows
audio and data to be combined on the same CD. To create a CD-Extra, you
first create and write an Audio Montage and then add the data. See “CD-Extra
support” on page 575.