CD-Rom not mounting

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012, James Knott wrote:

> Stephen wrote:
>> No. But I believe that one is not necessary. It is a sata connection, and 
>> if the program could see the disc it would read it as data.
>
> Yes it is.  I've never had a CD or DVD drive that could play audio without an 
> audio connection of some sort.  Audio tracks are not "data" in the sense of 
> computer files.  They are just a continuous stream of bits representing the 
> music.  CD burner programs can read those tracks and copy them to a file that 
> can be played.

    No, it's not necessary.

    It's only required if you want to play the CD directly; it's not necessary
    for ripping it.

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