AppleCD 300: New Features Require Application Support

  • Last Modified: December 08, 1992
  • Article: TA28667
  • Old Article: 11038

How do I access the CD+G, CD+MIDI, and CD-XA file formats of the AppleCD 300
family of CD players? When I play a CD+G compact disc, the audio portion plays
easily, but the graphics never appear.

The ability to access the various CD formats provided in the AppleCD 300
family requires a software application that can send the appropriate
instructions to the AppleCD 300.

The same situation exists with the ability to play standard audio CDs on
an Apple CD-ROM drive: you must have CD Remote (or a similar piece of
software) to allow an Apple CD-ROM drive to play audio CDs. The general
principle is that if a software application does not support a particular
feature, that feature is unavailable.

At the announcement of the AppleCD 300, there are no available
applications that provide access to the CD+G, CD+MIDI, and CD-XA
features of the AppleCD 300 series.