Kage
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Theres something I've been wondering for quite a while, and its like a hard drive would I guess.
But in Windows Media Player, it can be ripping tracks from a CD, going down the tracks, while still playing the one you want to play.
I find that rather clever, and I guess its something to do with the fact theres a read and then it doesn't need to be read for another 5 seconds or so, but when that happens, is the laser moving to buffer the track to play, while then moving to write the track to hard drive?
I mean, theres no slowdown from doing it, so what does it actually do?
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But in Windows Media Player, it can be ripping tracks from a CD, going down the tracks, while still playing the one you want to play.
I find that rather clever, and I guess its something to do with the fact theres a read and then it doesn't need to be read for another 5 seconds or so, but when that happens, is the laser moving to buffer the track to play, while then moving to write the track to hard drive?
I mean, theres no slowdown from doing it, so what does it actually do?
An interesting question for you
First one to come up with valid answer gets a rep point!