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Will CD-i play CD-ROM discs?

April 26, 2017CD-i CD-ROM discs play

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Will CD-i play CD-ROM discs?

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The term CD-ROM is used for all types of usage of a CD in computer applications. A CD-ROM can contain various filesystems (like ISO-9660, Joliet, Apple HFS, Unix, etc.) or programs for a wide variety of computer systems (Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux, Free BSD, Solaris, BeOS, etc.). A CD-ROM that was made for one particular operating system, cannot be used on another system. There is no such thing as the “CD-ROM system”. The difference between the CD-ROM specification in the Yellow Book and all other CD-systems is that only the physical sector format is defined, and not the application of a disc. Hence, a CD-ROM can only be played on a CD-i player when a CD-i application program is stored on the CD.