Will CD-i play HDCD, CD-Video, CD-MIDI or CD-Text?
HDCD (High Density Compatible Digital) is an extension to CD-Audio which raises the bit depth of the sampes from 16 to 20 bits, allowing for a higher sound quality on players with a HDCD decoder. Any HDCD-CD can be played on any CD-player, including CD-i players. To date, no CD-i player makes use of this extra HDCD-information. CD-Video (not to be confused with Video-CD, which is a totally different system) is a 12 cm CD which contains 20 minutes of CD-Audio and up to 6 minutes of LaserDisc-format analogue video. The video can only be played on LaserDisc players, the audio can be played on any CD-player, including CD-i players. CD-MIDI is a CD-Audio disc with MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) information in the subcode channels. This allows for MIDI-devices like synthesizers to play along with the music on the CD. The applications of CD-MIDI are very rare. The audio of a CD-MIDI disc can be played on any CD-player, including CD-i players. CD-Text is a CD-Audio disc with the n
