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From: Ken Lam <100411.265@compuserve.com>
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Subject: CD ROM access using fopen() etc?
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 16:23:17 -0700
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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I've read through the manual and I see that the supplied functions to 
read CD-ROM data files are CdReadFile() and CdReadSync() using CdlFILE 
strucures.

I also see open(), read(), write() etc in the Library Reference - are 
these only for use with memory cards?

I would like to be able to use FILE based functions such as fopen(), 
fread() etc to access the CD - are these available? If not, what are the 
advantages of the CdlFILE based functions?

On a separate issue, why is it that I can read files from the Yaroze boot 
CD and the "demo one" CD, but not from other ISO 9660 ("silver") CD ROMs?

Do the PS CDs use a special format? Or are the stricter file and 
directory limits stopping the Yaroze PS reading ordinary CDs?

Ken Lam
ESP Software