Muzak Encoding at Home?

zonker asks: "I work for a company that requires Muzak to be played over the speaker system all day long. However, I work into the night, well passed closing time, and often just crank up my own tunes on a computer with a nice set of speakers. I've been curious if anyone has developed any software that allows you to encode and burn to whatever format Muzak is using to make their discs. I've scraped around the net and haven't seen anything like it other than other people in similar environments that would like to make their own Muzak discs for their own after hours enjoyment. That thread has some interesting informational tidbits for starters. Does anyone on Slashdot know anything more about this?"

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I could tell you how

[Anonymous Coward]

But that would violate the DMCA.

Sorry :(

your problem

[chris_mahan]

"I work for a company that requires Muzak to be played over the speaker system all day long"

There's your problem right there.

easy fix

[jacumba]

years ago i had the same problem. here's how i solved the problem: the muzak system plugged into the overhead speakers w/ a standard headphone size connection. i created a male-to-male 1/8" headphone jack and plugged my portable cd player into it.

Three sites that might help:

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Another discussion on this very topic- includes the potential dip switch settings to get MUZAK equipment to play Red Book CDs.

The previous link led me to suspect Green Book as the format for Muzak. CD-Interactive Spec

CD-I Bridge: A program that reads Green Book Formats

So it looks to me like you have two options- fiddle with the dip switches to find a setting that will allow you to play Red Book CDs, or find a program that allows you to write CD-Interactive Green Book Format discs.

Re:Three sites that might help:

[Myself]

Here's another CDFreaks thread that goes into a little more depth. The format is almost certainly CD-BGM, but all the authoring software is years old.

Anyone who makes progress getting this stuff to run, let me know, it'd be great to carry a few "muzak that doesn't suck" CDs in the car at all times, and offer them to repressed workers in such environments. :)

Re:note to the "editors"

[blincoln]

Just because words sound the same doesn't mean you can switch them.

While pouring over messageboard posts, you should of come to the conclusion that for all intensive purposes, the battle your fighting... its hopeless.

Re:"Buy?" Ha! (Obligatory cynical response.)

[ayden]

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