CD 64 bit incompatibility issue.

[pete39]

I am running Windows 7 64 bit.

I have an old special Beatles PC playable music CD with 25 albums on it, it is a home produced CD but not made by me unfortunately
The CD will not open with the usual menu display of the list of albums and tracks because of the 64 bit incompatibility issue.
It plays on my old XP 32 bit desktop but will not play on my new Windows 7 64 bit laptop.

If I explore the CD it shows one folder with all the albums in it, they are playable but without any track menus.
Other items shown in the CD are three files, one is an Autorun file and the other two are Application files named Beatles and Install and I suspect these two are the troublesome incompatible files.

Is there anyway this CD could be converted in some way to play on my 64 bit laptop.

 

[stratocaster]

is that suppose to be an mp3 cd?

 

[pete39]

No, a music CD.

 

[DeVandal]

Posted solely in an effort to clarify the problem...

A single CD cannot contain 25 albums in CDA format. If my math is correct, neither will a DVD.

 

[pete39]

Hi Folks

I have no idea how all this music is on this 1995 compilation CD but there are 25 separate wav files.
There are 7 wav files ranging between 2,825 kb to 5,547 kb, these are shorter pieces of music, the remaining 18 wav files range between 13,644 kb to 60,968 kb and these I presume are the actual albums.

I don’t know what this means but is says the file system is CDFS, maybe this helps!

Pete

 

[Shark007]

copy the WAV files to your harddrive.
go to my Tools page and download the program, DTS in WAV converter
also read about its usage before you download it.

 

[pete39]

If I do as you suggest would the CD be as operable as before with it's various menu's etc?
All I really want to do is to make a 64 bit version of the original 32 bit CD.

 

[Shark007]

there is no such thing as 64bit media or 32bit media.
Audio/Video files are not platform specific. (Windows playback)

The problem you are experiencing is the fact that the wav files contain dts audio which you cannot playback at this time. If you were to follow my instructions you would be removing the media from the cd and copying it to your harrdrive. Afterwards, you can drag n drop each wav file onto the software program I suggested you use and this program will write new files from the old which in turn would be playable.

 

[pete39]

Thanks for the detailed info, I'll give it a go.

 

[pete39]

It's been a failure unfortunately.
I did as suggested and all I ended up with was duplicate identical files, the same as already on the disc.

 

[jorgemon]

I have the same problem, but find a solution with virtual machines, just create and install a Windows XP 32 bits virtual machine and execute the Beatles CD and everything works perfect.

Another option is to install Windows XP mode on Windows 7 x64

You can download Windows XP mode from the following link:

Download Windows XP Mode

Regards,
Jorge Montaño

 

[where2b]

Hello Pete,
Did you get the problem solved?
I have exactly the same dvd...has it got all the albums and tracks,and can be installed?where did you get it?

 

[pete39]

Hello ?

Yes, it has got all the albums and tracks on it.
A friend gave it to me here in the UK.

I never resolved the issue but I have every intention of tyying to do so.
All of the tracks play but without the visual display of the various albums and their tracks.

If the disc is explored there is the file folder with the music within it.
That leaves 3 files-
AUTORUN.INF Setup Information 1kb
BEATLES.EXE Application 3,614 kb
INSTALL.EXE Application 24.KB

I suspect it's the INSTALL.EXE or BEATLES.EXE or maybe both that are the problem regarding incompatibilty.

Peter

 

[where2b]

beatles

Does it display on screen all the albums and when you click again it displays the lyrics?...is it a home dae dvd...i.e. not details on it?

 

[pete39]

It displays on screen all the albums and when I click an an album it displays the tracks, not the the lyrics.
It is a home dvd with no details on it.

 

[saaheb]

Peter, I have the same CD and recently I was able to run it on Windows 7 (64 bit) finally.
Here is what I did:
- Using 'PowerISO', the DVD player software, I burned an image of the CD. File type = PowerISO
- Start PowerISO and 'mount' the CD image file that you just created
- Play the virtual CD, that is right click on your cd/dvd drive and select 'Install or run program from your media'
That is it. The 'virtual CD' runs , plays and displays all the albums and lyrics like it used to do.