First of all, let me start by saying that I am new to the forum, but have been making CD backups since CD-R were the newest thing on the block.

I'm sure that most of you have, at some point, been employed by a store or resturant that feels the need to play background music endlessly. As some of you may know, a good number of those places have chosen to employ the services of the Muzak company (no really, check it out: www.muzak.com ). These same people also know that most (if not all) the CDs the company sends you, well, stink!

In an attempt to save my own sanity, I have been trying to cut some of my own CD to stick in the player when Muzak's annoying selection gets to me. Here's the kicker: The player (supplied by Muzak) will NOT accept any CDs not supplied my them. It simply forbids you to que up anything other than a Muzak CD; there's got to be some kind of protection or check.

I managed to get one of their CDs home so I could try to examine it. Here's where it gets even better: The CD is, for lack of a better word, transparant (That's right, I can read this text THROUGH the CD when I hold it up in front of the screen). This made it impossibe to read the CD with ANYTHING at my disposal and, therefore, could not probe the CD for protections/checks.

The only other thing I could notice was that there was a watermark, blotch, or imperfection (and a fairly big one at that) near the beginning of the CD. But make note that I have only been able to get my hands on one and this feature may be unique to this CD only.

If anyone has experience or suggestions to help me save my sanity, I'm open to them.

I just thought they broadcasted that godawful stuff via satellite.

"Music architects"... LOL!

I have a 24k gold limited edition CD that is easily seen through, but probably not nearly as transparent as Muzak's offerings. I think they don't want anyone to to be able to copy their discs at all... but why would anyone want to in the first place?

They probably wanted a way to keep the equipment they supply from being used for anything but their purposes... but from what I can tell, playing "normal" music over the PA systems in stores and businesses and such constitutes 'public exhibition' and could spell RIAA trouble if there are any customers within earshot.

The only thing that I can think of would bring a regular CD player/changer, and switch over when you're about to go bananas.

Just a thought:
It seems very doubtfull that they developed their own "CD-standard", so my explanation why you can't play those cd's in regular players would be: that those cd's are fake. The only "usefull" part would be the watermark. So MAYBE, the music is stored on a Harddrive somewhere in the player and the cd's are just "keys" to unlock a certain number of songs. The updates (new songs) could be "transferred" by muzak's employees.

But like I said, it's just a thought

If they do developed their own standard, I think it would be based on a laser with more power. The "transparent" cd doesn't reflect the laser enough like normal cd's, so standard players won't be able to read. The watermark would then be to make it impossible to insert home-made cd's, like you tryed.

But hey, I'm just giving possibilities here, so don't shoot me if I'm wrong

Well, one thing remains certain: Muzak does NOT want anyone messing with their players or their CDs. There is only one link I can see between the CDs and the player: If the laser in player is tilted at such and angle, it might cause the light to reflect off the CD surface instead of refract. This might explain why only their CDs play in thier players and no other combination works. Stupid Physics.

On some of the CD Players they have jumper settings....I once knew what those settings were that allowed for normal play of regular cd's was, but I can't find out the information anymore. However, if you work at Sunglass Hut International which has the cd players.....if you still have a manual, actual manual it will tell you what settings are used to do that.....if anyone finds out please email me.

I have seen a few discs at a friends workplace and they seem normal. (No see-thru properties) A few of the CD's actualy contain quite a few good songs. I am wondering if there are any software players for the pc that could play the files. If I could get a few tools gathered up, I would like to borrow one of the cds for experimentation.

Muzak will play any music requested by the client, so if you don't like the music then talk to your manager, boss, owner, or whoever makes those decisions.

Our "Music architects" will design a program for whatever the company wants played in there business.


FYI....Good luck finding out the format

@dan18088, are you here to criticize or do you want to share your knowledge about the protection with us??

Yeah to bad he won't share his knowledge with us.

I was once told, and I don't know much about stuff like this that instead of their CD's being on CD-R it was on CD-I or J or something like that and it won't play on a regular CD player...

hey guys, i found this forum trying to copy the damn cds and i ended up here by the grace of god it seems. i have access to a shit ton of these fuckin discs and would be willing to send a few out to people if they think they can crack the shit and post the details for copying. i happen to work far a certain corporation that plays these damn things and i listen to it 12 hours a day. no i dont want to,....but have to. anyway the reason i want to copy them is because my employees dont take care of them and they get all fucked up. it only takes a very small scratch to send them skipping all over the fucking place and then i REALLY go nuts. so i want to have backup discs for me, and then my employess can fuck off and listen to bullshit skipping, then they can go nuts. i really would not give two shits about it but during open hours the only thing that can be played is musak. i can and do however play cds from home in the player before and after opening. a guy that used to work there was a computer science major and he figured out the shit to make it play anything,....even burned mp3s. i can retrieve this info and post it for you all. then we can figure out how to make the cds play anywhere, and how to copy them. oh yeah,...dan10088 see if your "music arcitects" can cue up some hatebreed and slipknot for me you rusty trombone serviceman. yeah, i didnt think so!!!!!!
thanks,
LOWE

well after an hour of searching ive come here, anyways i too want to know the encode for their CD shit i just recieved their player last week and its annoying....so now im on the hunt for it..ive read already that they use a blubook audio format..i dont know if that helps, but if i get any more info i will post.

Hey everyone!

I work at Quizno's and we have to listen to that awful music all the freakin' time, and they've charged me, the computer guy, to see if there's a way around it. (Of course, corporate would kill us if they found out, but hey, at least we could use it after we close). I can get more information to you guys, but so far I know that the official name for the Muzak player is a CD-I player. I tried bringing one of the CDs home but neither my CD-ROM or DVD-ROM would read it. Would a normal CD-ROM be able to read a CD-I? I don't know much about CD formats, just that they can get kinda wonky, but perhaps with a little help from you guys, we can figure it out.

Peace!

-Sean

A computer drive will most likely not read a CD-I disc without some special CD-I software. If you are certain that this format is CD-I, you should try to make your own CD-I and see if it plays in the player. What is it that you all are wanting to do? Do you want to rip the audio off of these discs or do you want to be able to play your own music on their players?

You should try ISO Buster to see what is on the discs. Maybe you can then figure out what type of check the player is doing to verify the disc is from their company. If someone wants to send me a couple of these discs, I can probably tell you what is going on. I have all the CD/DVD specifications at my office and I write code to read CD/DVD discs.

in order to play regular music in the machine, you have to adjust the swithces on the back of the player. there should be a row of 8 switches. it is either 2and 3 up and the rest down, or 3 and 4 up and the rest down.this will allow all cds to be played, but no cds will repeat any longer. so, when you get to the end of a muzak cd during opening hours, you will need to go push play again. no worries. I still would like to know how to copy the discs to have spares for the store that i work in. also i can take all the best shitty songs and compile them to one disc. only time will tell.
LOWE

I found this information on CD-I

http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technol...om_formats.htm

I brought one of the CDs home and it says right on the label "For use in Muzak CD-i players only." ISO Buster (Thanks RichMan) further declared it a CD-i as well. So now the question remains, how can I make a CD that will play on the Muzak player as a CD-i?

You can view a screenshot of ISO Busters findings by going to http://www.seaniscool.com/img/isoss.jpg

as i have mentioned above, you do not need to make your disc a cd-i. all you need to do is flip the switches on the back of the cd-i player and then the player will play any cd that you decide to feed it. well, any audio cd anyway. i have not tried to feed it any video discs but now i have something else to try out. anyway, i will find out exactly which switches and which way they go and post it. do not try to flip them without taking notes on where they are currently positioned because it may end up not playing shit if you dont keep it where it is at or where I will show you in my next post. this would not be a good thing if it is at your place of business and you fuck everything up and the player can't play music. you dont want to raise any eyebrows in a corporation because you WILL get the shaft. at least in mine you will. try explaining to them that you want to rock and fucking roll while you slack at work and you fucked up the muzak player in the process, ............yeah, not so much. be careful!
LOWE

the playing of any cds in the muzak player is not the real problem anymore, it is getting the muzak cd-i discs to play on the pc or home theatre system. i would like to be able to download the files and move songs around and add/delete to make my own disc of what i would rather hear of the selected songs that are allowed in the workplace. can we get an amen????
LOWE

Hello im new here but i wanted to share my findings with muzak... Yes i know how painful the music is after 13 hour shifts everyday. Specially when "modern rock" is considered ozzie ozborne... i mean, for real modern hard rock should be robzombie or something along that style. Anyway, ...

On the back of the muzak player where i work, i found 8 DIP switches.
I'm assuming 'on' is up and 'off' is down...

87654321

So, to play CDI muzak disks ours player is set at 00000021 (meaning switch 2 and 1 are up while all the others are down) To play CDA (any commercial disk) I set it at 87000000 Meaning switch 8 and 7 are up while all others are down.

I have a muzak disk which i will be experimenting with over time I'll post my findings (if any) here.

If i had an owners manual maybe i could make better sense of what these switchs are there for. Either way, i had sucess playing CDA disks in the cdi player. Good luck to everyone else.

Now to figure out how to make the CDI disks that muzak makes. hmmm.

A buddy of mine copied one with a GameCopy program. He tested the copy in the player, and it plays fine. He also said it is a DVD.

We're now trying to figure out how to play the individual files. There doesn't seem to be a codec available.

I'm trying to do what a few of you are trying to do: burn my own music so I can play it at work.

Muzak must have many different formats, because mine is definately burned onto a CD. The files are mpa files and there are two other files besides the mpa files, vaa.txt and xd.img.

Does anyone know how to burn a muzak cd with this type of format? My player does not have dip switches in the back of the player and will not play any other type of disc.

The vaa.txt file is almost unreadable by me. Here it is:

[SELECTIONS]
1, T1, A1, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L1, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R241, F0, B0, ^7, "762659.MPA"
2, T2, A2, G3, G2, G2, U1, C1, L2, V1, M3, E3, N33, W120, D0, R230, F0, B0, ^6, "832420.MPA"
3, T3, A3, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L3, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R133, F0, B0, ^1, "273792.MPA"
4, T4, A4, G5, G6, G7, U2, C3, L4, V1, D0, R232, F0, B0, ^3, "199529.MPA"
5, T5, A5, G8, G2, G2, U3, C4, L5, V1, M3, E4, N43, D0, R204, F0, B0, ^7, "769044.MPA"
6, T6, A6, G4, G2, G2, U1, C1, L6, V1, D0, R201, F0, B0, ^3, "1112186.MPA"
7, T7, A7, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L7, V1, D0, R211, F0, B0, ^6, "808362.MPA"
8, T8, A8, G2, G2, G2, U1, C2, L8, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R143, F0, B0, ^2, "611516.MPA"
9, T9, A9, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L9, V1, D0, R241, F0, B0, ^2, "778404.MPA"
10, T10, A10, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L5, V1, D0, R238, F0, B0, ^5, "182440.MPA"
11, T11, A11, G9, G2, G2, U1, C3, L10, V1, M3, E2, D0, R229, F0, B0, ^1, "935372.MPA"
12, T12, A12, G2, G2, G2, U1, C1, L11, V1, M3, E2, N33, W133, D0, R305, F0, B0, ^9, "794442.MPA"
13, T13, A13, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L12, V1, M3, E3, N22, D0, R332, F0, B0, ^4, "598189.MPA"
14, T14, A14, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L8, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R175, F0, B0, ^1, "280347.MPA"
15, T15, A15, G4, G2, G2, U1, C1, L13, V1, M3, E3, N23, D0, R255, F0, B0, ^7, "893859.MPA"
16, T16, A16, G2, G2, G2, U1, C3, L14, V1, D0, R242, F0, B0, ^7, "707653.MPA"
17, T17, A17, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L15, V2, M3, E4, N23, D0, R162, F0, B0, ^2, "637168.MPA"
18, T18, A18, G2, G2, G2, U1, C1, L16, V1, M4, E3, N44, D0, R269, F0, B0, ^3, "733210.MPA"
19, T19, A19, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L1, V1, M3, E4, N43, D0, R254, F0, B0, ^6, "820024.MPA"
20, T20, A20, G2, G2, G2, U1, C2, L17, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R270, F0, B0, ^0, "272017.MPA"
21, T21, A21, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L13, V3, M3, E3, D0, R240, F0, B0, ^3, "891123.MPA"
22, T22, A22, G10, G2, G2, U1, C4, L2, V3, D0, R142, F0, B0, ^2, "897521.MPA"
23, T23, A23, G2, G2, G2, U1, C3, L18, V1, D0, R316, F0, B0, ^1, "671058.MPA"
24, T24, A24, A25, A26, G1, G2, G2, U4, C1, L16, V1, M3, E3, D0, R256, F0, B0, ^2, "840237.MPA"
25, T25, A27, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L13, V4, M3, E3, W100, D0, R218, F0, B0, ^7, "837710.MPA"
26, T26, A28, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L17, V1, M4, E4, N55, D0, R116, F0, B0, ^1, "579907.MPA"
27, T27, A29, G3, G2, G2, U1, C1, L19, V1, D0, R252, F0, B0, ^2, "612046.MPA"
28, T28, A30, G6, G2, G2, U5, C3, L20, V1, D0, R318, F0, B0, ^1, "866388.MPA"
29, T29, A31, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L2, V1, D0, R158, F0, B0, ^4, "611576.MPA"
30, T30, A32, G2, G2, G2, U1, C1, L16, V1, D0, R282, F0, B0, ^2, "595881.MPA"
31, T31, A33, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L21, V4, D0, R265, F0, B0, ^3, "932275.MPA"
32, T32, A34, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L8, V1, D0, R166, F0, B0, ^1, "726097.MPA"
33, T33, A35, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L13, V1, M4, E4, N42, W70, D0, R254, F0, B0, ^11, "695250.MPA"
34, T34, A36, G6, G2, G2, U6, C3, L22, V1, M3, E4, N43, D0, R314, F0, B2, ^2, "698407.MPA"
35, T35, A37, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L13, V1, D0, R267, F0, B0, ^7, "631537.MPA"
36, T36, A38, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L23, V1, M3, E3, N22, D0, R297, F25-8, B0, ^3, "985172.MPA"
37, T37, A39, G2, G2, G2, U1, C2, L8, V1, M2, E3, N33, D0, R224, F0, B0, ^2, "604172.MPA"
38, T38, A40, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L1, V1, D0, R203, F0, B0, ^7, "717664.MPA"
39, T39, A41, G6, G2, G2, U1, C3, L24, V1, D0, R276, F0, B0, ^0, "868471.MPA"
40, T40, A42, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L25, V1, M4, E3, N34, D0, R169, F0, B0, ^2, "898191.MPA"
41, T41, A43, G1, G2, G11, U1, C1, L26, V1, M3, E7, N43, D0, R218, F0, B0, ^3, "640764.MPA"
42, T42, A44, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L27, V1, M3, E4, N32, D0, R255, F0, B0, ^6, "842582.MPA"
43, T43, A45, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L28, V1, M2, E3, N43, D0, R195, F0, B0, ^1, "580077.MPA"
44, T44, A46, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L9, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R301, F0, B0, ^5, "20256.MPA"
45, T45, A47, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L5, V1, D0, R167, F0, B0, ^5, "35551.MPA"
46, T46, A48, G5, G2, G2, U1, C3, L29, V1, D0, R347, F0, B0, ^1, "1033113.MPA"
47, T47, A49, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L30, V1, M3, E4, D0, R395, F0, B60-10, ^3, "941131.MPA"
48, T48, A50, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L31, V1, M3, E3, D0, R232, F0, B0, ^2, "1064458.MPA"
49, T49, A8, G2, G2, G2, U1, C2, L8, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R148, F0, B0, ^1, "611533.MPA"
50, T50, A51, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L32, V1, D0, R259, F0, B0, ^7, "890567.MPA"
51, T51, A52, G5, G6, G7, U2, C3, L33, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R370, F0, B100-10, ^3, "200747.MPA"
52, T52, A53, G2, G2, G2, U1, C4, L2, V1, D0, R165, F0, B0, ^5, "607778.MPA"
53, T53, A54, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L28, V1, M4, E3, N43, D0, R224, F0, B0, ^1, "592161.MPA"
54, T54, A55, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L14, V1, M3, E3, N22, D0, R341, F0, B0, ^1, "872066.MPA"
55, T55, A56, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L28, V1, M2, E2, N22, D0, R124, F0, B0, ^1, "278444.MPA"
56, T56, A57, G2, G2, G2, U1, C1, L34, V1, D0, R200, F0, B0, ^15, "779450.MPA"
57, T57, A58, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L5, V1, D0, R165, F0, B0, ^11, "635518.MPA"
58, T58, A59, G6, G2, G2, U7, C3, L35, V1, D0, R377, F0, B77-10, ^3, "1022768.MPA"
59, T59, A60, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L36, V1, M3, E4, N23, D0, R224, F0, B0, ^4, "865125.MPA"
60, T60, A61, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L16, V1, M3, E3, D0, R276, F0, B0, ^9, "1042625.MPA"
61, T61, A62, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L37, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R302, F0, B0, ^0, "288812.MPA"
62, T62, A63, G10, G2, G2, U1, C1, L28, V1, M4, E4, N23, D0, R240, F0, B0, ^6, "659931.MPA"
63, T63, A64, G5, G2, G2, U5, C3, L38, V1, M4, E4, N22, D0, R276, F0, B0, ^5, "698016.MPA"
64, T64, A65, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L5, V1, M3, E4, N44, D0, R174, F0, B0, ^8, "35508.MPA"
65, T65, A66, G12, G2, G2, U1, C1, L39, V1, M3, E3, N23, D0, R226, F0, B0, ^10, "863036.MPA"
66, T66, A67, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L40, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R248, F0, B0, ^5, "151253.MPA"
67, T67, A68, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L41, V1, M2, E3, N33, D0, R193, F0, B0, ^0, "281379.MPA"
68, T68, A69, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L7, V1, D0, R240, F0, B0, ^3, "1049658.MPA"
69, T69, A70, G8, G2, G2, U6, C4, L5, V1, M3, E3, N43, D0, R195, F0, B0, ^5, "600227.MPA"
70, T70, A71, G6, G2, G2, U1, C3, L42, V1, D0, R294, F0, B0, ^2, "965438.MPA"
71, T71, A72, A73, A74, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L43, V3, M4, E3, D0, R264, F0, B0, ^7, "850490.MPA"
72, T72, A75, G2, G2, G2, U1, C1, L44, V1, M4, E4, N23, D0, R226, F0, B0, ^5, "725526.MPA"
73, T73, A76, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L8, V4, M3, E4, N33, D0, R160, F0, B0, ^4, "951458.MPA"
74, T74, A77, G2, G2, G2, U1, C1, L45, V1, D0, R242, F0, B0, ^10, "145504.MPA"
75, T75, A78, G5, G2, G2, U1, C3, L46, V1, D0, R308, F0, B0, ^2, "916149.MPA"
76, T76, A79, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L47, V5, M3, E5, N33, D0, R181, F0, B0, ^7, "730215.MPA"
77, T77, A80, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L23, V1, M3, E5, W93, D0, R261, F0, B0, ^10, "746101.MPA"
78, T78, A81, G2, G2, G2, U1, C1, L11, V1, M2, E3, N23, D0, R178, F0, B0, ^2, "607417.MPA"
79, T79, A82, G2, G2, G2, U1, C2, L8, V1, M3, E3, N44, D0, R153, F0, B0, ^2, "580137.MPA"
80, T80, A83, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L48, V1, M3, E3, N24, D0, R266, F0, B0, ^3, "779532.MPA"
81, T81, A84, G2, G2, G2, U1, C4, L28, V1, M4, E7, N33, D0, R157, F0, B0, ^5, "577926.MPA"
82, T82, A85, G5, G2, G2, U8, C3, L49, V1, D0, R255, F0, B0, ^1, "962752.MPA"
83, T83, A86, G1, G2, G1, U1, C1, L50, V1, M3, E6, N33, W57, D0, R235, F0, B0, ^3, "66373.MPA"
84, T84, A87, A88, A89, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L51, V1, M2, E3, D0, R225, F0, B0, ^6, "858482.MPA"
85, T85, A90, G4, G2, G4, U1, C2, L52, V1, M4, E4, N33, D0, R164, F0, B0, ^2, "602725.MPA"
86, T86, A91, G12, G2, G2, U1, C1, L53, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R245, F0, B0, ^4, "170470.MPA"
87, T87, A92, G6, G2, G2, U1, C3, L22, V1, D0, R338, F0, B0, ^1, "868714.MPA"
88, T88, A93, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L5, V4, D0, R160, F0, B0, ^5, "35541.MPA"
89, T89, A94, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L13, V1, M3, E3, D0, R194, F0, B0, ^5, "924543.MPA"
90, T90, A95, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L33, V1, D0, R238, F0, B0, ^6, "958202.MPA"
91, T91, A96, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L41, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R201, F0, B0, ^4, "282981.MPA"
92, T92, A97, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L54, V1, M4, E3, N33, D0, R213, F0, B0, ^6, "809858.MPA"
93, T93, A98, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L13, V1, M4, E4, N33, D0, R156, F0, B0, ^4, "604184.MPA"
94, T94, A99, G6, G2, G2, U1, C3, L55, V1, D0, R323, F0, B0, ^1, "1104163.MPA"
95, T95, A100, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L56, V1, D0, R179, F0, B0, ^0, "921165.MPA"
96, T96, A101, A102, G12, G2, G2, U1, C1, L57, V1, D0, R215, F0, B0, ^4, "1011544.MPA"
97, T97, A103, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L58, V1, M2, E3, N23, D0, R239, F0, B0, ^1, "881190.MPA"
98, T98, A104, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L13, V1, D0, R132, F0, B0, ^4, "80104.MPA"
99, T99, A105, G1, G2, G2, U1, C3, L59, V1, D0, R304, F0, B0, ^0, "697177.MPA"
100, T100, A106, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L2, V1, D0, R165, F0, B0, ^3, "34116.MPA"
101, T101, A107, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L13, V1, M3, E5, N33, W88, D0, R245, F0, B0, ^3, "591830.MPA"
102, T102, A49, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L30, V1, D0, R295, F0, B0, ^4, "941111.MPA"
103, T103, A108, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L45, V1, M2, E3, N33, D0, R179, F0, B0, ^1, "604318.MPA"
104, T104, A109, G6, G2, G2, U1, C3, L60, V1, M3, E3, N45, D0, R380, F0, B20-10, ^3, "606631.MPA"
105, T105, A110, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L61, V6, M4, E3, N33, D0, R167, F0, B0, ^4, "897856.MPA"
106, T106, A111, G13, G2, G2, U1, C1, L62, V1, M4, E5, N34, W102, D0, R187, F0, B0, ^4, "811044.MPA"
107, T107, A112, G12, G2, G2, U1, C1, L63, V1, M4, E4, N33, D0, R282, F0, B0, ^3, "790568.MPA"
108, T108, A39, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L8, V1, M3, E4, N33, D0, R143, F0, B0, ^2, "604248.MPA"
109, T109, A113, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L64, V1, M3, E5, N22, W99, D0, R271, F0, B0, ^7, "737593.MPA"
110, T110, A114, G3, G2, G2, U1, C4, L65, V5, D0, R191, F0, B0, ^1, "837743.MPA"
111, T111, A115, G14, G2, G2, U1, C3, L38, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R284, F0, B0, ^4, "197301.MPA"
112, T112, A54, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L28, V1, M3, E3, D0, R253, F0, B0, ^6, "160312.MPA"
113, T113, A116, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L9, V1, M2, E4, N22, D0, R261, F0, B0, ^5, "1024500.MPA"
114, T114, A45, G4, G2, G2, U1, C2, L28, V1, M3, E3, N33, D0, R278, F0, B0, ^0, "580070.MPA"
115, T115, A117, G2, G2, G2, U1, C1, L50, V1, M3, E3, N23, D0, R345, F0, B0, ^2, "36622.MPA"
116, T116, A118, G6, G2, G2, U1, C3, L18, V1, D0, R311, F0, B0, ^6, "1104192.MPA"
117, T117, A119, G2, G2, G2, U1, C4, L5, V1, M3, E6, N43, D0, R153, F0, B0, ^6, "578490.MPA"
118, T118, A102, G1, G2, G2, U1, C1, L21, V1, M3, E3, N13, W98, D0, R236, F0, B0, ^7, "841853.MPA"

[ARTISTS]
1, "JOHN MAYER"
2, "INDIA.ARIE"
3, "JUNE CHRISTY"
4, "SHARPSHOOTERS"
5, "CORNELIUS BROTHERS AND SISTER ROSE"
6, "NORAH JONES"
7, "STING"
8, "BOBBY DARIN"
9, "CELINE DION"
10, "DIONNE WARWICK AND THE SPINNERS"
11, "JAFFA"
12, "ERIC CLAPTON"
13, "DAVID GRAY"
14, "PEGGY LEE"
15, "RANDY CRAWFORD"
16, "TAB TWO"
17, "ARETHA FRANKLIN"
18, "LISA STANSFIELD"
19, "JAMES TAYLOR"
20, "LOUIS ARMSTRONG"
21, "FLEETWOOD MAC"
22, "MARVIN GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL"
23, "BOSSACUCANOVA AND ROBERTO MENESCAL"
24, "SANTANA/SEAL"
25, "SANTANA"
26, "SEAL"
27, "JASON MRAZ"
28, "ANITA O'DAY"
29, "BRAND NEW HEAVIES"
30, "COLOSSUS"
31, "TEMPTATIONS"
32, "ANNIE LENNOX"
33, "STEELY DAN"
34, "NAT KING COLE AND MARIA COLE"
35, "K.D. LANG"
36, "PLANET E"
37, "PAUL SIMON"
38, "DIDO"
39, "KEELY SMITH"
40, "JAMIROQUAI"
41, "DESMOND WILLIAMS"
42, "CARLA THOMAS"
43, "CORRS"
44, "PHIL COLLINS"
45, "ELLA FITZGERALD"
46, "BASIA"
47, "JOE JEFFREY GROUP"
48, "GOTAN PROJECT"
49, "STEVE WINWOOD"
50, "NELLY FURTADO"
51, "LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY"
52, "SNOWBOY"
53, "GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS"
54, "SWING OUT SISTER"
55, "BEN HARPER"
56, "BLOSSOM DEARIE"
57, "ALANA DAVIS"
58, "OTIS REDDING"
59, "ALEX CORTIZ"
60, "HALL AND OATES"
61, "SARAH MCLACHLAN"
62, "MEL TORME"
63, "INCOGNITO"
64, "SOULSTANCE"
65, "J.J. JACKSON"
66, "JO O'MEARA"
67, "SIMPLY RED"
68, "BILLIE HOLIDAY"
69, "SHERYL CROW"
70, "ISLEY BROTHERS"
71, "BEAT PHARMACY"
72, "ART GARFUNKEL/MAIA SHARP/BUDDY MONDLOCK"
73, "ART GARFUNKEL"
74, "SIMON AND GARFUNKEL"
75, "LEONA NAESS"
76, "FRANK SINATRA"
77, "SADE"
78, "LES HOMMES"
79, "AL GREEN"
80, "NATALIE IMBRUGLIA"
81, "CHRIS ISAAK"
82, "NANCY WILSON"
83, "CHRIS REA"
84, "JAMES BROWN"
85, "ENRICO RIVA"
86, "SHAWN COLVIN"
87, "COUNTING CROWS/VANESSA CARLTON"
88, "COUNTING CROWS"
89, "VANESSA CARLTON"
90, "JO STAFFORD"
91, "ANGIE STONE"
92, "BOBBY HUGHES COMBINATION"
93, "ARCHIE BELL AND THE DRELLS"
94, "JEWEL"
95, "JOSH KELLEY"
96, "CARMEN MCRAE"
97, "JULIA FORDHAM"
98, "WILSON PICKETT"
99, "CHARLES AFTON"
100, "PAUL CARRACK"
101, "LEIGH NASH"
102, "SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER"
103, "JOHNNY HARTMAN"
104, "EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL"
105, "BUTTI 49"
106, "MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS"
107, "NINA GORDON"
108, "SARAH VAUGHAN"
109, "FUNKY LOWLIVES"
110, "IMPRESSIONS"
111, "FAITH HILL"
112, "ROBBIE WILLIAMS"
113, "NATALIE MERCHANT"
114, "SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES"
115, "GOTA"
116, "HOWIE DAY"
117, "MAXWELL"
118, "UMAN"
119, "SAM AND DAVE"

[TITLES]
1, "BACK TO YOU"
2, "CAN I WALK WITH YOU"
3, "THE BEST THING FOR YOU"
4, "FEELING FINE"
5, "TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW"
6, "THOSE SWEET WORDS"
7, "LOVE IS THE SEVENTH WAVE"
8, "MORE"
9, "THAT'S THE WAY IT IS (ALBUM VERSION)"
10, "THEN CAME YOU"
11, "BKLYN BOBBI"
12, "BELIEVE IN LIFE"
13, "PLEASE FORGIVE ME"
14, "THEM THERE EYES"
15, "SWEETEST THING"
16, "NO FLAGMAN AHEAD (INSTRUMENTAL EDIT)"
17, "SEE SAW"
18, "YOU CAN DO THAT"
19, "WHENEVER YOU'RE READY"
20, "MOON SONG (THAT WASN'T MEANT FOR ME)"
21, "THROWN DOWN"
22, "IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU"
23, "GUANABARA"
24, "YOU ARE MY KIND"
25, "YOU AND I BOTH"
26, "I LOVE YOU"
27, "YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE"
28, "CONTRASPECTIVE"
29, "THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO"
30, "TRAIN IN VAIN"
31, "LUNCH WITH GINA"
32, "GET OUT AND GET UNDER THE MOON"
33, "SUMMERFLING"
34, "KLUB KOLA"
35, "YOU'RE THE ONE"
36, "SAND IN MY SHOES"
37, "IT'S MAGIC"
38, "YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING"
39, "BEINCARNATION"
40, "I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ( TO ME)"
41, "IRRESISTIBLE"
42, "CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU"
43, "ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE"
44, "THIRD TIME LUCKY"
45, "MY PLEDGE OF LOVE"
46, "LAST TANGO IN PARIS"
47, "DIFFERENT LIGHT"
48, "POWERLESS (SAY WHAT YOU WANT)"
49, "SUNDAY IN NEW YORK"
50, "LIFTED"
51, "ASTRALISATION"
52, "I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE"
53, "SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD"
54, "BROWN EYED BLUES"
55, "I HEAR MUSIC"
56, "I AM FREE"
57, "I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE"
58, "DEJA VU"
59, "MAN ON A MISSION"
60, "TRAIN WRECK"
61, "SING FOR YOUR SUPPER"
62, "NIGHTS OVER EGYPT (EDIT)"
63, "CIRCLE"
64, "BUT IT'S ALRIGHT"
65, "EVERY KINDA PEOPLE"
66, "STARS"
67, "LOVER COME BACK TO ME"
68, "LIGHT IN YOUR EYES"
69, "WORK TO DO"
70, "LIVING ON LOVE"
71, "HOW DID YOU KNOW?"
72, "BLUE EYED BABY"
73, "ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET"
74, "PARADISE"
75, "INTRASPETTRO"
76, "SHA LA LA (MAKE ME HAPPY)"
77, "BEAUTY ON THE FIRE"
78, "SAN FRANCISCO DAYS"
79, "YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO"
80, "ON THE BEACH (EDIT)"
81, "I GOT THE FEELIN'"
82, "I'M WALKING"
83, "NOTHIN' ON ME"
84, "BIG YELLOW TAXI"
85, "WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME"
86, "MAKIN' ME FEEL"
87, "MAGNIFICENT MR. MORGAN"
88, "TIGHTEN UP"
89, "DOIN' FINE"
90, "EVERYBODY WANTS YOU"
91, "BYE BYE BLACKBIRD"
92, "IT'S ANOTHER YOU DAY"
93, "FUNKY BROADWAY"
94, "THERAPY PT. 1"
95, "SHE LIVED DOWN THE STREET"
96, "CHARMED LIFE"
97, "FLY ME TO THE MOON"
98, "ANOTHER BRIDGE"
99, "BRAZILIKUM"
100, "LOVE IS LIKE A HEATWAVE"
101, "2003"
102, "WALKING ON"
103, "AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'"
104, "NOTABOSSA"
105, "IT'S ALL RIGHT"
106, "THE WAY YOU LOVE ME"
107, "NOT OF THIS EARTH"
108, "THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU"
109, "JUST CAN'T LAST"
110, "MICKEY'S MONKEY"
111, "EUROPEAN COMFORT"
112, "PRECIOUS WORDS"
113, "PERFECT TIME OF DAY"
114, "LOVE YOU MADLY"
115, "ASCENSION (DON'T EVER WONDER)"
116, "FREE UMAN WALKING"
117, "WRAP IT UP"
118, "BREATHE YOUR NAME"

[LABELS]
1, "SONY MUSIC"
2, "MOTOWN"
3, "CAPITOL JAZZ"
4, "NONE"
5, "RHINO"
6, "BLUE NOTE"
7, "A&M"
8, "CAPITOL"
9, "EPIC"
10, "CAVES DU ROY/BMG/STEREO DELUXE"
11, "REPRISE"
12, "RCA RECORDS LABEL"
13, "WEA"
14, "VIRGIN"
15, "HARMONY"
16, "ARISTA"
17, "VERVE"
18, "SIX DEGREES"
19, "DELICIOUS VINYL"
20, "OM"
21, "REPRISE/WEA"
22, "STEREO DELUXE"
23, "BMG"
24, "UNITED"
25, "RHINO/ATLANTIC/FANTASY"
26, "143/LAVA/ATLANTIC"
27, "ATLANTIC/WEA"
28, "POLYGRAM"
29, "UNICEF/NEW/YA BASTA!"
30, "WINCRAFT"
31, "DREAMWORKS"
32, "POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL"
33, "HOLLYWOOD"
34, "ELECKTRA"
35, "KRIZTAL"
36, "U-WATCH/DKE/RED"
37, "BETHLEHEM"
38, "INSTINCT"
39, "UNIVERSAL/ISLAND/UMG"
40, "EAST WEST"
41, "GRP"
42, "BASICLUX"
43, "MANHATTAN/ANGEL"
44, "MCA"
45, "SONY"
46, "WATER"
47, "RIGHT STUFF/CAPITOL"
48, "GEFFEN"
49, "NEWS/DEEPLAY/HITOP/PLATINUM/LES DISQUES ALIENOR/EX"
50, "COLUMBIA"
51, "GEFFEN/UNIVERSAL"
52, "CAPTIOL"
53, "J"
54, "VANGUARD"
55, "KRIZTAL ENT."
56, "CARRACK-UK/UNIVERSAL"
57, "NETTWERK"
58, "UNIVERSAL"
59, "MILAN"
60, "GUIDANCE"
61, "UNIVERSAL/MCA"
62, "WARNER BROTHERS"
63, "CHRYSALIS"
64, "ELEKTRA"
65, "MOTOWN/UMG"

[CATEGORIES]
1, "Adult Pop"
2, "Mature Vocal"
3, "Electronica"
4, "Classic Soul"

[PROGRAMS]
1001, "LensCrafters",
L(S=*)^

[SCHEDULES]
1100, "LensCrafters",
00:00, 1001, Rt

[CALENDARS]

[GLOBAL]
MODE=STEREO
PROGRAM MENU=0

[MuzakInfo]
BucketID=12692
BucketName=LensCrafters 06.04
Owner=tracis
CreatedBy=tracis
UpdatedBy=tracis
ProgramStart=6/1/2004
LastUpdated=5/7/2004 7:42:22 PM
ProgramNo=06.04
ClientName=LensCrafters

Thanks for any and all help,
Surgeville

A friend of mine works at a place where they play this infernal repetitive muzak, and he said a while back, the system broke and they had to call for repair. The tech wrote on the work order "repaired cd-i drive", so that pretty much confirms the cd-i suspicions.

I did a little digging and found the "cd-bgm" specification, which stands for BackGround Music, which is part of the cd-i spec. Apparently Muzak has been using this format for ages and will continue to do so, despite the fact that it's rather outdated in the general market. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?

The format shouldn't be rocket science, but I'm unable to find any software that will assemble cd-bgm images. Given this to go on, can anyone here make further advances?

Ok, I work in an infernal Muzak filled environment. Now the music on the CD's isn't all that bad... lots of classic rock and stuff liked that... not too shabby, it does get very old very quick (same songs over and over and over.) there are 8 dip-switches on the back of the player.

switches 1,2, and 4 need to be in the upward (I am assuming the on position) switch 3 must be down (off??) in order to play regular CDA format CD's. I will look in to this more to get specifics of these switches.


I am looking to burn my own Muzak CD's as they provide longer play time before they repeat.

If anyone has any information regarding this, it would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,

JJFreak