Force a buffer time for CD playback?

[teamdork]

Hello,
I would like to put a large .avi with a big bit rate (10M) on a CD. I know this does not play back from the CD drive when you click on the file - It is too jerky. Is there a way to set it up so that when someone clicks on the file - It buffers until it can play back smoothly?

Thank You for the help

[kschang]

No, since you have no way of knowing what player they will be using. Could be WMP, BSPlayer, VLC, MPC, MPlayer, or any of the dozen more players out there. Heck, it could even be a DVD/DIVX player.

[Nelson37]

I recall a software program that did something like this, CD Lightning or something like that, it was basically a caching program for the CD. Would pre-copy approx 100 MB for each CD, I do not know if this cache was dynamic, or simply a directory structure and file list, which would not help you.

With HD space what it is today, best alternate is copy it to a temp directory and play from there. This could be automated in software.

[teamdork]

Thank you for the response. Would it be posible to do this if I knew they would be using WMP9?
Thank You

[guns1inger]

I believe it was something you installed on your system, not ran locally from the CD. It just cached CDs you nominated as ones you used frequently. I doubt it would be of use in your case.

[Nelson37]

If you go to WMP9, the bitrate and playback lag issues will be eliminated due to the smaller file size. You could make a simple menu to play from disk, or copy to hard drive and then play.