Anyone else uses their Dreamcast as a CD player?
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Re: Anyone else uses their Dreamcast as a CD player?
Can do the same and play 400+ bitrate flac files using the serial port no wear unlimited space no mod plug in etc
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Re: Anyone else uses their Dreamcast as a CD player?
I used it weekly to play audio... Now with gdemu all is goneNeo-dreamer wrote:I love playing my favorite anime OST albums and some Misfits and Joy Division. I use a Bluetooth speakers for sound I enjoy the sound the Dreamcast gives.
I know it's kinda ghetto but I wouldn't have it any other way.

The last Audio that the GD-Rom drive played was a FEAR live concert CD.
Soon I will return to the GD-Rom + Serial Dreamshell.
CD/GDrom fails less than de SD card. I have to format the SD every 3 months. Jajjajaj
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Re: Anyone else uses their Dreamcast as a CD player?
Back in 2000 when I got my first dreamcast, I put a cd in it as a test, because I was curious to see it play music cd's. And the music from that cd sounded really nice. But I prefer using my dreamcast for gaming. 

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Ah the sega rally 2 cdda soundtracks...
Now I listen sometimes the skies of arcadia original soundtrack.
Now I listen sometimes the skies of arcadia original soundtrack.
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Re: Anyone else uses their Dreamcast as a CD player?
Gdemu users : you can stick a music CD in discJuggler create a cdi , load it up on the Dreamcast and it will launch the CD player!
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Sounds great!!!deluxux wrote:Gdemu users : you can stick a music CD in discJuggler create a cdi , load it up on the Dreamcast and it will launch the CD player!
I will test it, I miss the original Audio CD Player of the Dreamcast. Thank you!!!

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Re: Anyone else uses their Dreamcast as a CD player?
I've tried it briefly but it doesn't seem to have a whole lot of features or options. I think the Saturn's cd player is probably the most robust of any game console I've ever used, but I swapped my Saturn disc drive for a fenrir anyway
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Re: Anyone else uses their Dreamcast as a CD player?
I've actually started using the Dreamcast as a CD player in the past few months. I burned a music disc and have it playing while I'm cleaning.
It also made me realise how careless I am with my DreamPi. I oughta store that thing somewhere, I don't want to accidentally step on it!
If only the Dreamcast could play movies...
It also made me realise how careless I am with my DreamPi. I oughta store that thing somewhere, I don't want to accidentally step on it!
If only the Dreamcast could play movies...
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The DC’s stock CD player is pretty underwhelming. As mentioned, the Saturn’s CD software has way more features.
aka DavidHK on DC games.
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