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These are far more common than you might think
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaped_compact_disc
(or rather: were)

Not sure why you think they are *that* problematic, when:
* they state these are not compatible with Players that don't hold the disc inplace firmly
* people (who may) possess common sense wouldn't jame these in their car stereo


The biggest bummer here is area loss (and susequently data space loss)

This is what I believe might be usable area (light green)


Maybe "cold boy" will drop by to give us a free math lesson...

aoikurayami said:

These are far more common than you might think
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaped_compact_disc
(or rather: were)

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Guess what: I know this article, but never had such a thing before.

aoikurayami said:

Not sure why you think they are *that* problematic, when:
* they state these are not compatible with Players that don't hold the disc inplace firmly
* people (who may) possess common sense wouldn't jame these in their car stereo

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They *are* problematic because they are imbalanced. Using those regularly will damage the mechanical parts.

I don't just think they are problematic, I tried it in multiple drives (stand alone players and PC drives). None of them sounded normal and some would refuse to play it.
As for the the higher speed on PC drives compared to old dedicated audio players ("They said to not use PC drives!!"):
Stand alone DVD players are often able to play DVD format video from CDs as well -- called CDVD or sometimes Mini-DVD (not to be confused with actual 8cm Mini-DVDs; "mini" in sense of memory capacity). To play full quality DVD video MPEG-2 stream from a CD, the drive has to spin pretty fast as well on the inner part. This means that currently available DVD players checking the inserted media don't differ that much from a laptop drive spinning up (not reaching the speed of proper full-sized drives).
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Concerning data space: My example has about 17 minutes of CDDA -- that is enough for singles and not too much below a normal 8cm CD (max. 21 to 25 minutes depending on track width). The data portion could get a little bigger than it is on this sample: There is about 0.5cm left to the edge on the narrowest part. The dark green ring of your graphic is a little thick (on my CD even more). It should be safe (for the data) too go a little further to the edge. About 20 minutes CDDA sound plausible.

With some tricks a CD-R shaped like this could hold > 250MB in Mode2 Form2

I too have not seen these before. Sounds like you had more luck at the car boot sale/yard sale/flea market than I did (granted I did not turn up until long after the games would have been snapped up -- seem to have to be out of the door by 5am for that one these days).

Saw mini ones (granted they were super popular for driver CDs for Chinese products, several flash carts even hard them), saw credit card/business card shaped ones, saw ones with all sorts of fun done with the top covers but that is new.

Marginally relevant at this point (strange media formats and all) but going it anyway

theres a hole in this heart. How sad.

I once had a CD explode into little bits in a CD-ROM drive. The drive was a little bit unconventional, because it had a cover that would be physically pushed open by the CD holder as it came out. A friend was hit slightly when the CD. It came out like a shotgun in little sharp bits, it blew the cover away. Fortunatly my friend didn't stand right in front of it. Facing it could have rekt his eyes.

A little Love...

That Piano sound at 2:40... absolutly criminal.

Creamu said:

theres a hole in this heart. How sad.

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Are you serious about this? It maybe a heart shaped object, but it is still a CD and needs a middle hole for being playable.

Creamu said:

I once had a CD explode into little bits in a CD-ROM drive. The drive was a little bit unconventional, because it had a cover that would be physically pushed open by the CD holder as it came out. A friend was hit slightly when the CD. It came out like a shotgun in little sharp bits, it blew the cover away. Fortunatly my friend didn't stand right in front of it. Facing it could have rekt his eyes.

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Ouch. The drives can go to about 10000 rpm. If a disc explodes at that speed, I do not want to get hit by the bits and pieces.

KleinesSinchen said:

Are you serious about this? It maybe a heart shaped object, but it is still a CD and needs a middle hole for being playable.

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I see your point, but the heart is a symbol of love. Having that symbol with a whole in the middle gives it a tragic spin. Imagine your loved one was untrue, how would you feel about the hole in in that CD. Symbols a powerful things, the stuff of big dreams.

KleinesSinchen said:

Ouch. The drives can go to about 10000 rpm. If a disc explodes at that speed, I do not want to get hit by the bits and pieces.

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I didn't know that. It was a serious shotgun spread blow, but less deadly.

Used to be a thing in the late 90s and early 2000s. Even Nintendo made some

They do work, just don't use a Walkman.

Something whatever said:

Used to be a thing in the late 90s and early 2000s. Even Nintendo made some

They do work, just don't use a Walkman.View attachment 321312

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I've heard of those, but never found them. Shape CDs may be interesting, but they are a terrible idea nevertheless. Don't use this player, don't use that, also avoid this... how about using normal CDs that simply work - like in all players?