Enhanced CDs should work on any "decent" computer. The problem is that you cannot account for every user's configuration and what problems that may exist on their computer.

Any user who experiences any kind of multimedia on their computer, should have no problem with an enhanced CD.

If a user has trouble watching videos, playing CDs or experiencing multimedia on their computer, chances are they'll have trouble with the Enhanced CD as well.

That being said, to experience an Enhanced CD, the user doesn't need a high-end computer with all the bells and whistles. Just the basics: A CD-ROM drive, a sound card, a video card and they should be all set.

With all multimedia, there has to be a cut-off with the configurations that you build for.
If someone is still running Windows 95...oh well. Time to get with the program and upgrade their system if they are going to be experiencing multimedia on their computer.

Enhanced CDs usually come with a disclaimer saying that they are not guaranteed to work.

Enhanced CDs built by StamenMedia don't require the user to download software or plug-ins.

However, the Enhanced CDs we build do use standard things on computers in order to play the multimedia. On windows, things like Directshow that are basic components are required but if someone has the ability to watch a video then they have it.

There is a good chance that if someone is running Windows 95, they will have a problem with the Enhanced CD. Oh well.

On Windows machines, we build Enhanced CDs to auto-play and unless the user has disabled auto-play. If they know how to disable auto-play, then chances are they'll know how to launch the Enhanced CD content.

All of our Enhanced CDs used to auto-play on MAC but, now we are building Enhanced CDs that work on both OS 9 and OS X and in doing so, we need to make an application that cannot be auto-played. Fortunately, Mac users are used to this and can easily lauch from the desktop.

Anything that can be put on a CD-ROM can be put on an Enhanced CD. They only real limitation right from the get go is space. The audio comes first and depending on how much room it takes up, thats what is left for the enhanced content.

Some of the common things that we build into Enhanced CDs are videos, photo galleries, slide shows, web links, pages with album credits, flash, and bonus mp3s that the user can download to their desktop. Whatever you want to put on there, most likely it can be done. We are not shockwave game designers but we could incorporate your game if you have one. Any documents and/ or media.

Enhanced CDs are burned is such a way that a regular CD player ignores the data portion of the CD. It doesn't even know it's there.

An Enhanced CD plays as any regular audio CD does when placed in a CD player.

Windows 98*, ME*, 2000, XP

MAC OS 9, OS X

The enhanced CDs should work on earlier versions of the MAC OS as well.

*Some Windows 98 and ME machines have a hard time and some play them with no hesitation. In theory, they work on these platforms but in theory, Windows works in general, right?

In a world of digital music, releasing an Enhanced CD gives people another reason to buy your CD rather than just downloading it.

Exclusive content that they can't find anywhere else: The Enhanced CD can link to exclusive parts of your web site, you have a decent quality version of your video, you can have an exclusive video that's not on your site; anything that makes it special and desirable..

It's the same concept as the special features and extras on a DVD.