Limited run-time trial versions of the emulator are available from the CD-i Emulator web site. A simple tool to extract the ROM from a CD-i player is available from the emulator's web site. It requires ROM files from an actual CD-i player to run, which are not included with the distribution for legal reasons. Various CD-i emulator projects consist, including limited CD-i support in MAME, however the CD-i Emulator from 'CD-i Fan' turned out to be the most complete emulator.ĬD-i Emulator aims to emulate a complete CD-i system on a Windows PC, including the Digital Video extension. A PC does not run the CD-i application that is contained on the disc.ĩ.2 Can CD-i be emulated on other platforms like a PC? Of course you can use CD-i Bridge discs (like Video-CDs or Photo-CDs) on a PC without using an emulator or extra hardware, but then you still need a seperate PC application to access the audio and video data on the disc.
Refer to Can CD-i be emulated on other platforms like a PC? and Can I access the contents of a CD-i disc on my PC? for more information.
#CD I EMULATOR FULL SOFTWARE#
You should think of CD-i as a completely designed computer system instead of just a disc format.Įmulation software is available, however, and you can access the contents of a CD-i disc on a PC using specific software. This includes the operating system, the CPU, the audio and video decoding chips, etcetera. Unlike other CD-formats (like CD-Audio and Video-CD), DVD-Video and BD-ROM (the video disc format for Blu-ray Disc), not only the way of encoding the audiovisual material on the disc has been described in the CD-i standard, but also the entire playback environment. Not without complete emulation of CD-i's hardware and software components.
9.1 Can I run an interactive CD-i title on my PC?
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