Can AIR read from an audio Compact Disc (CD)

[sgestrella]

I would like to develop an application that reads a desired track from an audio CD and places it into a Sound object to create animations that synchronize with the music. Can this be done with AIR? Normally I would just convert the audio and include it with the application but that can't be done here without violating intellectual property laws. The user of the AIR app would have to own the CD to use the application.

Another thought I had was to employ a non-air programmer to create a small application that converts the CD audio to MP3 and stores the MP3 files in a temporary storage location on the hard drive. When the AIR app quits, the temporary MP3 files would be deleted to respect the copyrights on the CD. To do it this way, I would have to be able to launch the non-AIR app from AIR and have it convert a selected track.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve