[PLUG] duplicating an audio CD
Dean S. Messing
deanm at sharplabs.com
Fri Jul 12 19:06:24 UTC 2002
Derek Loree writes:
:: On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 21:46, Dean S. Messing wrote:
:: >
:: > I've never "dupped" an audio CD before so I have some questions. From
:: > reading the (rather old) HOWTO it appears that I want to write in
:: > so-called DAO mode rather than TAO mode.
:: >
:: > I've only got one CD-RW device right now so I presume I'm going to have
:: > to "rip" the entire CD to disk then write it back to the blank.
:: >
:: > My question: what format do I pull the data off in? I see from the
:: > cdparanoia man page that there's a so-called "raw" format. Is that
:: > what I use? Do I need the entire CD image in one file for DAO?
:: >
:: > Ok, as you can see, I know nothing. A quick explaination of the specifics
:: > would be greatly appreciated.
::
:: For just duplicating CD's, cdrdao is probably the best one available.
:: It only reads and writes whole CD images in binary form (the images can
:: be mounted in a loopback device and then played) and it extracts the
:: TOC, stores it in a separate file, and writes it back, unchanged. The
:: man page does a good job of explaining what it can do and how. It also
:: has a "raw-read" option, but that is only needed for trying to duplicate
:: copy-protected CD's (for backup purposes only, of course). The strange
^^^^^^^^^
Of course.
:: thing is that this program obviously was designed for audio CD's, but it
:: works very well on data CD's too, you just ignore the TOC that it
:: extracts and use the binary image, which turns out to be just an ISO
:: image.
Good to know.
:: HTH
::
:: Derek Loree
It does.
If cdrdao is that easy to use maybe I'll give it a try instead of
going the cdrecord route. I'll have to build it for my system and then
read the man pages. I just didn't want to worry about what looked
like a nit-picky config file right now. This is a "one time job" so
I'm looking for "breezy-easy" if possible. But I also want to learn.
So ...
Dean
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