[PLUG] duplicating an audio CD
Dean S. Messing
deanm at sharplabs.com
Fri Jul 12 19:19:19 UTC 2002
:: > I was lost because I don't have any idea whether my drive is MMC or
:: > not, or whether is supports Sessat At Once mode. (What is MMC?) So I
:: > figured I would need to go with `cdrdao' which the HOWTO made to sound
:: > rather complex (you have confirmed this).
::
:: I don't exactly know what MMC is myself, but the odds are your drive is
:: MMC (I *think* almost all newer drives are, I'm pretty sure the only
:: drives that aren't were some early recorders). All of the ones I have
:: come across in recent years have been.
It's newer.
:: > So now my next question is, can I use cdparanoia instead of cdda2wav
:: > to extract in exactly the same format I need above. I think cdparanoia
:: > does a better job of error detection/correction; if I can use it I'd
:: > prefer to. I guess, what I need to understand is:
:: >
:: > 1) is the cdda2wav "bulk" mode above exactly equivalent to "batch" mode
:: > of cdparanoia?
::
:: Yes. Except, cdparanoia doesn't write out the .inf and .cddb files.
:: > 2) is whatever info that -useinfo uses get provided if I use cdparanoia?
::
:: No. That command uses the .inf file associated with the track to
:: determine the pregap on that track.
Hmm. So maybe I can use cdda2wav first (to get these info files), then
delete the wav files and run cddparanoia to extract them again cleanly?
::
:: > Dean
::
:: cdparanoia does *much* better error detection and correction, but I
:: rarely have problems with cdda2wav when forced to use it for something
:: (like a cd cdparanoia can't handle, and I've come across a few, don't
:: ask me why). The one serious drawback for cdrdao for me is that it
:: doesn't support burnPROOF :-( and for the newer, faster, and largely IDE
:: drives, it really is necessary to actually get a burn AND continue using
:: your computer (why aren't CDR makers making SCSI drives anymore?!?!?!
:: WHY!!!)
My drive is only a few months old and it's SCSI. Sorry it and the
machine are currently running demos in our executive board room which
is filled with high-level brass from Sharp Corp. (Japan) so I don't think
it would be wise to walk in and take a look just now.
Dean
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