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Title: cda files?
Post by: jbrauer on February 26, 2004, 07:51:01 PM

I'm trying to compress a cd to FLAC, and my system is reading the disc as .cda files.  I'm sure it's something in my default settings, but can someone tell me how to get my computer to read the disc as .wav files?

Title: Re:cda files?
Post by: greenone on February 26, 2004, 08:27:12 PM

.cda's aren't really "files", per se, but how your computer sees audio on a CD... You need to extract the audio from the CD using something like EAC (exactaudiocopy.de), and then use FLAC to compress the WAVs.

--Dave

Title: Re:cda files?
Post by: cpclark on February 27, 2004, 02:06:14 AM

Quote from: greenone on February 26, 2004, 08:27:12 PM

.cda's aren't really "files", per se, but how your computer sees audio on a CD... You need to extract the audio from the CD using something like EAC (exactaudiocopy.de), and then use FLAC to compress the WAVs.

--Dave

this is the way to go, all audio cd's are written as .cda files, extract them to wav with EAC and no worries my man

Title: Re:cda files?
Post by: Simp-Dawg on February 27, 2004, 08:57:24 AM

yup, agreed.  eac is so easy to use..to be sure tho follow instructions on etree's site for setting it up.

Title: Re:cda files?
Post by: jbrauer on February 27, 2004, 10:33:23 AM

Thanks for the replies.

I have EAC, but my CD-ROM drive is broken, and it won't recognize my external Plextor burner.  I've been using Feurio! to rip, but it rips as .cda??

Title: Re:cda files?
Post by: cpclark on February 27, 2004, 01:05:07 PM

try checking your settings in feurio, it shouldnt rip to cda, it should be wav

Title: Re:cda files?
Post by: mgleason007 on March 06, 2004, 01:14:40 AM

You should only be using EAC to rip an audio CD, especially if you'll be distributing these FLAC files.