[X4U] importing audio CD as AIFF

DZ-Jay dz at caribe.net
Thu Apr 28 05:56:03 PDT 2005


Kirk McElhearn wrote:
> 
> On Apr 28, 2005, at 12:26 PM, DZ-Jay wrote:
> 
>>> That's not what I mean.  I'm talking about duplicating an Audio CD so
>>> that any computer reading the duplicate Audio CD will query the  correct
>>> CDDB information.  AFAIK, recording an Audio CD as individual tracks
>>> (regardless of the codec) will cause Audio CDs re-burned from ripped
>>> tracks to be unrecognized by CDDB-aware apps.
>>>
>>
>> That is right.  So, do we agree that creating an image of the disc  
>> first, like someone proposed, will work to keep all information of  
>> the original disc?  I don't see why not.
> 
> 
> No, because it only creates an image of files on the disc. That why  you 
> need to use DAO/EAC copying.

I thought making an image entailed extracting the entire filesystem 
structure, which in the case of Audio CDs, includes the TOC.  I could be 
wrong, of course...

In any case, can you recommend a good DAO application for OS X?

	dZ.


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