[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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