[X4U] importing audio CD as AIFF

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Apr 30, 2005, at 5:11 PM, DZ-Jay wrote:

>> It's not applications that access the raw data on disc; it's the  
>> file system and operating system.
>>
>
> Wrong.  Its the CD reader hardware that have direct access to the  
> disc.  The applications get their information from it.  Commercial  
> hardware and software, is commonly crippled to prevent (or make  
> difficult) bit-by-bit copying.

Man, you won't give up, will you...

Yes, it's the hardware that reads the bits; but it's the operating  
system that copies those bits (in the case of a copy); there's no  
passing through a sound card.


Kirk

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