Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Yuri
Polytropon wrote: Strange... are these definitely audio CD tracks? You could They are definitely raw audio CD tracks. use this form to explicitely tell sox how to interpret the data (which is "headerless" on audio CDs, of course): sox -r 14400 -c 2 -b -L -S -x track.cdr track_rev.

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Yuri
Joerg Schilling wrote: Well, then the handbook is sub-optimal. dd in general does not work at all to read CD-Audio; FreeBSD is an exception with repect to the fact that you get data at all. Here is a list of cons for dd even on FreeBSD: - dd may not work with all drives - Do you know wh

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Joerg Schilling
Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Well, you should not expect to get a usable read > > result from dd. > > > > Why? > Handbook recommends the use of dd for audio CD ripping. Well, then the handbook is sub-optimal. dd in general does not work at all to read CD-Audio;

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Yuri
Joerg Schilling wrote: Well, you should not expect to get a usable read result from dd. Why? Handbook recommends the use of dd for audio CD ripping. Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fre

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Mel
On Saturday 29 November 2008 09:10:44 Yuri wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > It sounds like "byte order reversal" which makes the typical noise. > > In order to 1:1 copy a CD, I'd recommend the use of the cdrdao > > tool - "cdrdao read-cd" and "cdrdao write" are the commands. > > It's easy to use them

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Joerg Schilling
>I am trying to copy an audio CD. >First I've ran: >dd if=/dev/acd0tN of=track-N.cdr bs=2352 >for every track. This gets raw track files. >Secondly I run: >cdrecord -v -dao -audio $* dev=2,0,0 speed=4 >This is supposed to recreate the original CD. >But when I try to play it I can hear only noise

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:26:51PM -0800, Yuri wrote: > I am trying to copy an audio CD. > > First I've ran: > dd if=/dev/acd0tN of=track-N.cdr bs=2352 > for every track. This gets raw track files. It is better to use cdparanoia (from the audio/cdparanoia port), since it outputs WAV files. It als

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:53:32 -0800, Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:26:51 -0800, Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If you need to use cdrecord, you can "preprocess" the .cdr > > files with "sox -x". You can always use the "play" command > > (f

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Yuri
Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:26:51 -0800, Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you need to use cdrecord, you can "preprocess" the .cdr files with "sox -x". You can always use the "play" command (from sox) to check what your files sound like. 'sox -x' fails for some tracks with

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-29 Thread Yuri
Polytropon wrote: It sounds like "byte order reversal" which makes the typical noise. In order to 1:1 copy a CD, I'd recommend the use of the cdrdao tool - "cdrdao read-cd" and "cdrdao write" are the commands. It's easy to use them in order to get a CD "at once" and then reproduce it to blank me

Re: Copying audio CD with dd/cdrecord produces unplayable CD

2008-11-28 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:26:51 -0800, Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to copy an audio CD. > > First I've ran: > dd if=/dev/acd0tN of=track-N.cdr bs=2352 > for every track. This gets raw track files. > > Secondly I run: > cdrecord -v -dao -audio $* dev=2,0,0 speed=4 > This is supposed