On 06/30/2012 06:08 PM, JD wrote: > On 06/30/2012 03:58 PM, Andy Blanchard wrote: >> On 30 June 2012 22:49, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jd1008@xxxxxxxxx>> >> wrote: >> >> I used k3b to copy the image of an audio cd. >> It produced files like >> Track01.wav >> .... >> Track16.wav >> >> >> These are the audio tracks in .WAV format, which any media player >> should be able to play. Alternatively you could transcode them into >> FLAC (lossless compression), OGG format (lossy compression), or some >> other format to save some disk space. >> >> and it also produced a file simply with the title of the audio cd, >> and without extensions and it is 803066400 bytes large. >> Running >> $ file 'Into The Unknown' >> Into The Unknown: data >> >> The file is quite larger than the 704MB max (with overburn) >> that a CD can hold. This file is 100MB larger than that. >> >> >> Larger than a data CD, not than an audio CD. Audio CDs are stored in >> sectors of 2,352 bytes, where as data CDs put 2,048 bytes plus some >> checksum data into the same sector space. K3B has generated a raw >> dump of the CD including the checksum data, rather than stripping it out. >> >> So, how can I use this file? I was hoping it would be in >> a format that could be used by any of the plethora of >> media players in linux. >> mplayer failed to open it. >> >> >> I'd say your best path would be to delete it, and then transcode the >> .WAV files into your audio format of choice. >> >> -- >> Andy >> >> /The only person to have all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe/ >> >> > Thanx Andy. > I do know what wav files are. > I was hoping to delete them and use just the one > file which krb says is the image. I was under the > impression it would produce a .img file. But I was > disappointed. Apparently becase an audio CD is > made of multiple tracks, once cannot create a .img > or a .iso of it. > Try this dd if=/dev/sr0 of=cdimage.iso -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org