on 1-12-2009 6:02 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: > Filipe Brandenburger wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 19:31, Robert Moskowitz <rgm-tZ9RT1K724GHT8/ATrE1yw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> So far I have seen how to read the Audio CD and make a directory of WAV >>> files with a control file for later burning to CD, but I want an iso >>> image that I can archive and burn audio CDs to use as they get used up. >>> >> No. >> >> The name "iso" comes from ISO-9660, which is the standard that defines >> how *data* CDs work. >> >> See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660 >> >> So, you can only have an "iso" for a data CD, not for an audio CD. >> >> I believe many CD writing programs (especially graphical ones like >> Nero) can create a "project" to burn an audio CD, and maybe some of >> them can "export" this project in form of one big file that has all >> the contents in it, but this file won't be an "iso", it will be an >> exported project for that specific program. AFAIK there is no standard >> for this, in fact, I don't even know if any of the CD burning programs >> actually can do this. >> > > It seems once upon a time I did this. But as I think about it, it was > probably a CD of pictures. THat is data... > >> What is it that you're trying to do? If all you want is to distribute >> the files as a single big/huge file download, maybe you should create >> a zipfile with the wav's inside. It would still require the receiving >> end to manually unzip it and burn it, but it might be closer to what >> you're trying to accomplish. > > I want a single archived file so that as the CD gets used and abused, I > can easily burn a new one, just as easy it is to make a CD of a data iso > image. Have a look at FLAC. It is lossless, but will still reduce the size somewhat. It can write a cue file that will make it easy to restore to a CD, and you can zip or tar the resulting flac/cue files to keep them together. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
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