On Thursday 03 July 2003 22:43, Ryan Underwood wrote: > Programs like cdparanoia and EAC operate as digital rippers, using the > cdrom's built in mechanisms to extract the audio data directly. There > are other programs however (such as cdsound-recorder) that will play the > disc through your CD drive's built in DAC, and record the sound through > your soundcards ADC input. Or, you can use a standalone CD player for > the same effect. Wow. They do this using that unsheilded wire on a ribbon cable that goes from the CD rom drive to the sound card? I never bothered connecting the two on any of my PCs, because if I wanted to play audio CD's, I certainly would want to do it on my seperate stereo system, and not from a noisy PC. Has anyone on this list actually made serious use of a CD-rom to soundcard analog connection? The idea sounds stupid to me, but maybe the noise issue isn't nearly as bad as I think it would be. Larry
