Hi Larry, On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 04:36:14AM -0400, Larry Troxler wrote: > 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. I have done it before, and it really isn't that big a deal. Obviously the quality depends on your cdrom's dac as well as the quality of the cable, noisiness of the environment, soundcard quality, etc, but at least on my system I was able to get quite acceptable results. -- Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=10317253
