Copying Audio CD's

[Kerry Hoath]

Basically you need to set some options on the generic-mmc driver like
--driver generic_mmc:0X20
run cdrecord -prcap
and see if your drive can read rw or pq subchannel information. If not,
tell the generic-mmc driver so with option 0x20. If your drive won't read
isrc information then tell it to use the alternate method or tun that
feature off. If you can't scan for pregaps or index markers
then use --fast-toc instead.
cdparanoia rips audio only. Many people think it is for
copying audio cds; but it isn't.
It won't record index markers, catalog numbers, isrc codes or any of the
p-w subcode information.
It obliterates pregap information and often the toc won't match
against the cddb record for the original disk anymore.
Email me the results of cdrecord -prcap off-list and I'll see what magic options are
needed for the generic-mmc driver to make it work with your hardware.
cdparanoia is good for ripping a track or 7, making mp3s and the like but since it rips
track by track it is not well suited for exact audio cd copying.
Note that Niro like cdrdao has trouble with certain drives, and it has a database
in text file format to tell it what it can and can not do with a drive.
My Liteon and Yamaha writers work fine with cdrdao as does my aopen cdrom
drive, but because my lg 8482b drive doesn't
support read-pq subchannel I need option 0X20 on the
generic_mmc driver.
Hope some of this  helps.

REgards, Kerry.
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:12:56PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
> There has been recent comments on the copying of Audio CD's on this
> list using cdrdao.  I have some problems I can't seem to clear up and
> I get absolute no trafic on the cdrdao support list.  I get an idea
> that product is not enjoying any further support.  Other than my two
> queries to the list over the whole week, I received only one message.
> 
> Anyhow, I notice that when I copy an audio CD with 'cdrdao copy
> --keep-image' that my songs all start at least two seconds late.  It
> is as if the toc is off by two seconds.  I also get as many as a
> thousand CRC errors while reading the contents.  It also can't tell if
> it is Hex or BCD data and the two generic-mmc option flags don't do
> any good either.  I am using a Creative RW-8438E model burner and this
> is not listed in their driver base for cdrdao so I have been using the
> generic-mmc driver.  I tried generic-mmc-raw in the recent past with
> no better results.  I really think cdparanoia does a much better job
> extracting audio but I can't get a useable table of contents that
> would be compatible with cdrdao or cdrecord with the dao option.
> Cdrdao shows promise but for my situation I don't feel I can use it
> effectively for digital audio extraction and accurate copying of
> CD's.  
> 
> Any ideas from either list?
> 
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