CDDA2WAV(1) General Commands Manual CDDA2WAV(1)
NAME
cdda2wav - a sampling utility that dumps CD audio data into wav sound files
SYNOPSIS
cdda2wav [-c chans] [-s] [-m] [-b bits] [-r rate] [-a divider] [-t track[+endtrack]] [-i index] [-o offset] [-d duration] [-x] [-q] [-w]
[-v optlist] [-V] [-Q] [-J] [-L cddbmode] [-R] [-P sectors] [-F] [-G] [-T] [-e] [-p percentage] [-n sectors] [-l buffers] [-N] [-J] [-H]
[-g] [-B] [dev= device] [-A auxdevice] [-I interface] [-O audiotype] [-C input-endianess] [-E output-endianess] [-M] [-S speed] [-paranoia]
[-paraopts=list] [cddbp-server=servername] [cddbp-port=portnumber] [filename(s) or directories]
DESCRIPTION
cdda2wav can retrieve audio tracks from CDROM drives (see README for a list of drives) that are capable of reading audio data digitally to
the host
As cdda2wav may be directed to write the audio data to stdout, it writes all it's informational output to stderr by default. See
out-fd=descriptor option below. (CDDA).
OPTIONS
dev=device
-D device
-device device
uses device as the source for CDDA reading. For example /dev/cdrom for the cooked_ioctl interface and Bus,ID,Lun for the
generic_scsi interface. The device has to correspond with the interface setting (see below).
Using the cooked_ioctl is not recommended as this makes cdda2wav mainly depend on the audio extraction quality of the operating sys-
tem which is usually extremely bad.
The setting of the environment variable CDDA_DEVICE is overridden by this option.
If no dev= option is present, or if the dev= option only contains a transport specifyer but no address, cdda2wav tries to scan the
SCSI address space for CD-ROM drives. If exactly one is found, this is used by default.
ts=# Set the maximum transfer size for a single SCSI command to #. The syntax for the ts= option is the same as for cdrecord fs=# or sdd
bs=#.
If no ts= option has been specified, cdda2wav defaults to a transfer size of 3 MB. If libscg gets lower values from the operating
system, the value is reduced to the maximum value that is possible with the current operating system. Sometimes, it may help to
further reduce the transfer size or to enhance it, but note that it may take a long time to find a better value by experimenting
with the ts= option.
-A auxdevice
-auxdevice auxdevice
uses auxdevice as CDROM drive for ioctl usage.
-I interface
-interface interface
specifies the interface for CDROM access: generic_scsi or (on Linux, and FreeBSD systems) cooked_ioctl.
out-fd=descriptor
Redirect informational output to the file descriptor named by descriptor. The parameter descriptor specifies a UNIX file descriptor
number. Redirecting the informational output to a different file descriptor helps gui's and other programs that call cdda2wav via
pipes.
audio-fd=descriptor
In case that the file name for the audio data file is "-", redirect audio output to the file descriptor named by descriptor. The
parameter descriptor specifies a UNIX file descriptor number. Redirecting the audio output to a different file descriptor helps
gui's and other programs that call cdda2wav via pipes.
-no-fork
Do not fork for extended buffering. If -no-fork is used and cdda2wav is used to play back audio CDs in paranoia mode, the playback
is not always uninterrupted.
-c channels
-channels channels
uses 1 for mono, or 2 for stereo recording, or s for stereo recording with both channels swapped.
-s
-stereo
sets to stereo recording.
-m
-mono sets to mono recording.
-x
-max sets maximum (CD) quality.
-b bits
-bits-per-sample bits
sets bits per sample per channel: 8, 12 or 16.
-r rate
-rate rate
sets rate in samples per second. Possible values are listed with the -R option.
-a divider
-divider divider
sets rate to 44100Hz / divider. Possible values are listed with the -R option.
-R
-dump-rates
shows a list of all sample rates and their dividers.
-P sectors
-set-overlap sectors
sets the initial number of overlap sectors for jitter correction.
-n sectors
-sectors-per-request sectors
reads sectors per request.
-l buffers
-buffers-in-ring buffers
uses a ring buffer with buffers total.
-t track+endtrack
-track track+endtrack
selects the start track and optionally the end track.
-i index
-index index
selects the start index.
-o offset
-offset offset
starts offset sectors behind start track (one sector equivalents 1/75 seconds).
-start-sector sector
set an absolute start sector. This option is mutually exclusive to -track and -offset.
-O audiotype
-output-format audiotype
can be wav (for wav files) or aiff (for apple/sgi aiff files) or aifc (for apple/sgi aifc files) or au or sun (for sun .au PCM
files) or cdr or raw (for headerless files to be used for cd writers).
-C endianess
-cdrom-endianess endianess
sets endianess of the input samples to 'little', 'big' or 'guess' to override defaults.
-E endianess
-output-endianess endianess
sets endianess of the output samples to 'little' or 'big' to override defaults.
-d duration
-duration duration
sets recording time in seconds or frames. Frames (sectors) are indicated by a 'f' suffix (like 75f for 75 sectors). 0 sets the
time for whole track.
-B
-bulk
-alltracks
copies each track into a seperate file.
-w
-wait waits for signal, then start recording.
-F
-find-extremes
finds extrem amplitudes in samples.
-G
-find-mono
finds if input samples are in mono.
-T
-deemphasize
undo the effect of pre-emphasis in the input samples.
-e
-echo copies audio data to sound device e.g. /dev/dsp.
sound-device=sounddevice
set an alternate sound device to use for -e.
-p percentage
-playback-realtime percentage
changes pitch of audio data copied to sound device.
-v itemlist
-verbose-level itemlist
prints verbose information about the CD. Level is a list of comma seperated suboptions. Each suboption controls the type of infor-
mation to be reported.
+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
|Suboption | Description |
+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| disable | no information is given, warnings appear however |
| all | all information is given |
| toc | show table of contents |
| summary | show a summary of the recording parameters |
| indices | determine and display index offsets |
| catalog | retrieve and display the media catalog number MCN |
| trackid | retrieve and display all Intern. Standard Recording Codes ISRC |
| sectors | show the table of contents in start sector notation |
| titles | show the table of contents with track titles (when available) |
+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
-N
-no-write
does not write to a file, it just reads (for debugging purposes).
-J
-info-only
does not write to a file, it just gives information about the disc.
-L cddb mode
-cddb cddb mode
does a cddbp album- and track title lookup based on the cddb id. The parameter cddb mode defines how multiple entries shall be han-
dled.
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|Parameter | Description |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 0 | interactive mode. The user selects the entry to use. |
| 1 | first fit mode. The first entry is taken unconditionally. |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
cddbp-server=servername
sets the server to be contacted for title lookups.
cddbp-port=portnumber
sets the port number to be used for title lookups.
-H
-no-infofile
does not write an info file and a cddb file.
-g
-gui formats the output to be better parsable by gui frontends.
-M
-md5 enables calculation of MD-5 checksum for all audio bytes from the beginning of a track. The audio header is skipped when calculating
the MD-5 checksum.
-S speed
-speed speed
sets the cdrom device to one of the selectable speeds for reading.
-q
-quiet quiet operation, no screen output.
-V
-verbose-scsi
enable SCSI command logging to the console. This is mainly used for debugging.
-Q
-silent-scsi
suppress SCSI command error reports to the console. This is mainly used for guis.
-scanbus
Scan all SCSI devices on all SCSI busses and print the inquiry strings. This option may be used to find SCSI address of the CD/DVD-
Recorder on a system. The numbers printed out as labels are computed by: bus * 100 + target
-paranoia
use the paranoia library as a filter on top of cdda2wav's routines for reading. If the paranoia mode is used, cdda2wav displays
some quality statistics for each extracted track. The following items appear in the list:
+--------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Value | Description |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| rderr | Number of hard read errors |
| skip | Number of sectors skipped due to exhausted retries |
| atom | Number of intra sector jitters (frame jitters) detected |
| edge | Number of jitters between sectors detected |
| drop | Number of dropped bytes fixed |
| dup | Number of duplicate bytes fixed |
| drift | Number of drifts detected |
|overlap | Number of dynamic overlap size raises |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------------+
-paraopts=list
List is a comma separated list of suboptions passed to the paranoia library.
+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Option | Description |
+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| help | lists all paranoia options. |
| disable | disables paranoia mode. Paranoia is still being used |
| no-verify | switches verify off, and static overlap on |
|retries=amount | set the number of maximum retries per sector |
|overlap=amount | set the number of sectors used for statical paranoia overlap |
|minoverlap=amt | set the min. number of sectors for dynamic paranoia overlap |
|maxoverlap=amt | set the max. number of sectors for dynamic paranoia overlap |
+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-h
-help display version of cdda2wav on standard output.
-version
display version and Copyright information.
Defaults depend on the
Makefile and environment variable settings (currently CDDA_DEVICE ).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
CDDA_DEVICE is used to set the device name. The device naming is compatible with Joerg Schilling's cdrecord package.
CDDBP_SERVER
is used for cddbp title lookups when supplied.
CDDBP_PORT
is used for cddbp title lookups when supplied.
RSH If the RSH environment variable is present, the remote connection will not be created via rcmd(3) but by calling the program pointed
to by RSH. Use e.g. RSH=/usr/bin/ssh to create a secure shell connection.
Note that this forces cdda2wav to create a pipe to the rsh(1) program and disallows cdda2wav to directly access the network socket
to the remote server. This makes it impossible to set up performance parameters and slows down the connection compared to a root
initiated rcmd(3) connection.
RSCSI If the RSCSI environment variable is present, the remote SCSI server will not be the program /opt/schily/sbin/rscsi but the program
pointed to by RSCSI. Note that the remote SCSI server program name will be ignored if you log in using an account that has been
created with a remote SCSI server program as login shell.
RETURN VALUES
cdda2wav uses the following exit codes to indicate various degress of success:
+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Exitcode | Description |
+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 0 | no errors encountered, successful operation. |
| 1 | usage or syntax error. cdda2wav got inconsistent arguments. |
| 2 | permission (un)set errors. permission changes failed. |
| 3 | read errors on the cdrom/burner device encountered. |
| 4 | write errors while writing one of the output files encountered. |
| 5 | errors with soundcard handling (initialization/write). |
| 6 | errors with stat() system call on the read device (cooked ioctl). |
| 7 | pipe communication errors encountered (in forked mode). |
| 8 | signal handler installation errors encountered. |
| 9 | allocation of shared memory failed (in forked mode). |
| 10 | dynamic heap memory allocation failed. |
| 11 | errors on the audio cd medium encountered. |
| 12 | device open error in ioctl handling detected. |
| 13 | race condition in ioctl interface handling detected. |
| 14 | error in ioctl() operation encountered. |
| 15 | internal error encountered. Please report back!!! |
| 16 | error in semaphore operation encountered (install / request). |
| 17 | could not get the scsi transfer buffer. |
| 18 | could not create pipes for process communication (in forked mode). |
+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
DISCUSSION
cdda2wav is able to read parts of an audio CD or multimedia CDROM (containing audio parts) directly digitally. These parts can be written
to a file, a pipe, or to a sound device.
cdda2wav stands for CDDA to WAV (where CDDA stands for compact disc digital audio and WAV is a sound sample format introduced by MS Win-
dows). It allows copying CDDA audio data from the CDROM drive into a file in WAV or other formats.
The latest versions try to get higher real-time scheduling priorities to ensure smooth (uninterrupted) operation. These priorities are
available for super users and are higher than those of 'normal' processes. Thus delays are minimized.
If your CDROM is on device DEV and it is loaded with an audio CD, you may simply invoke cdda2wav dev=DEV and it will create the sound file
audio.wav recording the whole track beginning with track 1 in stereo at 16 bit at 44100 Hz sample rate, if your file system has enough
space free. Otherwise recording time will be limited. For details see files README and README.INSTALL
HINTS ON OPTIONS
Options
Most of the options are used to control the format of the WAV file. In the following text all of them are described.
Select Device
-D device selects the CDROM drive device to be used. The specifier given should correspond to the selected interface (see below).
CHANGE! For the cooked_ioctl interface this is the cdrom device descriptor as before. The SCSI devices used with the generic SCSI
interface however are now addressed with their SCSI-Bus, SCSI-Id, and SCSI-Lun instead of the generic SCSI device descriptor!!! One
example for a SCSI CDROM drive on bus 0 with SCSI ID 3 and lun 0 is -D0,3,0.
Select Auxiliary device
-A auxdevice is necessary for CD-Extra handling. For Non-SCSI-CDROM drives this is the same device as given by -D (see above). For
SCSI-CDROM drives it is the CDROM drive (SCSI) device (i.e. /dev/sr0 ) corresponding to the SCSI device (i.e. 0,3,0 ). It has to
match the device used for sampling.
Select Interface
-I interface selects the CDROM drive interface. For SCSI drives use generic_scsi (cooked_ioctl may not yet be available for all
devices): generic_scsi and cooked_ioctl. The first uses the generic SCSI interface, the latter uses the ioctl of the CDROM driver.
The latter variant works only when the kernel driver supports CDDA reading. This entry has to match the selected CDROM device (see
above).
Enable echo to soundcard
-e copies audio data to the sound card while recording, so you hear it nearly simultaneously. The soundcard gets the same data that
is recorded. This is time critical, so it works best with the -q option. To use cdda2wav as a pseudo CD player without recording in
a file you could use cdda2wav -q -e -t2 -d0 -N to play the whole second track. This feature reduces the recording speed to at most
onefold speed. You cannot make better recordings than your sound card can play (since the same data is used).
Change pitch of echoed audio
-p percentage changes the pitch of all audio echoed to a sound card. Only the copy to the soundcard is affected, the recorded audio
samples in a file remain the same. Normal pitch, which is the default, is given by 100%. Lower percentages correspond to lower
pitches, i.e. -p 50 transposes the audio output one octave lower. See also the script pitchplay as an example. This option was
contributed by Raul Sobon.
Select mono or stereo recording
-m or -c 1 selects mono recording (both stereo channels are mixed), -s or -c 2 or -c s selects stereo recording. Parameter s will
swap both sound channels.
Select maximum quality
-x will set stereo, 16 bits per sample at 44.1 KHz (full CD quality). Note that other format options given later can change this
setting.
Select sample quality
-b 8 specifies 8 bit (1 Byte) for each sample in each channel; -b 12 specifies 12 bit (2 Byte) for each sample in each channel; -b
16 specifies 16 bit (2 Byte) for each sample in each channel (Ensure that your sample player or sound card is capable of playing
12-bit or 16-bit samples). Selecting 12 or 16 bits doubles file size. 12-bit samples are aligned to 16-bit samples, so they waste
some disk space.
Select sample rate
-r samplerate selects a sample rate. samplerate can be in a range between 44100 and 900. Option -R lists all available rates.
Select sample rate divider
-a divider selects a sample rate divider. divider can be minimally 1 and maximally 50.5 and everything between in steps of 0.5.
Option -R lists all available rates.
To make the sound smoother at lower sampling rates, cdda2wav sums over n samples (where n is the specific dividend). So for 22050
Hertz output we have to sum over 2 samples, for 900 Hertz we have to sum over 49 samples. This cancels higher frequencies. Standard
sector size of an audio CD (ignoring additional information) is 2352 Bytes. In order to finish summing for an output sample at sec-
tor boundaries the rates above have to be choosen. Arbitrary sampling rates in high quality would require some interpolation
scheme, which needs much more sophisticated programming.
List a table of all sampling rates
-R shows a list of all sample rates and their dividers. Dividers can range from 1 to 50.5 in steps of 0.5.
Select start track and optionally end track
-t n+m selects n as the start track and optionally m as the last track of a range to be recorded. These tracks must be from the ta-
ble of contents. This sets the track where recording begins. Recording can advance through the following tracks as well (limited by
the optional end track or otherwise depending on recording time). Whether one file or different files are then created depends on
the -B option (see below).
Select start index
-i n selects the index to start recording with. Indices other than 1 will invoke the index scanner, which will take some time to
find the correct start position. An offset may be given additionally (see below).
Set recording time
-d n sets recording time to n seconds or set recording time for whole track if n is zero. In order to specify the duration in
frames (sectors) also, the argument can have an appended 'f'. Then the numerical argument is to be taken as frames (sectors) rather
than seconds. Please note that if track ranges are being used they define the recording time as well thus overriding any -d option
specified times.
Recording time is defined as the time the generated sample will play (at the defined sample rate). Since it's related to the amount
of generated samples, it's not the time of the sampling process itself (which can be less or more). It's neither strictly coupled
with the time information on the audio CD (shown by your hifi CD player). Differences can occur by the usage of the -o option (see
below). Notice that recording time will be shortened, unless enough disk space exists. Recording can be aborted at anytime by press-
ing the break character (signal SIGQUIT).
Record all tracks of a complete audio CD in seperate files
-B copies each track into a seperate file. A base name can be given. File names have an appended track number and an extension cor-
responding to the audio format. To record all audio tracks of a CD, use a sufficient high duration (i.e. -d99999).
Set start sector offset
-o sectors increments start sector of the track by sectors. By this option you are able to skip a certain amount at the beginning
of a track so you can pick exactly the part you want. Each sector runs for 1/75 seconds, so you have very fine control. If your off-
set is so high that it would not fit into the current track, a warning message is issued and the offset is ignored. Recording time
is not reduced. (To skip introductory quiet passages automagically, use the -w option see below.)
Wait for signal option
-w Turning on this option will suppress all silent output at startup, reducing possibly file size. cdda2wav will watch for any sig-
nal in the output signal and switches on writing to file.
Find extrem samples
-F Turning on this option will display the most negative and the most positive sample value found during recording for both chan-
nels. This can be useful for readjusting the volume. The values shown are not reset at track boundaries, they cover the complete
sampling process. They are taken from the original samples and have the same format (i.e. they are independent of the selected out-
put format).
Find if input samples are in mono
-G If this option is given, input samples for both channels will be compared. At the end of the program the result is printed. Dif-
ferences in the channels indicate stereo, otherwise when both channels are equal it will indicate mono.
Undo the pre-emphasis in the input samples
-T Some older audio CDs are recorded with a modified frequency response called pre-emphasis. This is found mostly in classical
recordings. The correction can be seen in the flags of the Table Of Contents often. But there are recordings, that show this setting
only in the subchannels. If this option is given, the index scanner will be started, which reads the q-subchannel of each track. If
pre-emphasis is indicated in the q-subchannel of a track, but not in the TOC, pre-emphasis will be assumed to be present, and subse-
quently a reverse filtering is done for this track before the samples are written into the audio file.
Set audio format
-O audiotype can be wav (for wav files) or au or sun (for sun PCM files) or cdr or raw (for headerless files to be used for cd
writers). All file samples are coded in linear pulse code modulation (as done in the audio compact disc format). This holds for all
audio formats. Wav files are compatible to Wind*ws sound files, they have lsb,msb byte order as being used on the audio cd. The
default filename extension is '.wav'. Sun type files are not like the older common logarithmically coded .au files, but instead as
mentioned above linear PCM is used. The byte order is msb,lsb to be compatible. The default filename extension is '.au'. The AIFF
and the newer variant AIFC from the Apple/SGI world store their samples in bigendian format (msb,lsb). In AIFC no compression is
used. Finally the easiest 'format', the cdr aka raw format. It is done per default in msb,lsb byte order to satisfy the order
wanted by most cd writers. Since there is no header information in this format, the sample parameters can only be identified by
playing the samples on a soundcard or similiar. The default filename extension is '.cdr' or '.raw'.
Select cdrom drive reading speed
-S speed allows to switch the cdrom drive to a certain level of speed in order to reduce read errors. The argument is transfered
verbatim to the drive. Details depend very much on the cdrom drives. An argument of 0 for example is often the default speed of
the drive, a value of 1 often selects single speed.
Enable MD5 checksums
-M count enables calculation of MD-5 checksum for 'count' bytes from the beginning of a track. This was introduced for quick com-
parisons of tracks.
Use Monty's libparanoia for reading of sectors
-paranoia selects an alternate way of extracting audio sectors. Monty's library is used with the following default options:
PARANOIA_MODE_FULL, but without PARANOIA_MODE_NEVERSKIP
for details see Monty's libparanoia documentation. In this case the option -P has no effect.
Do linear or overlapping reading of sectors
(This applies unless option -paranoia is used.) -P sectors sets the given number of sectors for initial overlap sampling for jit-
ter correction. Two cases are to be distinguished. For nonzero values, some sectors are read twice to enable cdda2wav's jitter cor-
rection. If an argument of zero is given, no overlap sampling will be used. For nonzero overlap sectors cdda2wav dynamically
adjusts the setting during sampling (like cdparanoia does). If no match can be found, cdda2wav retries the read with an increased
overlap. If the amount of jitter is lower than the current overlapped samples, cdda2wav reduces the overlap setting, resulting in a
higher reading speed. The argument given has to be lower than the total number of sectors per request (see option -n below).
Cdda2wav will check this setting and issues a error message otherwise. The case of zero sectors is nice on low load situations or
errorfree (perfect) cdrom drives and perfect (not scratched) audio cds.
Set the transfer size
-n sectors will set the transfer size to the specified sectors per request.
Set number of ring buffer elements
-l buffers will allocate the specified number of ring buffer elements.
Set endianess of input samples
-C endianess will override the default settings of the input format. Endianess can be set explicitly to "little" or "big" or to
the automatic endianess detection based on voting with "guess".
Set endianess of output samples
-E endianess (endianess can be "little" or "big") will override the default settings of the output format.
Verbose option
-v itemlist prints more information. A list allows selection of different information items.
disable keeps quiet
toc displays the table of contents
summary displays a summary of recording parameters
indices invokes the index scanner and displays start positions of indices
catalog retrieves and displays a media catalog number
trackid retrieves and displays international standard recording codes
sectors displays track start positions in absolute sector notation
To combine several requests just list the suboptions seperated with commas.
The table of contents
The display will show the table of contents with number of tracks and total time (displayed in mm:ss.hh format, mm=minutes, ss=sec-
onds, hh=rounded 1/100 seconds). The following list displays track number and track time for each entry. The summary gives a line
per track describing the type of the track.
track preemphasis copypermitted tracktype chans
The track column holds the track number. preemphasis shows if that track has been given a non linear frequency response. NOTE: You
can undo this effect with the -T option. copy-permitted indicates if this track is allowed to copy. tracktype can be data or
audio. On multimedia CDs (except hidden track CDs) both of them should be present. channels is defined for audio tracks only. There
can be two or four channels.
No file output
-N this debugging option switches off writing to a file.
No infofile generation
-H this option switches off creation of an info file and a cddb file.
Generation of simple output for gui frontends
-g this option switches on simple line formatting, which is needed to support gui frontends (like xcd-roast).
Verbose SCSI logging
-V this option switches on logging of SCSI commands. This will produce a lot of output (when SCSI devices are being used). This is
needed for debugging purposes. The format is the same as being used with the cdrecord program from Joerg Schilling. I will not
describe it here.
Quiet option
-q suppresses all screen output except error messages. That reduces cpu time resources.
Just show information option
-J does not write a file, it only prints information about the disc (depending on the -v option). This is just for information pur-
poses.
CDDBP support
Lookup album and track titles option
-L cddbp mode Cdda2wav tries to retrieve performer, album-, and track titles from a cddbp server. The default server right now is
'freedb.freedb.org'. It is planned to have more control over the server handling later. The parameter defines how multiple entries
are handled:
0 interactive mode, the user chooses one of the entries.
1 take the first entry without asking.
Set server for title lookups
cddbp-server servername When using -L or -cddb, the server being contacted can be set with this option.
Set portnumber for title lookups
cddbp-port portnumber When using -L or -cddb, the server port being contacted can be set with this option.
HINTS ON USAGE
Don't create samples you cannot read. First check your sample player software and sound card hardware. I experienced problems with very low
sample rates (stereo <= 1575 Hz, mono <= 3675 Hz) when trying to play them with standard WAV players for sound blaster (maybe they are not
legal in WAV format). Most CD-Writers insist on audio samples in a bigendian format. Now cdda2wav supports the -E endianess option to
control the endianess of the written samples.
If your hardware is fast enough to run cdda2wav uninterrupted and your CD drive is one of the 'perfect' ones, you will gain speed when
switching all overlap sampling off with the -P 0 option. Further fine tuning can be done with the -n sectors option. You can specify how
much sectors should be requested in one go.
Cdda2wav supports pipes now. Use a filename of - to let cdda2wav output its samples to standard output.
Conversion to other sound formats can be done using the sox program package (although the use of sox -x to change the byte order of samples
should be no more necessary; see option -E to change the output byteorder).
If you want to sample more than one track into different files in one run, this is currently possible with the -B option. When recording
time exceeds the track limit a new file will be opened for the next track.
FILES
Cdda2wav can generate a lot of files for various purposes.
Audio files:
There are audio files containing samples with default extensions These files are not generated when option (-N) is given. Multiple files
may be written when the bulk copy option (-B) is used. Individual file names can be given as arguments. If the number of file names given
is sufficient to cover all included audio tracks, the file names will be used verbatim. Otherwise, if there are less file names than files
needed to write the included tracks, the part of the file name before the extension is extended with '_dd' where dd represents the current
track number.
Cddb and Cdindex files:
If cdda2wav detects cd-extra or cd-text (album/track) title information, then .cddb and .cdindex files are generated unless suppressed by
the option -H. They contain suitable formatted entries for submission to audio cd track title databases in the internet. The CDINDEX and
CDDB(tm) systems are currently supported. For more information please visit www.musicbrainz.org and www.freedb.com.
Inf files:
The inf files are describing the sample files and the part from the audio cd, it was taken from. They are a means to transfer information
to a cd burning program like cdrecord. For example, if the original audio cd had pre-emphasis enabled, and cdda2wav -T did remove the pre-
emphasis, then the inf file has pre-emphasis not set (since the audio file does not have it anymore), while the .cddb and the .cdindex have
pre-emphasis set as the original does.
WARNING
IMPORTANT: it is prohibited to sell copies of copyrighted material by noncopyright holders. This program may not be used to circumvent
copyrights. The user acknowledges this constraint when using the software.
BUGS
Generation of md5 checksums is currently broken.
Performance may not be optimal on slower systems.
The index scanner may give timeouts.
The resampling (rate conversion code) uses polynomial interpolation, which is not optimal.
Cdda2wav should use threads.
Cdda2wav currently cannot sample hidden audio tracks (track 1 index 0).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks goto Project MODE (http://www.mode.net/) and Fraunhofer Institut fuer integrierte Schaltungen (FhG-IIS) (http://www.iis.fhg.de/) for
financial support. Plextor Europe and Ricoh Japan provided cdrom disk drives and cd burners which helped a lot to develop this software.
Rammi has helped a lot with the debugging and showed a lot of stamina when hearing 100 times the first 16 seconds of the first track of the
Krupps CD. Libparanoia contributed by Monty (Christopher Montgomery) xiphmont@mit.edu.
AUTHOR
Heiko Eissfeldt heiko@colossus.escape.de
DATE
11 Sep 2002
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Availability | SUNWmkcd |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Unstable |
+--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES
This utility is part of cdrtools. The source for cdrtools is available on http://opensolaris.org.
CDDA2WAV(1)