Ripping OGG files (was Re: can't mount cdrom)

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, at 9:03am, jason at sigio.com wrote:
>> This discussion is ludicrous, even by GNHLUG standards.  :-)  If someone
>> wants their audio in one big file, who cares?
>
> Yeah, but I don't know of any ripping software that does that. If anybody
> finds such a beast, please be kind enough to tell the rest of us.

  I was referring to the discussion over whether or not one should keep
their music in a single large file or not.  :)

  As far as the extraction goes, someone pointed out that CDParanoia should
do that if you give it an argument of "1-" (rip all tracks) but leave out
the "-B" (batch) switch.

> I imagine you could dd the CD to a file and try playing it as an audio CD.
> I don't know if that would work.

  That will not.  The CD block device only works if the CD-ROM device driver
finds an Orange Book data session.  Red Book audio is read at a lower level
than that.

  Even using regular "dd" on an Orange Book "data" CD-ROM does not always
work properly.  The "cdrecord" package includes a command, "readcd",
designed to extract all data from a CD.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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