On 2007-09-13, Brian wrote: > On Sep 13, 2007, at 12:08, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote: >> I would really like to see support for .cda as input files. The cda >> format >> is the one used on regular audio CDs. >> >> Support for this format would make it even easier to encode to FLAC >> from CDs > > You are mistaken, Daniel. Regular audio CDs do not use any kind of > "file format" > CDDA consists of a stream of audio data with metadata codes in a > bitstream - there are no files, only a continuous stream of bits, > frames, blocks, etc. > The .cda files that you see are created by converting the raw CDDA > data to a file - they are not to be confused with the original. > The FLAC command-line conversion utility supports "raw" input, which > is the closest thing to regular audio CD format that you can get.
I know that. However when you put an audio CD in a computer you will see them as files with the .cda extension. Supporting this ‘format’ would make encoding simpler as users would not need to ‘rip’ to a format, but could drag and drop the files from the CD to the computer. -- Daniel Aleksandersen _______________________________________________ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev
