On Thursday 13 January 2011 19:12:05 pk wrote: > On 2011-01-13 17:54, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > cdda2wav nows aabout vendor unique SCSI commands that give better results > > and it knows about various defects and deviations from the Red book > > standard. With this knowledge, it is able to extract things typically > > better and in many cases it is able to read the CD at all even though > > the kernel ictl interface will fail due to massive redbook deviations on > > the medium. > > Ok, thanks for the explanation! It's a bit disappointing that there are > deviations from the red book standard though... > > MfG > > Peter K
They are easy to spot though as only CDs adhering to the red book standard are legally allowed to display the Audio-CD logo. For the deviations, blame the record companies who still think that people are willing to pay way over the odds for substandard music... -- Joost
