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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Thanks for your replies. It turnss out the disk *is* CDAudio. > > The friend who gave me the CD said it was mp3 files. As I'm not > accustomed to burning copies of .cda files, I never thought that the > disk could have .cda files on it. It did. So in essence, it was like a > store-bought CD. > > I never knew that Linux wouldn't read that format without ripping the > files with CDParanoia or some such utility. I know that there is every > sort of converter under the sun, but how come Linux won't just recognize > the .cda file format? After all, KSCD and other players will recognize > it. CDParanoia recognizes the format, how come a full-blown GUI install > of Linux doesn't recognize CDAudio? A CD audio disc doesn't have any files on it to read; it just has the raw audio bits. KSCD and the other players don't read files from an audio cd; they recognize that it's an audio cd, and tell the cdrom drive to play the audio directly into the sound card. As I understand it, cdparanoia essentially does the same thing; it tells the cdrom drive to play the audio through its digital sound output, and then writes that audio stream into a file. - -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iQCVAwUBPfLdQlV9A5rVx7XZAQK1HwP/ftJX53J6tJOh+kVwvKYRoeZRlPfgUa3B ap073XkZ3z8DXGCWGCTdwg9B87Fnhrz6LpjUuK6/G8DxaswXtXBw7Z1UxAoqDaXn 7sykyNeYm7iyJkOoz/rmq/IIqqX+0WBRRWp5JCc2VR9pJA7L39UU8Acp4H+LV4QB 3gQa0XVU0PQ= =kkjN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
