Backing up audio CDs?

Cassanova · 02-11-2010, 03:29 PM

Hi! I like music A lot! every CD I buy, I like to rip to my HD as WAVs (i'd do flac but I have a windows system too, and can't for the life of me find a flac codec for Media Player); but I'd also like to create images in case i lose / scratch / otherwise damage my CDs. I usually use DD, but the system has to be unmounted. Problem is IDK where audio CDs are mounted so I can't unmount it. any help?

MTK358 · 02-11-2010, 03:35 PM

If you're using GNOME, KDE, or Xfce, their file managers automatically mount media.

GNOME and Xfce's file managers have an unmount option when you right-click the device icon (you should do this before removing the device).

As for where they're mounted, it's almost certainly a subdirectory of /media.

Cassanova · 02-12-2010, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358

If you're using GNOME, KDE, or Xfce, their file managers automatically mount media.

GNOME and Xfce's file managers have an unmount option when you right-click the device icon (you should do this before removing the device).

As for where they're mounted, it's almost certainly a subdirectory of /media.

I'm using gnome most of the time. and I can unmount them on the desktop but using

Code:

 umount scd0

dd if=/dev/scd0 of=~/*mydirectory*/*myimage*.iso

doesn't seem to work on audio CDs as it does on any other CD it just says somthing to the effect of "0 bits read 0 bits written"

H_TeXMeX_H · 02-12-2010, 03:44 AM

I usually use 'cdrdao' to do it, but I'm quite sure you cannot mount audio CDs.

Aquarius_Girl · 02-12-2010, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358

If you're using GNOME, KDE, or Xfce, their file managers automatically mount media.

GNOME and Xfce's file managers have an unmount option when you right-click the device icon (you should do this before removing the device).

As for where they're mounted, it's almost certainly a subdirectory of /media.

You are right about KDE but Xfce 4.6 doesn't detect the Audio CDs. There is no icon shown w.r.t Audio CDs so u can't right click and unmount.

Nothing is shown in /media directory also, in Xfce 4.6

MTK358 · 02-12-2010, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cassanova

I'm using gnome most of the time. and I can unmount them on the desktop but using

Code:

 umount scd0

dd if=/dev/scd0 of=~/*mydirectory*/*myimage*.iso

doesn't seem to work on audio CDs as it does on any other CD it just says somthing to the effect of "0 bits read 0 bits written"

You umount the mount point, not the device.

reed9 · 02-12-2010, 06:24 AM

Er, you don't really mount audio CDs. Unlike a data CD, there is no file system on an audio CD. I'm fairly sure this means dd would not be able to copy an audio cd, since there are no data sectors on it.

I'm not clear why backing up your music as wav files was a problem? If your CD gets damaged, just reburn?

And Windows can deal with FLAC.
http://flac.sourceforge.net/document...s.html#windows