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Old 06-20-2009, 11:06 PM   #1
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Audio Copy CD with .inf and cd-text using cdda2wav and cdrecord


I am trying to make a copy of a CD, but I would like to add cd-text entries for the title and tracks.

K3B does this. However, I am trying to do it with cdda2wav and cdrecord.

Sometime ago, this worked fine. cdda2wav created .inf files, and -useinfo on cdrecord did it's magic. However the good old days are over, and new versions make my old incantations useless.

In particular, I am having problems getting cdda2wav to actually create the .inf file, with a lookup in the cddb database. I've poured through the man pages, and searched for examples, but I find nothing that helps me. Can anyone give me their cookbook example of how they do this.

In the end, I am trying to make copies of my CDs which I will put in a reader, which will display the text information, which is not on all the cds, but is in the cddb database.

Thanks for any pointers.
 
Old 06-21-2009, 03:39 AM   #2
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It seems to be working for me. "cdda2wav -B -L 0 -D /dev/cdrom" (actually icedax) generates audio.cddb, audio.cdindex, and an audio.inf file for each .wav it produces. I didn't try to run it through cdrecord/wodim though.

My man page for wodim has this to say:
Quote:
To copy an audio CD in the most accurate way, first run

icedax dev=/dev/cdrom -vall cddb=0 -B -Owav

and then run

wodim dev=/dev/cdrw -v -dao -useinfo -text *.wav

This will try to copy track indices and to read CD-Text informa‐
tion from disk. If there is no CD-Text information, icedax will
try to get the information from freedb.org instead.
I tried running the icedax command above and it appears to produce an identical output to my first command.

In any case, if it doesn't work for you, there are other standalone cddb info readers you should be able to use to make the index you need. You should be able to find something with a simple search of your installable program repository.

Last edited by David the H.; 06-21-2009 at 03:41 AM. Reason: minor fix
 
  


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