is it possible to convert .wav files to cda so i can play it in my car cd player?

627_627 · 07-26-2004, 03:29 AM

i'm tryiing to just copy from 1 cd to another, and i've got xcdroast and tried installing the latest version of cdrtools (to no avail) but still have no support for on the fly burning. my question is can i use Grip to rip the file to a .wav and then convert to .cda ? anyone know a better way to copy a cd?

thanks in advance

jax8 · 07-26-2004, 03:38 AM

k3b is a very good cd and dvd copy program.

Very user friendly and full of functionality

dslboy · 07-26-2004, 04:57 AM

Rip it to wav, and burn it, you dont need cda to play it.

FF103 · 07-26-2004, 12:27 PM

dslboy is correct, just use Grip to rip it to wav files and then burn it as usual.Or if you rip it to linux ogg files, I believe Eroster or Gnome toaster will convert them for you.

627_627 · 07-26-2004, 02:06 PM

awesome. now whenever i try to burn it iit's only showing up as one track, any ideas why?

master · 07-26-2004, 02:29 PM

i thought most car cd players were mp3 am i right or wrong

jrmann1999 · 07-26-2004, 03:36 PM

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i thought most car cd players were mp3 am i right or wrong

Oh man do I feel old.....

the CDA format is a mangled wav file format. As may other posters have noted any linux cd burning program will easily take a wav file to CDA format. If you have one long track with no breaks it's most likely becuase you only had a single wav file. Each file should be it's own track in any sane(k3b) cd burning software.

snakeo2 · 07-27-2004, 08:56 AM

Sorry for jumping in without offering any help, but I have a similar problem. Here is my scenario, I have an mp3, wav, cda player in my car. I would like to burn my ogg files to cda format. Is there a way of doing this without converting the ogg files to mp3 and then burning them as cda? any advise will be appreciated

jrmann1999 · 07-27-2004, 09:15 AM

yes, convert the ogg to wav, WAV == CDA. They're the exact same files as far as the average user is concerned.

Ebel · 07-27-2004, 09:45 AM

I would also like to vouch for k3b. It's just drag and drop.