Copying a CD

[russ]

Up to now, I've only used imgburn to burn .iso files that I've downloaded from the internet. I've never had a bit of trouble doing that.

 

I have now attempted to copy an audio cd for burning, but failed miserably. When my media player complained that the files were unplayable, I checked and found that each of the .cda files created were only 44 Bytes per file.

 

Obviously I did something improperly. I won't go into the procedure I used, as it did not work. What is the correct procedure for copying an audio cd?

[dontasciime]

windows will show 44 bytes

[russ]

windows will show 44 bytes

Thanks for the quick answer. Still, the burn seemed to occur too quickly (it took only seconds) and the media player couldn't play the songs. I even tried playing with WinAmp and that failed, too.

Edited September 3, 2007 by russ

[LIGHTNING UK!]

ImgBurn can't copy Audio CDs yet and if you just dragged + dropped the CDA files into Build mode, that was never going to work as they're not real files.

[russ]

ImgBurn can't copy Audio CDs yet and if you just dragged + dropped the CDA files into Build mode, that was never going to work as they're not real files.

 

I didn't drag and drop using the build. I used "D:\" (without the quotes, of course). That doesn't work, either.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Both do the same thing.

 

Build mode wouldn't work full stop.

 

The only way to copy a 'complex' disc like an Audio CD is to use 'Read' mode to take a complete image - and if you try doing that you'll see 'Read' mode doesn't support Audio CD's yet.

[russ]

Both do the same thing.

 

Build mode wouldn't work full stop.

 

The only way to copy a 'complex' disc like an Audio CD is to use 'Read' mode to take a complete image - and if you try doing that you'll see 'Read' mode doesn't support Audio CD's yet.

 

So, I guess, an audio cd cannot be copied with imgburn?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Not until I release v2.4.0.0, no.

[chewy]

and all these years I thought that cda's were real files

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Audio_track_shortcut

 

makes a lot more sense now