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Phil Gregory
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 Posted - Mon May 28, 2001 3:14 pm
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I want to convert some CD's I have to Wav and MP3 formats, but when I open them the audio selections have a "cda" extension. When I try to open them in Cool Edit 2000, it tries to open them as a "raw" format, but when I open them, there is only a tiny (no more than a second) audio segment and that segment has no sound when played. How do I convert "cda" format files to wav or mp3 formats?
Phil
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SteveG
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted - Mon May 28, 2001 3:25 pm
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Basically, you need a ripper. If you do a search in these forums, you will find loads of references to ripping, but you could try this one for a start:
'Good CD ripper?'
Steve
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Syntrillium M.D.
Location: USA
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Posted - Tue May 29, 2001 9:29 am
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Hi Phil. Ripping is the best way; you can also simply re-record the CD's audio into Cool Edit (but then you're also introducing an additional A/D conversion).
Here's some more info though on why .CDA can't be used this way...
Cool Edit will not read the .CDA format because .cda is not a format. This is just a code that tells the CD player where to start and stop playing tracks. What you can do is to play the CD in your CD player and record what is playing into Cool Edit and convert it to a Wav file there. This is how this is normally done. Another way you can do this is to get an audio extractor that can pull the tracks off of the CD for editing instead of recording them. You can get an extractor from the site below for no charge. Either way will work in Cool Edit using a supported format like .wav
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
You may also want to take a look at the link below for a replacement VXD file that allows you to view your .cda files as .wav files. This will allow programs like Cool Edit to open these files directly from your CD. We have found that this does work for many CD-ROM drives but a few that we have tested did not work. This is totally optional of course. Anything done with this file is strictly at your own risk. Syntrillium will not take any responsibility for problems that may arise from use of this filter. We can simply state that we have tested it and it has worked great for us in many cases. Check out the link for more details into how this works and if you want to give it a try.
http://www.cdpage.com/Compact_Disc_Consulting/cdfsvxd.html
---Syntrillium Support
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