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CDA compresion? - Possible noob question

What exactly is CDA?
Is it a lossless codec? (That's assuming CDA files are compressed from wav, since 80 mins of cd quality wav can never fit onto a cd)
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CDA compresion? - Possible noob question

Reply #1 –
Nope, it's uncompressed linear PCM.  And yes it does fit as audio CDs can hold about 800MB unlike data CDs at 700MB

Uncompressed 16 bit LPCM sampled at 44.1kHz and 2 channel to be technical
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CDA compresion? - Possible noob question

Reply #2 –
Some Windows versions show .cda files on an audio CD when you open it in explorer. These are not real files, just a pseudo interpretation. The data on the disc is CD digital audio format.