This might well be a common question, but I did not find out an answer searching archives...
Which is the best way to copy an audio cd?
I would like to have cd-text into the final cd, so at the present time I extract audio from the original cd with EAC, then I burn to the cd-r with burnatonce (www.burnatonce.com), using 4x speed.
Am I correct? Is there anyway something better? Some recommended setting and /or speed?
I compress the audio files to my hard disk too, into mp3 or ogg format, but I like to have a copy of the best one album on cd-audio format, for portability issues or to be able to compress them again whenever the need arise (e.g. new, best lossy codec).
Thank you.
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Heh... this question has been asked a lot of times.
Is it possible that you couldn't get the search option to work?
What you have to do:
Use EAC, and get a decent guide, in order to set good settings (e.g. SatCP's guide). Make sure you are working in 'secure mode'.
The best settings (or what is considered to be the best, quality-wise, by most people) can also be found in a guide I wrote by myself (see my signature below). It consists of two parts, you'll only need the first part ('configuring EAC').
That was about the settings. You also need a command (from the EAC menu) to get EAC working. Good and often-used commands are:
* create image and cue sheet (which gives you one big audio file
* (test and) copy selected tracks uncompressed (and 'make 'noncompliant' cue sheet, if desired) (here you have separate tracks)
You'll find these commands in the EAC menu. For pros/cons on these options, may I refer to the search function of this forum (or Google...)
Then burn with EAC (if it supports your burner), using the Cue sheet. CD copied
EAC can also write CD-text (if your burner supports it), but I am not the right person to tell you about CD-text (never used it...).
BTW, you might want to know what lossless compression is (if you dont know already...). It compresses the audio to about half the original size, but you lose no quality (like what you call 'audio-format'). Do a search for Monkey's Audio...
Is it possible that you couldn't get the search option to work?
What you have to do:
Use EAC, and get a decent guide, in order to set good settings (e.g. SatCP's guide). Make sure you are working in 'secure mode'.
The best settings (or what is considered to be the best, quality-wise, by most people) can also be found in a guide I wrote by myself (see my signature below). It consists of two parts, you'll only need the first part ('configuring EAC').
That was about the settings. You also need a command (from the EAC menu) to get EAC working. Good and often-used commands are:
* create image and cue sheet (which gives you one big audio file
* (test and) copy selected tracks uncompressed (and 'make 'noncompliant' cue sheet, if desired) (here you have separate tracks)
You'll find these commands in the EAC menu. For pros/cons on these options, may I refer to the search function of this forum (or Google...)
Then burn with EAC (if it supports your burner), using the Cue sheet. CD copied
EAC can also write CD-text (if your burner supports it), but I am not the right person to tell you about CD-text (never used it...).
BTW, you might want to know what lossless compression is (if you dont know already...). It compresses the audio to about half the original size, but you lose no quality (like what you call 'audio-format'). Do a search for Monkey's Audio...
yup...
QUOTE(n68 @ Apr 23 2003 - 09:46 PM)
yup...
Trying to increase your amount of posts, eh?
EDIT: Y E S !! , one more for me as well!
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