CDA/Wav file 'conversion'

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Simon

hopefully someone out there can help me with this...

sometime ago I came across an app that (once installed) displayed audio
(CDA) files as WAV files in explorer (I think it may have created a virtual
directory to display the wav files). The displayed WAV files could be
copied elsewhere (as with any file) without the need for any
conversion/encoding etc...

Unfortunately I no longer have it, nor can I remember what it was called
(OldSimon's disease), but have suddenly found a need for it...

TIA

Simon
 
hopefully someone out there can help me with this...

sometime ago I came across an app that (once installed) displayed
audio (CDA) files as WAV files in explorer (I think it may have
created a virtual directory to display the wav files). The displayed
WAV files could be copied elsewhere (as with any file) without the
need for any conversion/encoding etc...
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This makes little sense. There are no files on an audio cd. "Cda files"
are themselves metaphorical representations of the tracks. You cannot
"copy" a cda file to the hard drive without converting it to a wav file,
because your hard drive cannot understand that data unless it is in a file.
That is why you need to "rip" an audio cd. Perhaps you mean that the
program allowed you to convert the cda's to wav simply by dragging and
dropping?
 
This makes little sense. There are no files on an audio cd. "Cda
files" are themselves metaphorical representations of the tracks.
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I remember that there was once a CD driver for Windows that MS tested in
some "9x plus package" that was able to directly copy CD music without
the need of any further rippers. It never made it to public release, but
it somehow leaked out and was spread across the Internet.

I think that is what the original poster wanted, but I do not remember
where I left my copy nor where I got it from.

bye,

Onno
 
This makes little sense. There are no files on an audio cd. "Cda
files" are themselves metaphorical representations of the tracks. You
cannot "copy" a cda file to the hard drive without converting it to a
wav file, because your hard drive cannot understand that data unless
it is in a file. That is why you need to "rip" an audio cd. Perhaps
you mean that the program allowed you to convert the cda's to wav
simply by dragging and dropping?
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apologies if I didn't make myself clear...

It was never my intention to copy the CDA files to my HDD (after all, what
would this achieve??)

The tool I am thinking of, and please bear with me 'cos this was a while
ago, listed the files with a WAV extension and the appropriate details,
possibly in another (virtual?) directory which enabled the user to drag and
drop the files straight from the CD without going via another app (ie
insert your preferred ripper here)...

This isn't really that big a deal 'cos I could use CDex, but this just
seemed neater....

S
 
Simon said:
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apologies if I didn't make myself clear...

It was never my intention to copy the CDA files to my HDD (after all, what
would this achieve??)

The tool I am thinking of, and please bear with me 'cos this was a while
ago, listed the files with a WAV extension and the appropriate details,
possibly in another (virtual?) directory which enabled the user to drag and
drop the files straight from the CD without going via another app (ie
insert your preferred ripper here)...

This isn't really that big a deal 'cos I could use CDex, but this just
seemed neater....

S
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The program your after is CDFS_RIPPER and it is available here:
http://home.netpower.no/kenra/frames.html
it is compatible with win95 & 98 but not XP unfortunately :(

Fred D
 
apologies if I didn't make myself clear...

It was never my intention to copy the CDA files to my HDD (after all, what
would this achieve??)

The tool I am thinking of, and please bear with me 'cos this was a while
ago, listed the files with a WAV extension and the appropriate details,
possibly in another (virtual?) directory which enabled the user to drag and
drop the files straight from the CD without going via another app (ie
insert your preferred ripper here)...

This isn't really that big a deal 'cos I could use CDex, but this just
seemed neater....
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No matter what or how you do it, you need to rip those CD's tracks.

Taken this from http://www.cdrfaq.org/

Subject: [2-36] What format are .CDA files in?
(2001/01/25)

Actually, .CDA files aren't really files at all. Windows shows the
tracks
on an audio CD as ".CDA" files for convenience. For example, you can
create a file association for ".CDA" and invoke an audio CD player when
you double-click on a track.
 
In said:
sometime ago I came across an app that (once installed) displayed
audio (CDA) files as WAV files in explorer (I think it may have
created a virtual directory to display the wav files). The
displayed WAV files could be copied elsewhere (as with any file)
without the need for any conversion/encoding etc...
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This may not help you, but not long ago I learned about a modified
CDFS.VXD file, which replaces your original CDFS.VXD and was supposed
to show CDAs as WAVs in Explorer. For Win9x only IIRC.
For me it did *not* work. Everytime I launched Explorer to view
contents of an audio CD, my computer would restart. So I had to delete
the modified CDFS.VXD and go back to the original.
I only have the direct DL address, if anyone's interested:
http://www.maz-sound.com/archives/cdfs.zip
At your own risk!
I wonder if this is OT.
 
No matter what or how you do it, you need to rip those CD's tracks.
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WebWalker

many thanks, I did know this (and I have read the CDR FAQ - a very worthy
reference).

Fred D's link was what I was looking for.

S
 
Simon said:
sometime ago I came across an app that (once installed) displayed audio
(CDA) files as WAV files in explorer (I think it may have created a virtual
directory to display the wav files). The displayed WAV files could be
copied elsewhere (as with any file) without the need for any
conversion/encoding etc...
Click to expand...

A really good program for doing this is CDex.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/

Cheers,
 
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