[LAU] ddptools 0.8.5a released

Hello everyone, I've released ddptools 0.8.5a, a set of command line programs to create, read and export audio from DDP images for CD audio. Due to the license of the official DDP specification these tools are not open source, but simple "freeware" at the moment, which I hope people will not mind too much. Details are found at http://ddp.andreasruge.de. The two main programs are: 1) cue2ddp - Create CD audio DDP 2.0 images from cue/wav images Features include: * track start, pause and index markers * ISRC, catalog number (UPC/EAN) * all track flags (pre-emphasis, copy permission, SCMS, 4ch) * all CD Text fields 2) ddpinfo - Display, check and export CD audio DDP images Features include: * display of all content from a DDP images (except the audio) * full PQ listing, CD Text fields * verification fo MD5 and CRC32 checksum files * export of audio as (Broadcast) Wave files including time stamp and track start positions as cue points * full DDP to cue/wav conversion, for burning or playing I'd like to encourage everyone interested to test the programs as hard as possible. I'm also planning on setting up a small test suite with real world examples of cue sheets and DDP images. As you might know cue/wave, cue/bin and DDP images come in many different flavors, some of which are really difficult to foresee. So, if you have software that generates either cue/wav or cue/bin images or DDP file sets, I'd like to ask you to prepare and send me a simple example image. Here are the instructions: * Any audio will do, but no more than 30 seconds please (~ 5 MB). Set a few tracks and use all options available, like pause markers, track indices, flags, ISRC, UPC, and especially CD Text. Fill all CD text fields offered and make sure at least one field has a double quote and a non-ASCII character inside. * Let me know which software you used to create the image * optionally: include a screen shot of the track/PQ/CD Text editor view * send the image as compressed email attachment Aside from that any feedback and ideas are welcome. Best Andreas