4 Jul
2003
4 Jul
'03
12:47 p.m.
Hi Larry,
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 04:36:14AM -0400, Larry Troxler wrote:
On Thursday 03 July 2003 22:43, Ryan Underwood wrote:
I have done it before, and it really isn't that big a deal. Obviously
the quality depends on your cdrom's dac as well as the quality of the
cable, noisiness of the environment, soundcard quality, etc, but at
least on my system I was able to get quite acceptable results.
--
Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=10317253
Programs like cdparanoia and EAC operate as
digital rippers, using the
cdrom's built in mechanisms to extract the audio data directly. There
are other programs however (such as cdsound-recorder) that will play the
disc through your CD drive's built in DAC, and record the sound through
your soundcards ADC input. Or, you can use a standalone CD player for
the same effect.
Wow. They do this using that unsheilded wire on a ribbon cable that goes from
the CD rom drive to the sound card? I never bothered connecting the two on
any of my PCs, because if I wanted to play audio CD's, I certainly would
want to do it on my seperate stereo system, and not from a noisy PC.
Has anyone on this list actually made serious use of a CD-rom to soundcard
analog connection? The idea sounds stupid to me, but maybe the noise issue
isn't nearly as bad as I think it would be.