[Flac-dev] Support .cda as input files

Daniel Aleksandersen
2007-09-13T12:42:11Z

On 2007-09-13, Brian wrote:
> On Sep 13, 2007, at 12:08, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
>> I would really like to see support for .cda as input files. The cda
>> format
>> is the one used on regular audio CDs.
>>
>> Support for this format would make it even easier to encode to FLAC
>>  from CDs
>
> You are mistaken, Daniel.  Regular audio CDs do not use any kind of
> "file format"
> CDDA consists of a stream of audio data with metadata codes in a
> bitstream - there are no files, only a continuous stream of bits,
> frames, blocks, etc.
> The .cda files that you see are created by converting the raw CDDA
> data to a file - they are not to be confused with the original.
> The FLAC command-line conversion utility supports "raw" input,
which
> is the closest thing to regular audio CD format that you can get.

I know that. However when you put an audio CD in a computer you will see
them as files with the .cda extension. Supporting this ?format? would make
encoding simpler as users would not need to ?rip? to a format, but could
drag and drop the files from the CD to the computer.