[Flac-dev] Support .cda as input files

Ben Allison benski at nullsoft.com
Thu Sep 13 12:12:42 PDT 2007


CDA is not a file format.  It's just a "shortcut" in windows.  CD 
Ripping requires device-level SCSI communications via the Device Driver 
API (DeviceIoControl) and is way out of the scope of FLAC.  Use Exact 
Audio Copy or another ripping program to do this.

Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> 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



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