On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:45:15 -0500 Bob Hartung <rwhart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to rip some very old CDs > and then rerecord the songs onto CDs that will play in an "ancient" cd > player. This player is able to play the original CDs, I just want to > cut out the crap that I always have to skip over. I've found that some older CD players will not recognize dye-based CDs at all; only original pressed CDs will work. Test your player before you invest too much time in this project. > So far I see lots > of references to MP3 encoding using Grip and Lame. Also references to > Ogg Orbis (sp?) and WAV formats. However, I see no references to the > original CD format. Do I just rip them to a "raw" file format , > collect the raw files into an iso and then burn the iso to CD with > cdrecord dev=0,0,0 [filename}? I usually use "cdparanoia -B" to rip the audio from a CD into .wav files that can be burned using cdrecord. -- -John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx)