On 1/12/06, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am using the command > > > > > > cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -eject speed=2 -pad -audio *.wav > > > > > > to create an audio CD from wav files, but all I get is a noisy CD, > > > when played. Any ideas? > > > > The command you're using looks right. I only got a noisy cd as you > > describe when I (miss)used the swab flag. Do a man cdrecord and search for > > swab, and see if that helps. > > > > Are those really wav files? Can you play them e.g. with > > > > play file.wav > > > > ? > > Thanks, Amadeus. My wav files do not play with play: > > $ play track01.wav > sox: Failed reading track01.wav: WAVE: RIFF header not found > > but play fine with mplayer. My wav files were created with lame file.mp3 file.wav However, with the command lame --decode file.mp3 file.wav the wav files produced work fine with play. Furthermore, the command cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -eject speed=2 -pad -audio *.wav creates a fine audio CD. My problem is finally solved! Paul
