Question on Audio encoding

[Faithhb_lutheran]

Does anyone know of a free or cheap program that will convert .cda files to other formats?

[JackWolfgang]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_Audio_track

The above Wikipedia article states that the files contain no audio data.

What are you trying to do?

[Faithhb_lutheran]

Well that's wierd because I have put the files ( .cda only) up and downloaded them to another computer and they play fine, so I'm not sure what the wikipedia article is talking about. I guess I'll just have to re import all of the cd's in another format.

[StubbyD]

Does anyone know of a free or cheap program that will convert .cda files to other formats?

I'm guessing you just "copied" the files off originally, yes? This is usually what windoze converts CD music tracks into when they are copied. In reality a .cda is a pointer to the audio and are not the audio themselves - out of interest, how big are these .cda files?

What you need to do is RIP the tracks into a format of your choice.

Try this one .. http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ .. it's "postcard ware" as in your registration cost is that of a postcard :)

Then follow this tutorial .. http://www.teqnilogik.com/tutorials/eac.htm .. for a step by step use of it. Note that you will also need an external audio CODEC to create the output, but this tut walks you through that as well - you just chose your output and use the appropriate encoder.

Myself - I've got and paid for http://www.litexmedia.com/cd_ripper/ - this is lightning fast in ripping audio from CD's.

[Faithhb_lutheran]

I realize that I can rip the cd's and get the audio into a format that I can use, I was just hoping that I didn't have to go through all that work. Oh well.

[flutem3]

I realize that I can rip the cd's and get the audio into a format that I can use, I was just hoping that I didn't have to go through all that work. Oh well.

Hi, Kyle,

I am beginning to learn that using audio takes time and patience no matter how you do it!!! Right now, it takes me a long time to get our sermon from tape, recording, to mp3 file. However, I "get" to listen to the sermon again...and again. And I have now learned to edit as in take something from one place and stick it in another. However, I do it best when I need to stick the piece at the beginning or the end or the recording. When I try to edit something in the middle of a recording, it does not join end to end. I ends up on top of the other recording...and sounds really weird.

What is an .eda file? How is it different from others? Do I need to learn about it? :D

Carol