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Ripping Audio Tracks from a CD

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Use ripit to rip CDs with CDDB info:

ripit 

Use cdparanoia or cdda2wav to list tracks on CD:

cdparanoia -vsQ

cdda2wav -D /dev/sr0 -L 1 -J

Copy a track in wav format:

cdparanoia 2 track02.wav

cdda2wav -D /dev/sr0 -t2 -O wav

Copy all tracks in wav format:

cdparanoia -B

cdda2wav -D /dev/sr0 -B

Burn Tracks to CD

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Determine device name for CD writer:

cdrecord --scanbus

Burn wav to audio CD:

cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=/dev/sr0 -eject -pad -audio *.wav

Backup a directory to CD or DVD

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Make an ISO image file:

mkisofs -r -R -J -l -L -allow multidot -o backup.iso \
-graft-points "home/user01=/home/user01" /home/user01

Burn ISO image to CD:

cdrecord dev=/dev/sr0 -v -eject speed=4 -data backup.iso

Burn ISO image to DVD:

growisofs -speed=8 -Z /dev/dvd -R -J -allow-multidot -allow-leading-dots \
-l -pad -graft-points "/home/user01=/home/user01 backup.iso

Mount an ISO file as a filesystem

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Mount ISO image:

mount -t iso9660 -o loop CDimage.iso /media/mntpoint

DVD Copying

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Mount DVD:

mount /dev/sr0

Make ISO image of DVD:

mkisofs -pad -J -R -odvdcopy.iso -graft-points "/AUDIO_TS=/media/dvd/AUDIO_TS" \
"/VIDEO_TS=/media/dvd/VIDEO_TS"
OR: mkisofs -dvd-video \
-odvdcopy.iso -graft-points "/AUDIO_TS=/media/dvd/AUDIO_TS" \
"/VIDEO_TS=/media/dvd/VIDEO_TS"

Burn image to DVD:

growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=dvdcopy.iso -speed=2
OR: 
dvdrecord speed=2 -dao dev=/dev/sr0 dvdcopy.iso

Converting audio formats

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convert mp3 to wav:

mpg123 -w filename.wav filename.mp3

convert wav to mp3:

lame filename.wav filename.mp3