 cdrdao reading a CD | |
| Developer(s) | Andreas Muller, Jonas Munsin, Manuel Clos, Denis Leroy |
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| Stable release | |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows,Linux,macOS,Unix-like |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Disc imaging |
| License | GPL 2.0 Or Later |
| Website | cdrdao |
cdrdao (“CD recorderdisc-at-once”) is afree and open sourceutility software application forauthoring andripping of audio and dataCD-ROMs.[2] It is licensed underGPL-2.0 or Later.[3] The application is available for several operating systems, includingLinux,Windows, andmacOS, and was reported to work on other operatingUnix-based operating systems.[4]
cdrdao runs fromcommand line and has nographical user interface. Several programs for authoring and writing CDs depend on cdrdao and provide a GUI, such asBrasero,K3b. cdrdao powers Brasero, the default CD application for theGNOME desktop until around 2013.[5][6]
Cdrdao is capable of reading and writing audio, data, and mixed audio/data discs.[2] It records audio or dataCD-Rs indisk-at-once[7] mode based on a textual description of the CD contents, known as aTOC (table of contents) file that can be created and customized inside atext editor. When reading CDs, cdrdao creates a binary dump of the data inside aBIN file and uses the TOC file to index it. The TOC file can be converted to aCUE file using the included toc2cue command.[8] Using the TOC file, audio files can be burned to a disc inWAV format.[9] cdrdao can copy discs, blank discs, create disc image files, and checkCDDB information.[10]
A key feature of cdrdao is its full control over the layout of the disc and its tracks.[11] This gives it the ability to create non-standard gaps between audio tracks that are different than two seconds in length and contain non-zero audio data. It can also create hidden tracks and intro tracks.[9]
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