neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Ripping it to an ISO file is basically the “industry standard”. Something else I used to see when sailing the high seas back in the day is bin/cue pairs, but iso was by far the most prevalent. I have long since forgotten how this is done on windows, but on Linux it’s basically dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/studmuffin2000/somecd.iso
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Depends on the CD. If it’s just a data CD, iso is the way to go. If it’s a mixed mode CD with data plus audio, bin/cue will preserve the audio tracks but iso may not. Also, mixed Joliet/HFS CDs can lose one of the formats if imaged with an iso imager.
The big thing is that you want to image the entire CD and not just the most recent track on the CD.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
That makes sense - I never looked into why bin/cue was sometimes used. Would that mean that bin/cue is better for multitrack and mixed mode CDs?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yes, because it records “all” the data.
Other image formats also store the extended data at the start of the disc and the gap data between the tracks, but unless it’s an odd format or has some really nasty copy protection, that information isn’t usually useful.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
how do you figure out if it’s a plain data CD or there’s something extra on it too?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
The format (mixed mode, red book, multitrack, hybrid, etc.) is usually stamped on the CD.