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slight tech question...

Discussion in 'Off Topic [BG]' started by Mike Money, Mar 15, 2004.

  1. Mar 15, 2004 #1
    Mike Money

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    Mar 18, 2003
    Bakersfield California
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    When the are making CD's, what type of file do copy the song onto the CD? .wav?
     
  2. Mar 15, 2004 #2
    beaglesandbass

    beaglesandbass Think first, then post? Staff Member Gold Supporting Member Supporting Member

    Aug 14, 2001
    Philly Suburbs
    im assuming you mean the record labels and all that good stuff?
     
  3. Mar 15, 2004 #3
    Trevorus

    Trevorus

    Oct 18, 2002
    Urbana, IL
    It's a form of WAV. It's the same data rate as WAV. It's really just an audio standard format.
     
  4. Mar 15, 2004 #4
    Mike Money

    Mike Money In Memoriam

    Mar 18, 2003
    Bakersfield California
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    so if i burned songs to a CD as .wav's, they would play in a regular CD player?
     
  5. Mar 15, 2004 #5
    Trevorus

    Trevorus

    Oct 18, 2002
    Urbana, IL
    No.
     
  6. Mar 15, 2004 #6
    Ívar Þórólfsson

    Ívar Þórólfsson Mmmmmm...

    Apr 9, 2001
    Kopavogur, Iceland
    In your cd burning program, you have to select that you want to create an audio cd, then you can drag wav files over and they will play perfectly fine in a cd player.

    In nero, you can even drag mp3 files over and it converts them so the play in a regular cd player.
     
  7. Mar 15, 2004 #7
    Milothicus

    Milothicus

    Nov 23, 2001
    Greensville, Ontario, Canada
    they're *.cda files. compact disc audio.
     
  8. Mar 16, 2004 #8
    Oysterman

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    Mar 30, 2000
    Sweden
    This is a common misconception - they're not. CDA "files" are the result of an operating system interpreting the tracks on the disc. "Bookmarks", more or less, 44 bytes long (in Windows at least?). Try copying a CDA file to your hard drive and see if it plays. ;)
     
  9. Mar 16, 2004 #9
    Ívar Þórólfsson

    Ívar Þórólfsson Mmmmmm...

    Apr 9, 2001
    Kopavogur, Iceland
    Right on!
     
  10. Mar 16, 2004 #10
    Milothicus

    Milothicus

    Nov 23, 2001
    Greensville, Ontario, Canada
    cheerfully withdrawn........