Hi Folks What's with *.wav files on an audio cd? Each one is almost exactly 4 times the size on disk. I created the audio cd with audacity, but files with real names on disk are called 'Track $N.wav' on cd. Is there a formula I can use to convert the on-cd size to the on-disk size, so as to work out exactly which files of my 1938 are on each cd? TIA. Ron

This all from memory (dang accurate)

Music CDs, aka "red book" format, don't have WAV files, and yes, the track sizes are ~three times bigger , but they overlap --- built-in-raid-like-scratch-resistance

So if your cd-reader/file-explorer shows you wav files, you must remember there are no wav files , and this is a bug in the cd-reader/file-explorer, its not accounting for the red-book format

If it is possible to account for red-book, if there is a formula, the CD FAQ would have it

Anyway, why not create images/.iso?

Or why not use http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ since it will rip/convert, and tag your files with data from CDDB (and name them using CDDB data), just like Audio::CD - Perl interface to libcdaudio (cd + cddb)

I'm not sure, but cdexos may also know how to get cddb data and rename your wave files, in case you already copied all your disks (eeek), and the files are grouped by disk

In reply to Re: Size of *.wav on disk 'v' on cd by Anonymous Monk
in thread Size of *.wav on disk 'v' on cd by ron.savage

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