cdrdao (''“
CD recorder disc-at-once”'') is a
free
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utility software
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product for
authoring and
ripping of
CD-ROMs. The program is released under the
GPL. Cdrdao records audio or data
CD-R
CD-R (Compact disc-recordable) is a digital optical disc storage format. A CD-R disc is a compact disc that can be written once and read arbitrarily many times.
CD-R discs (CD-Rs) are readable by most CD readers manufactured prior to the int ...
s in
disk-at-once mode based on a textual description of the CD contents, known as a ''
TOC file'' that can be created and customized inside a
text editor
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.
''cdrdao'' runs from
command line
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and has no
graphical user interface
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, except for third-party ones such as
K3b (Linux), Gcdmaster (Linux) or XDuplicator (Windows).
References
External links
*
cdrdao man pageK3b website
Free optical disc authoring software
Free software programmed in C++
Console CD ripping software
Linux CD ripping software
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