Re: EAC will not read CD file, but playing is okay

"Fred Maxwell [email protected] [EAC]" <[email protected]> Thu, 1 Oct 2020 11:37:05 -0400
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My apologies to all for the tiny text (if you saw that).  I am unsure as to why it is being reformatted that way by Yahoo; I set it to Helvetica 13 when I composed the message.  I am sending this as a plaintext email.

> On Oct 1, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Fred Maxwell [email protected] [EAC] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> As I understand it…
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> An ISO file is a sector-by-sector disk image of an optical data disc (like a CD-ROM), not an audio CD.
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> A full CD WAV file and a CUE sheet can allow you to recreate a Redbook audio CD.  I do not know if the result would be bit-for-bit identical to the original CD (I suspect that it might not be), but I am sure that the audio tracks would be unaltered.
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> Corrections welcome if I got something wrong.
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> Regards,
>   Fred Maxwell
>   Moderator, Exact Audio Copy Yahoogroup
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>> On Oct 1, 2020, at 11:05 AM, Jerry Baker jbaker6953-/[email protected] [EAC] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> A WAV *is* an ISO file as far as audio CDs go. An audio CD is basically 
>> just one long PCM audio file with a table of contents telling the player 
>> where the tracks are.
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>> If you rip CDs to a single WAV with a CUE sheet you can reproduce an 
>> exact bit-for-bit copy of the original CD.
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>> On 10/1/2020 7:56 AM, 'M' [email protected] [EAC] wrote:
>> > As I understand it an ISO file is like copying a CD to your HD, 
>> > formatting and all.  You can regenerate a CD from an ISO file.
>> > 
>> > Mike W.
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