Re: Mounting CDs

Op 18-11-11 05:15, Chris schreef:
> I have a bunch of audio cds I want to copy over to my phone however 9
> out of 10 won't mount. I'm tried manually mounting but don't think I'm
> doing it right. =20

Audio CD's cannot be mounted because they only carry raw data and there
is no file system (like ext4 or FAT) on them. The only thing you can do
is to read them (often called ripping)  and "Pack" the  sound in an
optionally compressed file format like .wav or .mp3 (called  "encoding").

Windows simulates this like it is mounting the CD (you can see the
tracks than as "track1.wav", etc.) and some desktop systems on Linux do
the same thing. For instance konqueror/dolphin on KDE will do the same
thing. But normally you hav to use applications that will do this.

Reading under Linux is done via cdparanoia normally (low level, not
directly used by users). Ripping and encoding is supported by programs
like kaudiocreator (that i lke very much but is difficult to find
nowadays) or grip or abcde (command line). Also under othet OS=C3=A9s ohe=
t
programs habe to be used for this.

The one cd that works maybe has a little data partition.Some CD's have
this although it normally is done as a piracy protection (older cd's
-luckili they stopped doing this because it confuses also other devices).

Peter