cdrdao

cdrdao

Developer(s)	Andreas Mueller, Denis Leroy, Manuel Clos
Release information
Initial release	{{{released}}}
Stable release	1.2.4 (May 16, 2018)
Preview release
Compatibility
Operating system	Linux, Windows
Additional information
Use	Digital Audio extraction
License	GPL
Website

cdrdao is a command-line tool used for reading and writing CD data.

cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disc-at-once mode based on a textual description of the CD contents known as a TOC file. cdrdao runs from command line and has no graphical user interface, except for third-party ones such as K3b (Linux), Gcdmaster (Linux) or XDuplicator (Windows).

cdrdao 1.1.9 is included with some releases of Exact Audio Copy 1.3.

Command line usage

Usage: cdrdao <command> [options] [toc-file]
command:
  show-toc   - prints out toc and exits
  toc-info   - prints out short toc-file summary
  toc-size   - prints total number of blocks for toc
  read-toc   - create toc file from audio CD
  read-cd    - create toc and rip audio data from CD
  read-cddb  - contact CDDB server and add data as CD-TEXT to toc-file
  show-data  - prints out audio data and exits
  read-test  - reads all audio files and exits
  disk-info  - shows information about inserted medium
  discid     - prints out CDDB information
  msinfo     - shows multi session info, output is suited for scripts
  drive-info - shows drive information
  unlock     - unlock drive after failed writing
  blank      - blank a CD-RW
  scanbus    - scan for devices
  simulate   - shortcut for 'write --simulate'
  write      - writes CD
  copy       - copies CD

 Try 'cdrdao <command> -h' to get a list of available options

External links

• cdrdao homepage
• cdrdao on GitHub
• cdrdao(1) - Linux man page