Is Audacity able to read/play an audio CD?

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Audacity is obviously able to read/play a sound file
saved on the hard-drive.

But when I tried to have Audacity (version 1.2.1)
load a track from an audio CD, it said ...

Error Importing
"D:\Track03.cda" is an audio CD file
Audacity does not open this type of file
Try ripping it to a native audio format that Audacity can import.

(I also tried "Project -> Import Audio", and got the same results).

Is Audacity really able to read/play an audio CD
and I just haven't figured it out yet,
or has this function just not been written into Audacity yet?

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wylbur37 wrote:
> Audacity is obviously able to read/play a sound file
> saved on the hard-drive.
>
> But when I tried to have Audacity (version 1.2.1)
> load a track from an audio CD, it said ...
>
> Error Importing
> "D:\Track03.cda" is an audio CD file
> Audacity does not open this type of file
> Try ripping it to a native audio format that Audacity can import.
>
> (I also tried "Project -> Import Audio", and got the same results).
>
> Is Audacity really able to read/play an audio CD
> and I just haven't figured it out yet,
> or has this function just not been written into Audacity yet?

Why don't you believe what it told you?

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"normanstrong" <normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote in
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>> Their FAQ says:
>> 8. How do I get songs from an audio CD?
>>
>> Audacity does not extract songs from audio CDs. You need to use a
> "ripper"
>> program for this.
>>
>> For Windows, we recommend CDex.
>>
>> CDexcan be found here :
>>
>> http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
>
> Suppose you had to make a choice of rippers between Audiograbber, CDex
> or EAC. Which would you pick? What would be the second choice?

I'm using CDex to my satisfaction, tried it together with EAC, don't no
what made me choose for CDex. I don't know anything about Audiograbber.


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"normanstrong" <normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Rod" <reply@group.please> wrote in message
> news:2si9kuF1l8oo9U1@uni-berlin.de...
> > wylbur37nospam@yahoo.com (wylbur37) wrote in
> > news:8028c236.0410060514.6b492aaf@posting.google.com:
> >
> > > Audacity is obviously able to read/play a sound file
> > > saved on the hard-drive.
> > >
> > > But when I tried to have Audacity (version 1.2.1)
> > > load a track from an audio CD, it said ...
> > snip
> > > Is Audacity really able to read/play an audio CD
> > > and I just haven't figured it out yet,
> > > or has this function just not been written into Audacity yet?
> >
> > Their FAQ says:
> > 8. How do I get songs from an audio CD?
> >
> > Audacity does not extract songs from audio CDs. You need to use a
> "ripper"
> > program for this.
> >
> > For Windows, we recommend CDex.
> >
> > CDexcan be found here :
> >
> > http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
>
> Suppose you had to make a choice of rippers between Audiograbber, CDex
> or EAC. Which would you pick? What would be the second choice?
>
> Thanks,


> I use the CD ripper from dbamp myself. I wasn't happy with
Audiograbber, never tried EAC and CDex won't work on my system, for some
reason I totally forget as it's been a long time since I checked it out.

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normanstrong wrote:

>
> Suppose you had to make a choice of rippers between Audiograbber, CDex
> or EAC. Which would you pick? What would be the second choice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Norm Strong
>
>
I use audioggrabber. Haven't used the others.

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"TonyP" <TonyP@optus.net.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "normanstrong" <normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:vBU8d.422322$8_6.214729@attbi_s04...
> > Suppose you had to make a choice of rippers between Audiograbber,
CDex
> > or EAC. Which would you pick? What would be the second choice?
>
> For secure data extraction I choose EAC. For speed and ease of use
I'd
> choose Audiograbber if data errors are not important.
> CDex is OK too. Why don't you just try them all for yourself?

This was a question of general interest. I have all 3, and usually
use CDex, but I'm always curious to find out how others feel.

Thanks for answering,

Norm Strong