"Austad, Jay" wrote: > > I think just about everything lately doesn't do D/A conversion. I don't > think anything under linux ever has. I've been using cdparanoia and I'm > pretty sure it's direct CDDA to WAV. > > I remember a couple of years ago, there was a tool for windows which > required a soundcard to convert CD tracks to WAV's, which is obviously D/A > conversion. However, I notice that some CDs don't rip well, at least with my hardware. They play fine, but the ripping has problems. I suspect that someone will start using the digital interface on CD drives to record before too long (the little two-prong connector on the back of your drive that usually sits right next to the four-prong stereo analog connector). My SB Live! has a connector for it, though I'm not sure if you can record directly from that connector or if it does some sort of digital->analog->digital conversion somewhere.. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Veni Vidi Visa: I came, I / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ saw, I did a little \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) shopping. [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ]