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- CDTODAT: A simple CD-to-DAT copying example
-
- cdtodat serves as a simple example of how to record to an audio DAT.
- It takes an entire CD and digitally transfers the data to DAT, providing
- correct program numbers, index numbers, program-time, absolute-time,
- copy-protect bits, and lead-in and lead-out areas on the tape. cdtodat
- should produce tapes that conform to the DAT specification.
-
- cdtodat does not provide any user-interface. It has two modes: quiet
- and verbose. In quiet mode, the program will perform the entire copy
- without printing anything except errors. In quiet mode, which is
- invoked with the '-q' option, the program will not indicate which program
- and index it is currently copying.
-
- If cdtodat has problems on your machine, you may want to clean the
- heads on the DAT drive using a head-cleaner DAT. The DAT drives are
- notoriously sensitive to dirty heads.
-
- Please don't use cdtodat to reproduce copyrighted material except where
- permitted by law.
-
- Requirements:
-
- cdtodat requires a CDROM drive capable of reading audio over the SCSI
- bus. The Toshiba models shipped by SGI have this capability. It also
- requires an audio-capable DAT drive which is compatible with the
- ARDAT Python. The standard DAT drives from SGI provide this. Further,
- cdtodat must be run as root, because access to the CD drive requires
- root privileges. The media to be recorded to/from must be present in both
- drives before the program is executed.
-
- cdtodat is provided as-is and without warranty -- please see the notice in the
- source code.
-
- I welcome any feedback about cdtodat, as well as enhancements that you
- may make.
-
-
- Doug Cook
- cook@sgi.com
- December, 1993
-