"Robert Morein" wrote in message
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Robert Morein" wrote in message


I took a look at Arny Krueger's suggestion to use Itunes, but the
program is not set up to do what I want.

I want to copy onto the hard drive the entire ISO image of a CD, or
capture it in another format, but in a one-step operation.

I want to play the result using player controls that resemble a
conventional CD player.

Suggestions?

I think that what you *really* want to do is be able to exploit track
and
index markers when you play back a ripped CD.

If that's true, then you don't need to work with ISO images. An ordinary
.wav file with track and index info imbedded (this is supported by the
.wav
file standard) or in a companion file, would do the job.

This is a step in the right direction. However, it requires a
time-consuming
editing process that simply isn't feasible for my massive collection of
CD's.



Audiograbber has silence detection and auto track creation, try that.
you can download a free version that works.
and it rip to either wav or MP3 (direct or via a wav)
and can use assorted internal and external codecs too.
it does a digital CDDA rip so no sound card path.
it has line in sampling with track detection.
http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
just checked out the site and it becomes freeware with no restriction on feb
9th 2004.
and works nicely.
regards malcolm