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

I don't think that is what Morein is looking for.

I suspect that the last thing that he wants, is to see certain CDs broken
up
into multiple .wav files.

How familiar are you with cue sheets, and track and index markers?

Arny, you are correct in your perception of my desires.
The problem is quantity.
If I were authoring original material, I would have no difficulty creating
the necessary markers. It's not very different from the process of authoring
a DVD with chapter points.

However, this is not original material. The object is not to build a bridge
out of matchsticks, but, with an economy of effort, to use a computer as an
audio jukebox. A commercial package would capture the CD in one step, and
frankly, I don't care what the internal representation is. It just so
happens that CD burner programs universally have an option to save a disk
image.

A further enhancement would be the ability to scan in cover art and
associate it with the CD in question.

As Arny would probably observe, the concept of the "album" has largely been
supplanted in the minds of the public with personalized creation of
playlists. This makes it no less important to those of us who believe that
the album concept is part of the artistic creation; the tracks that compose
it are the ebb and flow that the artist wishes to convey. I have never been
attracted to personalized playlists; songs do not serve me as mantras, but
rather, as experiences.