Hi, cdrdao-1.1.5 is available from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrdao Cdrdao changes: o Fixed bug in CD-TEXT writing code that caused the problems with the unreliable read back of the written CD-TEXT data o Added CD-TEXT writing capability to the 'generic-mmc-raw' driver; the recorder must support the 96 byte raw P-W sub-channel writing mode to make use of it o Fixed bug in generic-mmc-raw driver: the TOC type was not written correctly and some flags for data tracks were missing in the lead-in o Fixed handling of toc type for multi session CDs: the toc-type of a session that just contains audio tracks is always CD_DA, even in multi session mode o BURN Proof support added by ITOH Yasufumi/Martin Buck o Fixed bug in calculating the CDDB id (SourceForge bug 413467) o Added option --with-cddb to read CDDB data automatically with commands 'copy', 'read-toc' and 'read-cd'; it is now possible to add CD-TEXT data from CDDB while performing an on-the-fly copy o Updated to libscg-0.5 from cdrtools-1.10 o Handle drives that do not support the explicit power calibration command o Blanking of CD-RWs is now officially supported (command 'blank', option --blank-mode) o Updated CD-R vendor table o Settings are now first read from "/etc/cdrdao.conf" and "/etc/defaults/cdrdao" and then from "$HOME/.cdrdao" o Added command 'msinfo' to output multi session information suitable for 'mkisofs' o Overburning is now prevented by default and must be explicitly requested with option '--overburn'. Fix for Debian bug #79585 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=79585&repeatmerged=yes). o Fixed error in cdrdao's manual page (Debian bug #82816, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=82816&repeatmerged=yes) o cdrdao's help screen was reworked by Michael Reinelt o Added Giuseppe Corbelli's enhancements for the 'mp32dao' script o Makefiles now use make variable 'datadir' to specify the share directory location o Fixed printing toc-file name with command 'copy --keepimage' GCDMaster changes: - Added missing 'toshiba' driver to the device configuration dialog (SourceForge bug 128633) - Removed the CD-TEXT table entry dialog from the 'Project Info' dialog; it is now a non modal dialog on its own - Enhanced progress display for extracting and recording - Major rework of the infra structure to support multiple projects (toc-files) and multiple views of a project - Gcdmaster starts with a project chooser now; this is the first step to support different project types like data CD, mixed mode CD, video CD etc. Andreas Mueller Manuel Clos Hi, cdrdao-1.1.4 is available from: http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/download.html Cdrdao changes: o Created new 'toshiba' driver for 'read-toc'/'read-cd' with Toshiba CD-ROM drives. o Added full multi session support to the 'cdd2600' driver. o CD-TEXT is written without any copy protection flags now. o Added CDDB access to add title and artist data as CD-TEXT to an existing toc-file. The direct cddbp and the http encapsulated protocol is supported. o Added support to better handle disks written in track-at-once mode with 'read-cd' and 'read-toc' (see options --tao-source and --tao-source-adjust). o Fixed bug that prevented recording of pure data CDs with the recent HP and Sony recorder models in single session mode. For multi session mode the restrictions mentioned in the README are still valid. o Fixed 'unit not ready' problems after writing with the 'generic-mmc' and 'generic-mmc-raw' driver. o Toc-files with tracks that are shorter than 4 seconds will be recorded if option '--force' is given. o Some of the command line options are now saved to a settings file "$HOME/.cdrdao" if option '--save' is given. o The driver database is now kept in an external file so it is possible to update the database between the cdrdao releases. Actual driver database files will be available from http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt o Added new option '--keepimage' which keeps the created image file after the command 'copy' finishes. o Fixed bug in CD-TEXT reading code: CD-TEXT fields with empty strings were only read for the first track. o Driver 'generic-mmc': If the power calibration fails the recording process will be aborted now. o Driver 'generic-mmc-raw': Added explicit power calibration. Xcdrdao changes: o Xcdrdao is now a Gnome application and will be called "Gnome CD Master" (gcdmaster) in future. o Added table wise entry of CD-TEXT title/performer data. o Added a dialog to extract a CD to the hard disk. o Added a dialog to do CD to CD copy, with "on the fly" as an option. o Speed and record buffer are now selectable in the GUI. o When reading/duplicating a CD you can set the paranoia mode. Andreas Hi, cdrdao-1.1.3 is available from: http://www.ping.de/sites/daneb/download.html This version contains some new features which are not tested as I used to do it with previous releases. I'm just making this version public because I'll move to another town next week and I don't know when I'll have access to the Internet again. However, I'd like to encourage everyone to do at least some simulation runs with the new 'copy' command. It should be possible to make on the fly copies of arbitrary single session CDs now. The xcdrdao GUI has reached a status that I would call usable. It's main application is the composition of audio CDs and editing of audio CD images created with 'read-cd'. Cdrdao changes: o Data track writing is available with all drivers, especially the 'ricoh-mp6200' and 'generic-mmc-raw' can write data tracks now. o Added DAE capability based on Monty's paranoia library to all drivers. The 'plextor' driver will still use the special Plextor method for DAE with Plextor drives but it is possible to force using the paranoia mode with a driver option (see README). The paranoia mode can customized with option '--paranoia-mode #'. Please read section 'Digital Audio Extraction' of the README. o 'read-cd' creates now a complete image of a session. All tracks are written to a single image file (comparable to a .bin file). Pre-gaps and index marks of audio tracks are extracted while ripping the audio data so that a 'read-toc' step is obsolete now. It may choke on CDs written in TAO mode. o Experimental: Added a 'copy' command that performs all steps for copying a CD session with a single or two drives. By default a temporary image file is created in the current working directory. On the fly copying can be selected with option '--on-the-fly' which avoids the temporary image file. Copying of mixed mode CDs should be fine. I expect problems with source CDs written in TAO mode but I did not make any tests up to now. On the fly copying is not available for the Win32 platform, yet. Please read section 'Example for CD Copying' of the README. o 'read-cd' ignores sectors with L-EC errors now if option '--read-raw' is given. The 'cdd2600', 'ricoh-mp6200' and 'generic-mmc-raw' driver will recreate the erroneous sectors when recording. o Added full multi session support to the 'teac-cdr55' driver. o Added multiple language support for CD-TEXT. However, I have currently no access to a CD-TEXT capable consumer CD-player so I am not sure if CD-TEXT recording still works. Reading the written CD-TEXT data with a CD-ROM drive gives the expected results. o ATAPI CD-ROM drives that were only working with the 'plextor' driver should now be supported by the 'generic-mmc' driver with driver option 0x20 (--driver generic-mmc:0x20). o A CD-R medium is automatically ejected now before writing to reset the disk status after a simulation run which is necessary e.g. for the Philips CDD2x00 recorder family. Xcdrdao changes: o Added dialogs for entering meta data like UPC/EAN, ISRC code and CD-TEXT. o It is now possible to insert and remove samples at any place without touching the audio files on the disk. o Added a dialog for configuration of all available CD-ROM/CD-R devices. o Recording can now be started from the GUI. Simultaneous recording with multiple CD-recorders is possible if the hardware is suitable for it. o Created a man page. Andreas Hi, cdrdao-1.1.2 is available from: http://www.ping.de/sites/daneb/download.html Changes: o Added support for bin/cue images. A cue file can be used now wherever a toc-file is expected. The cue file must have exactly one FILE statement. The bin file name is constructed from the cue file name by replacing ".cue" with ".bin". Currently supported track modes: MODE1/2048, MODE1/2352, MODE2/2336, MODE2/2352. The 'cdd2600' driver uses the L-EC data contained in the MODEX/2352 track images when recording. All other drivers will ignore and regenerate the L-EC data. o The 'generic-mmc' driver has full multi session support now. The start address of the last and current session which must be used for the mkisofs option '-C x,y' can be retrieved with 'disk-info'. o The 'sony-cdu948' driver is included in the source package. o read-cd will create raw data track images (2352 byte sectors) if option '--read-raw' is given. Andreas Hi, cdrdao-1.1.0 is available from: http://www.ping.de/sites/daneb/download.html This version introduces data track support. Theoretically all track modes are supported but I've verified only mode 1 and mode 2/form 1 tracks by real writing. Data track support is not available for all drivers right now (see below). Changes: o Added data track support to 'generic-mmc' driver. o Added Henk-Jan Slotboom's driver for Taiyo-Yuden recorders. o Created driver for the Teac CD-R55S recorder. Data tracks should be supported, too, but it is not well tested. o Added Cam MacKinnon's driver for the Yamaha CDR10x drive family. Data track support is available, too, but also not well tested. o Added Leon Woestenberg's bitwise-exact digital audio extraction patch for Plextor drives (see README.PlexDAE). o 'read-toc' will analyze mixed mode CDs now, but it is currently not perfect. Please have a look at the README. o Fixed failed assertion problems with 'read-toc' that occured when the raw P-W sub-channel data passed the CRC check but was actually not consistent (happened quiet often with Teac CD-ROM CD-532S drives). o The SCSI interface can now use Joerg Schilling's SCSI library. Cdrdao is reported to work on Solaris 2.6 and FreeBSD using the SCSI library. Max Khon provided an independent SCSI interface implementation for FreeBSD which can be selected when configuring. o Added experimental CD-TEXT support to 'read-toc'. o Updated xcdrdao source to compile with Gtk-- 0.99.1. Known Limitations: o 'read-toc' does not work for multi session CDs. o 'read-toc' does not work well for CDs written in TAO mode. Andreas