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Question about wav files

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millsy

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I had some wav files stored on my PC and had to rebuild so used Nero Audio Copy onto CD.
I now to use those wav files on the PC. How come when I try to copy it is in CDA format??
What can I use to get those wav files back??
 
By using audio CD format, you created a regular audio CD (shows as .cda files on windows). If you used the ISO format you would have had WAV files as files on your CD. To get back the WAV file form, you will have to rip the tracks using your favorite track ripper (mp7, musicmatch, etc).
 
thats cool, I got MusicMatch, but looking at it I thought it only works with mp3 and wavs??
If the original is CDA how can I convert to wav??
 
It looks like I have to record the tracks into mp3 format and then convert back to wav.

Is there not a better way??

Will I loose quality doing this??
 
You can also use Nero to save tracks. Go to menu 'Recorders' and choose 'Save track...' (this is on Nero v5.5.7.8). If you need latest Nero, you can dl at Ahead.
 
CDA files are pointers to a .wav file. CD audio is identical to .wav data except the file header is different.

If you do a digital audio extraction it is the same as copying a .wav file except without the error correction associated with a data file. Going from CD audio to mp3 then to .wav is dumb. You lose a bunch of quality and it's totally unnecessary.

Next time just burn the .wav files to a DATA format CD, not audio CD.
 
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