                CDCLIP.EXE - CDROM Digital Audio Reader

Version 2.0

CDCLIP will read "digital audio data" from an audio/music CD and
store the data in an output file. Appropriate "jitter" control is
performed to insure correct digital copies.

CDCLIP currently supports the following CDROM devices...

  HP       4020i
  JVC      XR-W2001
  PHILIPS  CDD522, CDD2000
  PINNACLE RCD-1000, RCD-5020
  PIONEER  DW-S114X
  PLEXTOR  PX-4XCH, PX-4XCS, PX-6XCH, PX-6XCS
  SONY     CDU-920S, CDW-900E, CDU-561, CDU-8003,
           CDU-8012, CDU-55S, CDU-76S
  TOSHIBA  3401, 3501, 3601, 3701, 5301, 5401
  YAMAHA   CDR100, CDR102

NOTE: The Toshiba 3501 (manufactured before January 1995) has bugs
in its audio data reading firmware. If you experience problems on
the 3501, you will have to use the /NJC switch to turn off jitter
correction. As a result, you may not get 100% perfect copies of the
original data.

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Usage: CDCLIP <imagefile> [/START=<start>] [/END=<end>] [/TRACK=n]
         [/APPEND] [/ID=adapter:id:lun] [/IOSIZE=n] [/NJC]
         [/BIN] [/MOT] [/WAV]
imagefile - Output image data file
/START    - Starting MSF/LBA (default is start of disc)
/END      - Ending MSF/LBA (default is end of disc)
/TRACK    - Copy specified track number (1 to 99)
/APPEND   - Append data to existing file
/ID       - SCSI ID of CDROM drive (default is first found)
/IOSIZE   - I/O buffer size in kilobytes (default is 64K)
/NJC      - Disable 'jitter correction'
/BIN      - Write file in Intel binary format
/MOT      - Write file in Motorola binary format
/WAV      - Write file in WAV format (default)
e.g. CDCLIP /START=10:14:36 /END=13:55:11 /WAV TEST.WAV
e.g. CDCLIP /START=106232 /END=124443 /BIN TEST.BIN
e.g. CDCLIP /TRACK=5 /ID=0:3:0 /IOSIZE=256 /APPEND /MOT TEST.MOT

    The switches /START and /END specify the starting and ending
address of the data to copy. The address can be either a "logical
block address" or a "physical time address". Logical blocks start
at zero and physical time starts at 00:02:00. The default values
for /START and /END are the first and last blocks on the disc.

    NOTE: Some CD readers have problems locating the last readable
block on a disc. If this happens, you will have to explicitly specify
the ending address. Use TOC.EXE to display the disc's table-of-contents
and use the LBA of the leadout track minus one. Some readers also have
problems reading the last few blocks before the leadout track, so you
might have to subtract two or three from the leadout LBA.

    The /TRACK switch can be used instead of /START and /END to
specify that an entire track be copied to the output file. NOTE:
This will also copy the pregap from the next track (if it exists).

   The /APPEND switch can be used to append additional audio data
to an existing file.

   The I/O buffer size defaults to 64K to insure compatibilty with
all ASPI interfaces and SCSI cards. If your machine will support I/Os
greater than 64K, you can increase performance on some readers by
setting the I/O buffer size to 128K, 256K, or even 512K (if you have
enough free memory).

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Please send all suggestions, comments, and bug reports to...

Jeff Arnold
125 Indian Rock Road
Merrimack, NH 03054

Phone: 603-424-0269
FAX  : 603-429-0073

URL  : http://www.mainstream.net/~jarnold/cdrom/cdrom.html
EMAIL: jarnold@mainstream.net

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Updated on JANUARY 21, 1996

