Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 23:42:18 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Heller <mheller@student.uni-kl.de> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving CD audio data around with HP 4020i Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95.971224233128.45982A-100000@mater.student.uni-kl.de> In-Reply-To: <19971224132149.33375@lemis.com>
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On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 1997 at 08:05:53PM -0600, Daniel M. Eischen wrote: > > > >> Heh, I'll bet you $10 right now that I can send you an Audio CD > >> (transcribed from DAT) which you will *not* be able to duplicate > >> with your Solaris box. :-) > > > > Wait, I've got a buddy that's been trying to figure out how to read > > an audio DAT tape and write it to a CD audio track. Is there a > > known solution??? > > With enough effort, there's always a solution. Getting Audio data from a DAT is not trivial. To do this you need a special ROM on your DAT drive, SGI DATs are the only ones to have such a beast AFAIK. There is no known way around this problem - ever put a audio DAT tape into a DAT streamer ? my DAT doesnt like them and throws them out. > > I know he'd be *very* interested if there was, as he's been trying > > to figure it out for a few months (on and off). > > There's a lot more involved than just copying. IIRC, CDs record at > 41.4 ksamples/second, and DATs record at 44 or 48 ksamples/second, so > you'd effectively have to remaster. I suppose straight interpolation > would work, but it's still a lot of processing. I do not think that its so esay, but there are programs for professionals who can do this. MARTIN
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