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CDDOIT 1.5
Author: Jose L. Diaz.
April/2003
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/cddoit/index.html E-mail: cddoit@yahoo.com

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CDDOIT is a Bash script frontend that allows the creation of audio/data CD's from WAV or MP3 files and others formats, MP3<->WAV conversion, audio recording, playing and many others operations.

CDDOIT is designed to obtain the best quality in the creation of audio CD's.

New additions in version 1.5:

• Audio noise reduction
• Get WAV files when normal rippering fails
• CD Player with playlist

CDDOIT allows the following functions:

1. Direct Audio CD copy to CD-R
2. WAV files to CD-R copy
3. MP3 files to CD-R copy
4. WAV files to CD-R DUMMY copy
5. MP3/MPEG files to CD-R DUMMY copy
6. Data-CD direct copy to CD-R: Get data image and copy
7. Data-CD direct dummy copy to CD-R: Get data image and copy
8. On-the-fly Data-CD copy to CD-R
9. On-the-fly Data-CD dummy copy to CD-R
10. Get data image
11. Copy data image to CD-R
12. Dummy copy data image to CD-R
13. Audio+Data CD copy / Dummy copy";
14. Get WAV files from Audio-CD
15. Get MP3 files from Audio-CD
16. Get WAV files from several Audio-CD
17. Get MP3 files from several Audio-CD
18. Record audio in WAV format
19. Play WAV files
20. Play MP3/MPEG files
21. Convert MP3/MPEG files to WAV format
22. Convert WAV files to MP3 format
23. Convert no 44.100 Hz sample rate to 44.100 Hz in WAV files
24. View size of a directory in MB
25. View SCSI devices for CDRECORD
26. View free space in Hard Disks
27. View Audio-CD information
28. Multisession audio CD copy
29. LOOP device creation
30. View image data files
31. Convert audio file formats to CD copy audio file format
32. Modify CDRECORD configuration file
33. Close multisession audio CD
34. Program audio recordings
35. Program an audio recording";
36. Delete an audio recording program";
37. View audio recording programs";
38. Cancel an audio recording program already started.";
39. Manage of file names with spaces.
40. Rename MP3 file names
41. Date control in audio record programming
42. Choose in DAO mode or not for recording
43. Get RAW files from Audio-CD
44. Get AIFF files from Audio-CD
45. Get the whole Audio-CD in a single audio file in differents formats
46. Record audio in WAV format & 44100 Hz [CD copy format]
47. Record audio in specific formats
48. Audio conversion programs
49. Sleeptimer recording
50. Play many audio files
51. Multimedia kernel modules manager
52. Blank CD-ReWritables in fast and slow mode
53. Audio direct CD copy in Multisession (No enough free disk space)
54. CD Copy logs
55. New feature in multisession audio CD copy
56. Adjust max volume in audio files
57. Direct CD data copy in bootable CD's
58. Get CD Recorder information";
59. El Torito image file -Bootable CD-
60. Get WAV files when rippering fails
61. CD Player with playlist

CDDOIT uses these excellent programs:

        cdparanoia: Audio cd ripper
        cdrecord: CD'S copy
        mkisofs: Creation of image data files From the CDRTOOLS, not UNIX/LINUX mkisofs standard command
        mpg123: MP3 Player
        bladeenc: MP3 Encoder
        sox: Audio converter
        at: scheduler

Ussually this programs are included in the Linux standard distributions (except maybe Bladeenc). Not to have these programs it does not imply that CDDOIT cannot be executed correctly, simply will not have that certain functionality. Logically I recommend get all the programs (they don't take too much disk space) for a complete functionality. These programs you can obtain from Web sites like:

www.freshmeat.net
www.rpmfind.net

INSTALLATION

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Before nothing:

The BASH shell must be installed in your system. Generally, BASH is implemented in your system, check it with the command: which bash

Install the indicated programs above.CDRECORD and CDPARANOIA are necesary. Configure the /etc/cdrecord.conf file (see note nº 4 and the documentation of CDRECORD)

1.
CDDOIT is distributed in a gzip/tar file: CDDOITx.xx.tar.gz To uncompress the file, run:

gunzip CDDOITx.xx.tar.gz ; tar -xvf CDDOITx.xx.tar

CDDOIT have the following files:

        cddoit
        readme-cddoit

2.
Copy the executable file:

cddoit

in your Bin directory: $HOME/bin
or in: /usr/local/bin

Be sure 'CDDOIT' have executable permissions (default).

When executing CDDOIT for the first time, will create a directory called "CDDOIT" in your default directory ($home/CDDOIT) and within it will create two directories: CDAUDIO and CDDATA that will serve CDDOIT to store temp files.
These directories stay of automatic clean although there are options in the menu of CDDOIT that allow to clean manually. If these directories are erased, when you run CDDOIT they would become again to create.
CDDOIT is designed to use it from a no-Root user. When it needs it will request the ROOT password to make the operation and when finishing the operation returns automatically to its user. The copies to CD-R always are from ROOT (Maximum priority).

The reason of this method is avoid any possible disaster in your system using ROOT user. There are many CDDOIT operations in which the ROOT user is not necessary.

NOTES

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1.
In order to obtain perfect copies I don't recommend the "on-the-fly" option.
In audio, the best way is get the WAV files from audio CD and copy them to CD-R. Is slower but you make sure that the quality is the best.

If you do not have a powerful computer neither a recorder with a great buffer you don't make audio copies "on-the-fly".

2.
The recording is in WAV format, 16 bits, stereo and 44.100 Hz rate, because this is the CD-R copy format. Also CDDOIT record to 44.101 Hz, but you must convert to 44.100 before the CD-R copy. CDDOIT has an menu option to make conversions from no-44.100 Hz to 44.100 Hz (Go to menu AUDIO, option nº 4 to convert it).

Recording of audio is performed by SOX. If your SOX version is older or the audio recording is not a good quality try to 44101 Hz recording.

3.
The extraction of audio is made with CDPARANOIA. CDDOIT runs CDPARANOIA by each track of the Audio CD (although it allows to obtain all the audio tracks of the CD at once) since I have verified better results with this method.
CDDOIT detect automatically the number of tracks from the audio CD.

4.
In order to copy audio cd's CDDOIT it uses the configuration file of CDRECORD for the copy, the file is: / etc/cdrecord.conf You must to indicate device SCSI, the speed of recording and the size of the buffer that will be used.
Go to menu OTHERS, oprtion 10 to modify the 'cdrecord.conf' file easy. CDDOIT allows the visualization of SCSI devices that CDRECORD recognizes.
Read the documentation of CDRECORD about it.

5.
CDRECORD uses only devices SCSI, reason why if you have a recorder IDE/ATAPI you must have activated SCSI emulation to detects it. In order to know if CDRECORD has detected devices executes the option of menu that allows the visualization of the SCSI devices that CDRECORD recognizes.
If CDRECORD does not detect your recorder, you must to activate SCSI emulation. If your kernel is recent adding these lines to the file /etc/modules.conf:

options ide-cd ignore=hd?            # tell the ide-cd module to ignore hd? (? is your device letter)
alias scd0 sr_mod                    # load sr_mod upon access of scd0
pre-install sg     modprobe ide-scsi # before sg, load ide-scsi

pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi # before sr_mod, load ide-scsi

and this line to the / etc/lilo.conf file:

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.XX-XX

        label=XXXX
        read-only
        root=/dev/hdXX
        append="hd?=ide-scsi"   <<<---- ADD THIS LINE

Where ? is the device letter of your CD-Recorder.

SCSI emulation would have to activate.
If even so the emulation does not activate I recommend you read the"CDWriting-howto" document which you can get it in www.linuxdoc.org and the documentation of CDRECORD (the file "readme.atapi")

6.
If you include CDDOIT in the menu through the menu editor of GNOME or KDE, you must indicate that it is executed through a terminal, otherwise, when executing it you will not be able to see it. It remembers that in the terminal you can select text with the mouse, copy and paste where you wish.

Example to run CDDOIT in a xterm window:

xterm -bg yellow4 -fg white -title 'CDDOIT - CD Creation & Sound' -cr white -e cddoit

7.
Multisession data:
The data image files for multisession data are special. The first data image to copy is different from the next data images. CDDOIT warning about this. Be carefull.

IMPORTANT: CDDOIT use the MKISOFS command from the CDRTOOLS (CDRECORD package).

Not use the standard UNIX/LINUX command.

8.
In multisession audio you must to close the CD-R after copy the last audio track. Go menu AUDIO CD-R, option nº 8.

9.
In audio conversions between diferent formats, the sound quality maybe not the best. (See menu AUDIO, option nº 10)

10.
Audio recording programs:
- Don't cover up programs at the same date/time. SOX no start until the previous SOX finish.

11.
The CDPlayer uses the soundcard (/dev/dsp).

12.
In Linux SuSE 8.1 cdrecord reads only /etc/default/cdrecord as his config-file and not /etc/cdrecord.conf. The solution is create the symbolic link /etc/cdrecord.conf to /etc/default/cdrecord with the "ln" command:

ln -s /etc/cdrecord.conf /etc/default/cdrecord

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This is free software.

Only, I would like to know in many countries of the world CDDOIT is being used, for that reason would be thankful to you that you sent me a mail (cddoit@yahoo.com) indicating only your country and city. All mails will be replied when new versions appears. Thanks in advance.

I'm from Madrid, Spain.

Report bugs or suggestions to: cddoit@yahoo.com This software comes with NO warranty of any kind. Use at your own risk.

Jose L. Diaz.