• Registered: 2009-10-21
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Hi there,
Are there any Linux apps that we could use as an alternative to Windows ones?

More specifically Isobuster, EAC.

VirtualBox will be out of the question because it uses it's own cd rom drivers i take it?

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Only one I know of: http://code.google.com/p/rubyripper/

  • mock
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For CDs with a single data track cdrdao works fine, likewise dd works for dvds.

For CDs with audio tracks cdparanoia probably works. I haven't actually tested it much myself, but I just tried it now and its output (in little endian mode) seems to match EAC. However cdparanoia appends pregaps to the previous track so you'd have to add/remove them manually.

For Isobuster's sector view function there's cd-read. It seems to work fine for working out the offset, but when trying to get the PVD info, for some reason it only seems to work when you tell it that the track is mode 2 form 2 (even when it's mode 1).

Also the format it gives is slightly different from Isobuster so I'm not sure if the new disc form would handle it properly.

Isobuster:

0320 : 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 31 39 39                199
0330 : 35 31 30 32 31 31 37 33  33 32 35 30 30 30 31 39   5102117332500019
0340 : 39 35 31 30 32 31 31 37  33 33 32 35 30 30 30 30   9510211733250000
0350 : 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30  30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30   0000000000000000
0360 : 31 39 39 35 31 30 32 31  31 37 33 33 32 35 30 30   1995102117332500
0370 : 30 01 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   0...............

cd-read:

0x0320: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2031 3939                199
0x0330: 3531 3032 3131 3733 3332 3530 3030 3139   5102117332500019
0x0340: 3935 3130 3231 3137 3333 3235 3030 3030   9510211733250000
0x0350: 3030 3030 3030 3030 3030 3030 3030 3030   0000000000000000
0x0360: 3139 3935 3130 3231 3137 3333 3235 3030   1995102117332500
0x0370: 3001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000   0...............

I still don't know of any Linux app that has Isobuster's "extract from-to" function though.

  • Registered: 2009-10-21
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Thank you guys smile I'll have a look at these programs

5 Reply by Jackal (edited by Jackal 2012-08-26 12:32:41)

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You can also try to compile the trurip source: http://vigi.dremora.com/trurip_v0_43_alpha_source.rar (maybe someone can make a .deb package for it)