Manual for !CDToWav
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Version 0.02

CDToWav is a small tool to convert 16bit signed linear stereo 44.1 kHz
audio files (so called "CD audio files", as they are the raw data on an
audio CD) to 16bit signed linear stereo 44.1 kHz WAV files, or the other
way round. Just drag a file of either format to the CDToWav icon on the
icon bar. A Save As window will be opened and you can drag the icon in it
to a filer window to start the conversion process.

You can select in the Save As window whether you want to change the
endianess of the file. The WAV header generated and understood by
CDToWav is suited for little endian data, so "change endianess" should
be selected if you either have a raw data source which emits big endian
data (some CD writers, like the Philips CDD2000 and CDD2600 do), or
if you want to generate big endian raw data from your WAV file.


Performance tuning
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Look into !CDToWav.Libraries.Const to change the idle time (in variable
poll_idle%). It is preset to 100 cs, which results in quite slow, but
also mostly unnoticeable processing. Use e.g. 10 to speed the process
considerably.

It is best to use different harddiscs for source and destination to
get the maximum speed.

The amount of used memory can also be adjusted quite easily. Change
the value in variable amount% accordingly, and adjust the WimpSlot set
in the !Run file.



History
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CDToWav sprung into life as an accompanying tool for early versions of
CDBurn, my CD writing application (distributed by Warm Silence Software,
highly recommended!).

V0.01  first release, hopefully no bugs to be fixed ;-)
V0.02  made "change endianess" a GUI selectable option


Legal notice
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CDToWav is Copyright 1997 Steffen Huber. It is published as freeware,
which means that everybody is allowed to copy it without a charge.
It is only allowed to distribute the applications with all associated
files unchanged. You are allowed to hack the program in any way, but
please distribute only in its original form.

PD libraries have to contact me before being allowed to distribute CDToWav.


You can contact me any time via EMail at
hubersn@lcs.wn.bawue.de

or via SnailMail at
Steffen Huber
Geigeraeckerstr. 19
71336 Waiblingen
Germany
