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From: Buzz on 18 Jan 2006 11:24
A friend with Windows sent me a .cda file. How do I convert it to
something that I can play on my Macintosh with O/S 10.4.4?
From: void * clvrmnky() on 18 Jan 2006 12:18
On 18/01/2006 11:24 AM, Buzz wrote:
> A friend with Windows sent me a .cda file. How do I convert it to
> something that I can play on my Macintosh with O/S 10.4.4?

A .cda file is a pointer to a song "file" on a CD, as represented on
Windows. While it may be possible for a .cda file to actually contain
audio content, typically it simply represents a link to a song on a CD.
That is, once you remove the CD from the drive, any .cda file you copy
will point to nothing.

I suspect that, unless the file is very large, this is the case for you.

Your friend should rip the file to .wav or .aiff and perhaps encode to
MP3 before supplying it to you.
From: Buzz on 18 Jan 2006 12:29
void * clvrmnky() wrote:
> On 18/01/2006 11:24 AM, Buzz wrote:
>
>> A friend with Windows sent me a .cda file. How do I convert it to
>> something that I can play on my Macintosh with O/S 10.4.4?
>
>
> A .cda file is a pointer to a song "file" on a CD, as represented on
> Windows. While it may be possible for a .cda file to actually contain
> audio content, typically it simply represents a link to a song on a CD.
> That is, once you remove the CD from the drive, any .cda file you copy
> will point to nothing.
>
> I suspect that, unless the file is very large, this is the case for you.
>
> Your friend should rip the file to .wav or .aiff and perhaps encode to
> MP3 before supplying it to you.

I was not aware that there was a CD involved. The music is something
that he created. Perhaps he is doing something odd.

Thank you for your reply.
From: void * clvrmnky() on 18 Jan 2006 16:27
On 18/01/2006 12:29 PM, Buzz wrote:
> void * clvrmnky() wrote:
>> On 18/01/2006 11:24 AM, Buzz wrote:
>>
>>> A friend with Windows sent me a .cda file. How do I convert it to
>>> something that I can play on my Macintosh with O/S 10.4.4?
>>
>>
>> A .cda file is a pointer to a song "file" on a CD, as represented on
>> Windows. While it may be possible for a .cda file to actually contain
>> audio content, typically it simply represents a link to a song on a
>> CD. That is, once you remove the CD from the drive, any .cda file you
>> copy will point to nothing.
>>
>> I suspect that, unless the file is very large, this is the case for you.
>>
>> Your friend should rip the file to .wav or .aiff and perhaps encode to
>> MP3 before supplying it to you.
>
> I was not aware that there was a CD involved. The music is something
> that he created. Perhaps he is doing something odd.
>
Huh. Well, maybe these .cda files are files that could be burned to CD
easily in the Windows world. I suspect your friend make a song and
"mastered" it in some manner to CD. Then he sent you the mastered
version of the song as it appears on the CD or CD image.

At any rate, they seem pretty Windows specific, and not very
well-defined. That is, the format seems sort of ad hoc.

Sorry, can't help you much more then. He (your friend) should get in
the habit of sending raw or compressed files for review. Once the work
is finalized he can make an ISO image (or whatever) that can be burned
to CD (if that is the intent).
From: Buzz on 18 Jan 2006 17:50
void * clvrmnky() wrote:
> On 18/01/2006 12:29 PM, Buzz wrote:
>
>> void * clvrmnky() wrote:
>>
>>> On 18/01/2006 11:24 AM, Buzz wrote:
>>>
>>>> A friend with Windows sent me a .cda file. How do I convert it to
>>>> something that I can play on my Macintosh with O/S 10.4.4?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A .cda file is a pointer to a song "file" on a CD, as represented on
>>> Windows. While it may be possible for a .cda file to actually
>>> contain audio content, typically it simply represents a link to a
>>> song on a CD. That is, once you remove the CD from the drive, any
>>> .cda file you copy will point to nothing.
>>>
>>> I suspect that, unless the file is very large, this is the case for you.
>>>
>>> Your friend should rip the file to .wav or .aiff and perhaps encode
>>> to MP3 before supplying it to you.
>>
>>
>> I was not aware that there was a CD involved. The music is something
>> that he created. Perhaps he is doing something odd.
>>
> Huh. Well, maybe these .cda files are files that could be burned to CD
> easily in the Windows world. I suspect your friend make a song and
> "mastered" it in some manner to CD. Then he sent you the mastered
> version of the song as it appears on the CD or CD image.

I suspect that that it is what he did.

>
> At any rate, they seem pretty Windows specific, and not very
> well-defined. That is, the format seems sort of ad hoc.
>
> Sorry, can't help you much more then. He (your friend) should get in
> the habit of sending raw or compressed files for review. Once the work
> is finalized he can make an ISO image (or whatever) that can be burned
> to CD (if that is the intent).

You certainly helped, thank you.
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