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I have some old music CDs and I want to backup them before they stop working completely.
I know how to backup them technically but I am not sure whether to backup them as images or copy the music files to hard drive.
Jan Tojnar
Posted 2013-01-12T21:46:42.957
Reputation: 152
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If you have 'real' music CDs (CD-DA) you can't just copy the files. There are no files, or if there are, they don't contain the real data.
I recommend you rip the CD (i.e. converting the audio data to real files) and use a lossless audio codec for this. FLAC is a very good one. This way you don't loose any quality compared to the CD and still get a good compression rate.
BubuIIC
Posted 2013-01-12T21:46:42.957
Reputation: 546
It seems like it is real cd. There is only some player and no visible audio data. – Jan Tojnar – 2013-01-12T22:01:46.073
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Just wanted to add there is a list of lossless audio format as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossless#Audio .
– Peon – 2013-01-12T22:02:11.690FLAC is good choice for me as I prefer free & open source solutions. – Jan Tojnar – 2013-01-12T22:03:30.457
1Well, do you want to be able to listen to the music while it's backed up? Do you want to be able to put them somewhere else, or only back on a CD? – slhck – 2013-01-12T21:48:35.640