Create a audio cd iso file

Hello! I was looking around online for some help and i came across this forum, I hope someone can help me out.

Ok so here’s the problem. I want to burn an audio cd iso image, not an actual cd. I had a look at brasero but it only creates .bin and .cue files.

My reason for wanting the iso is to test out a piece of software i found. It’s only a problem becuase my PC doesn’t have a physical Dvd-CD drive.

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Hi @theyikes welcome to the community!

It is not possible to create an ISO image that represents an audio disc, because ISO images contain a file system structure that audio discs do not have. That’s if I understand your question.

That said check out BIN/CUE for audio.

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Hi Hydn! I figured it wouldn’t be easy. Oh well. Is it possile to mount .bin .cue files in linux?

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It has been many years since I used CDemu to mount .bin/.cue of audio CDs, but it did work for me:

Found my notes…
NOTE: To rip an audio CD compatible with cdemu, from IsoBuster for Windows select the disc, select “Extract CD ”, select “RAW”, and save as a BIN. The CUE will automatically be created to match the BIN. In cdemu mount the CUE.

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use cdrtools to create ISO 9660 standard file system
Audio cd had different file system it’s just flat PCM with indexing address
maybe there a util to write list of audio files into music cd iso :man_shrugging:

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@Halano, yes there is a a component of “cdrtools” named “cdrdao” that can read and write .bin/.cue for audio CDs.

First, determine the optical drive:

lsscsi

The optical drive may vary, but for systems with a single optical drive, it should be “sr0”. If necessary, change “sr0” in the next command.

Assuming that the optical drive is “sr0”, and that the .cue is named “image.cue”, the following command will write a Red Book audio .bin/.cue to CD-R:

cdrdao write --device /dev/sr0 --driver generic-mmc --speed 4 image.cue

I have used “cdrdao” to write audio CDs, but I have not tested “cdrdao” to read an existing audio CD.

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