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NAME

       cd-paranoia  9.8  (Paranoia  release  III via libcdio) - an audio CD reading utility which includes extra
       data verification features

SYNOPSIS

       cd-paranoia [options] span [outfile]

DESCRIPTION

       cd-paranoia retrieves audio tracks from CDDA capable CD-ROM drives.  The data can be saved to a  file  or
       directed to standard output in WAV, AIFF, AIFF-C or raw format.  Most ATAPI, SCSI and several proprietary
       CD-ROM drive makes are supported; cd-paranoia can determine if the target drive is CDDA capable.

       In addition to simple reading, cd-paranoia adds extra-robust data  verification,  synchronization,  error
       handling and scratch reconstruction capability.

       This  version  uses  the  libcdio  library  for  interaction  with  a  CD-ROM drive. The jitter and error
       correction however are the same as used in Xiph's cdparanoia.

OPTIONS

       -v --verbose
              Be absurdly verbose about the autosensing and reading process. Good for setup and debugging.

       -q --quiet
              Do not print any progress or error information during the reading process.

       -e --stderr-progress
              Force output of progress information to stderr (for wrapper scripts).

       -V --version
              Print the program version and quit.

       -Q --query
              Perform CD-ROM drive autosense, query and print the CD-ROM table of contents, then quit.

       -s --search-for-drive
              Forces a complete search for a cdrom drive, even if the /dev/cdrom link exists.

       -h --help
              Print a brief synopsis of cd-paranoia usage and options.

       -l --log-summary file
              Save result summary to file.

       -p --output-raw
              Output headerless data as raw 16 bit PCM data with interleaved samples in  host  byte  order.   To
              force little or big endian byte order, use -r or -R as described below.

       -r --output-raw-little-endian
              Output headerless data as raw 16 bit PCM data with interleaved samples in LSB first byte order.

       -R --output-raw-big-endian
              Output headerless data as raw 16 bit PCM data with interleaved samples in MSB first byte order.

       -w --output-wav
              Output data in Micro$oft RIFF WAV format (note that WAV data is always LSB first byte order).

       -f --output-aiff
              Output data in Apple AIFF format (note that AIFC data is always in MSB first byte order).

       -a --output-aifc
              Output data in uncompressed Apple AIFF-C format (note that AIFF-C data is always in MSB first byte
              order).

       -B --batch

              Cdda2wav-style batch output flag; cd-paranoia will split the output into multiple files  at  track
              boundaries.  Output file names are prepended with 'track#.'

       -c --force-cdrom-little-endian
              Some CD-ROM drives misreport their endianness (or do not report it at all); it's possible that cd-
              paranoia will guess wrong.  Use -c to force cd-paranoia to treat the  drive  as  a  little  endian
              device.

       -C --force-cdrom-big-endian
              As above but force cd-paranoia to treat the drive as a big endian device.

       -n --force-default-sectors n
              Force  the  interface  backend  to  do  atomic  reads  of  n sectors per read.  This number can be
              misleading; the kernel will often split read requests into multiple atomic  reads  (the  automated
              Paranoia  code  is  aware of this) or allow reads only wihin a restricted size range.  This option
              should generally not be used.

       -d --force-cdrom-device device
              Force the interface backend to read from device rather than the first  readable  CD-ROM  drive  it
              finds  containing  a  CD-DA disc.  This can be used to specify devices of any valid interface type
              (ATAPI, SCSI or proprietary).

       -g --force-generic-device device
              This option is an alias for -d and is retained for compatibility.

       -S --force-read-speed number
              Use this option explicitly to set the read rate of the  CD  drive  (where  supported).   This  can
              reduce underruns on machines with slow disks, or which are low on memory.

       -t --toc-offset number
              Use this option to force the entire disc LBA addressing to shift by the given amount; the value is
              added to the beginning offsets in the TOC.  This can be used to shift  track  boundaries  for  the
              whole disc manually on sector granularity.  The next option does something similar...

       -T --toc-bias
              Some  drives (usually random Toshibas) report the actual track beginning offset values in the TOC,
              but then treat the beginning of track 1 index 1 as sector 0 for all read operations.  This results
              in  every track seeming to start too late (losing a bit of the beginning and catching a bit of the
              next track).  -T accounts for this behavior.  Note that this  option  will  cause  cd-paranoia  to
              attempt  to  read  sectors  before or past the known user data area of the disc, resulting in read
              errors at disc edges on most drives and possibly even hard lockups on some buggy hardware.

       -O --sample-offset number
              Some CD-ROM/CD-R drives will add an offset to the position on reading audio data. This is  usually
              around  500-700 audio samples (ca. 1/75 second) on reading. So when cd-paranoia queries a specific
              sector, it might not receive exactly that sector, but shifted by some amount.

       Use this option to force the entire disc to shift sample position output by the given amount; This can be
       used  to  shift  track boundaries for the whole disc manually on sample granularity. Note that if you are
       ripping something including the ending of the CD (e.g. the entire  disk),  this  option  will  cause  cd-
       paranoia  to  attempt  to  read partial sectors before or past the known user data area, probably causing
       read errors on most drives and possibly even hard lockups on some buggy hardware.

       -Z --disable-paranoia
              Disable all data verification and correction features.  When  using  -Z,  cd-paranoia  reads  data
              exactly as would cdda2wav with an overlap setting of zero.  This option implies that -Y is active.

       -z --never-skip[=max_retries]
              Do  not  accept  any skips; retry forever if needed.  An optional maximum number of retries can be
              specified; for comparison, default without -z is currently 20.

       -Y --disable-extra-paranoia
              Disables intra-read data verification; only overlap checking at read boundaries is  performed.  It
              can wedge if errors occur in the attempted overlap area. Not recommended.

       -X --abort-on-skip
              If the read skips due to imperfect data, a scratch, whatever, abort reading this track.  If output
              is to a file, delete the partially completed file.

       -x --test-flags mask
              Simulate CD-reading errors. This is used in regression testing, but other uses might be to see how
              well  a  CD-ROM  performs under (simulated) CD degradation. mask specifies the artificial kinds of
              errors to introduced; "or"-ing values from the selection below will simulate the kind of specified
              failure.

            0x10  - Simulate under-run reading

       OUTPUT SMILIES

         :-)  Normal operation, low/no jitter

         :-|  Normal operation, considerable jitter

         :-/  Read drift

         :-P  Unreported loss of streaming in atomic read operation

         8-|  Finding read problems at same point during reread; hard to correct

         :-0  SCSI/ATAPI transport error

         :-(  Scratch detected

         ;-(  Gave up trying to perform a correction

         8-X  Aborted read due to known, uncorrectable error

         :^D  Finished extracting

PROGRESS BAR SYMBOLS

       <space>
              No corrections needed

          -   Jitter correction required

          +   Unreported loss of streaming/other error in read

          !   Errors  found  after  stage  1 correction; the drive is making the same error through multiple re-
              reads, and cd-paranoia is having trouble detecting them.

          e   SCSI/ATAPI transport error (corrected)

          V   Uncorrected error/skip

SPAN ARGUMENT

       The span argument specifies which track, tracks or subsections of  tracks  to  read.   This  argument  is
       required.   NOTE:  Unless  the  span  is  a  simple  number, it's generally a good idea to quote the span
       argument to protect it from the shell.

       The span argument may be a simple track number  or  an  offset/span  specification.   The  syntax  of  an
       offset/span takes the rough form:

       1[ww:xx:yy.zz]-2[aa:bb:cc.dd]

       Here,  1  and  2  are  track  numbers;  the  numbers  in brackets provide a finer grained offset within a
       particular track. [aa:bb:cc.dd] is in hours/minutes/seconds/sectors  format.  Zero  fields  need  not  be
       specified:  [::20],  [:20],  [20], [20.], etc, would be interpreted as twenty seconds, [10:] would be ten
       minutes, [.30] would be thirty sectors (75 sectors per second).

       When only a single offset is supplied, it is interpreted as a starting offset and ripping  will  continue
       to  the  end of the track.  If a single offset is preceeded or followed by a hyphen, the implicit missing
       offset is taken to be the start or end of the disc, respectively. Thus:

       1:[20.35]
              Specifies ripping from track 1, second 20, sector 35 to the end of track 1.

       1:[20.35]-
              Specifies ripping from 1[20.35] to the end of the disc

       -2     Specifies ripping from the beginning of the disc up to (and including) track 2

       -2:[30.35]
              Specifies ripping from the beginning of the disc up to 2:[30.35]

       2-4    Specifies ripping from the beginning of track 2 to the end of track 4.

       Again, don't forget to protect square brackets and preceeding hyphens from the shell.

EXAMPLES

       A few examples, protected from the shell:

       Query only with exhaustive search for a drive and full reporting of autosense:

              cd-paranoia -vsQ

       Extract an entire disc, putting each track in a seperate file:

              cd-paranoia -B

       Extract from track 1, time 0:30.12 to 1:10.00:

              cd-paranoia "1[:30.12]-1[1:10]"

       Extract from the beginning of the disc up to track 3:

              cd-paranoia -- "-3"

       The "--" above is to distinguish "-3" from an option flag.

OUTPUT

       The output file argument is optional; if it is not specified, cd-paranoia will output samples to  one  of
       cdda.wav,  cdda.aifc,  or  cdda.raw  depending  on  whether  -w, -a, -r or -R is used (-w is the implicit
       default).  The output file argument of - specifies standard output; all data formats may be piped.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       cd-paranoia  sprang  from  and  once   drew   heavily   from   the   interface   of   Heiko   Eissfeldt's
       (heiko@colossus.escape.de) 'cdda2wav' package. cd-paranoia would not have happened without it.

       Joerg Schilling has also contributed SCSI expertise through his generic SCSI transport library.

AUTHOR

       Monty <monty@xiph.org>

       Cdparanoia's homepage may be found at: http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/

       Revised for use with libcdio by Rocky <rocky@gnu.org>

       The libcdio homepage may be found at: http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio

                                      version III release alpha 9.8 libcdio                       cd-paranoia(1)