How to read CD audio data in Windows?

+2 Q:

What is the Microsoft-approved way to extract the raw audio data from an audio CD? I'm hoping to do this with C++ or C.

It's ironic because in XP/Vista/7, there is the IMAPI (Image Mastering API) for writing data, but not for reading it.

Is there a set of API functions for this? Or do I need to send SCSI commands?

I would use open source for this. Have you looked at the CDEX project? The CDRip.dll in this project may be useful.

R Ubben 2010-04-18 01:16:50

I'm kinda looking for a way to access the data *myself* and not through some third party library.

George Edison 2010-04-18 01:29:24

Still, you can have a look at its code to see how it works internally (http://cdexos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cdexos/cdex1/trunk/cdexos/CDRip/).

Matteo Italia 2010-04-18 11:55:01

I'll give it a look.

George Edison 2010-04-18 19:27:42

+2 A:

Here are a couple of code samples...

Romain Hippeau 2010-04-18 20:57:45

The first link pointed me to what I was looking for - thanks!

George Edison 2010-04-18 21:55:01

The windows audio guy, Larry Osterman, did a whole series about CD Audio playback on his blog (DAE,MCI)

Anders 2010-04-19 18:01:39

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