[TriLUG] why can't I dd an audio CD?

[David Black]

CD-DA (Audio CD) is indeed a pile of bits, but has at least two problems making a simple block-device-style copy a complicated affair: no precise positioning (seek) information, and relatively weak error correction.

Here's another answer from someone who understands the details better than I:

 http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/faq.html#play

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Mack NA3T" <jmack at wm7d.net>

>> I would have 
thought a CD just a pile of bits like a regular hard disk.

What am I missing?