Noisy audio CD with cdrecord

[Paul Smith]

On 1/12/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I am using the command
> > >
> > > cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -eject speed=2 -pad -audio *.wav
> > >
> > > to create an audio CD from wav files, but all I get is a noisy CD,
> > > when played. Any ideas?
> >
> > The command you're using looks right. I only got a noisy cd as you
> > describe when I (miss)used the swab flag. Do a man cdrecord and search for
> > swab, and see if that helps.
> >
> > Are those really wav files? Can you play them e.g. with
> >
> > play file.wav
> >
> > ?
>
> Thanks, Amadeus. My wav files do not play with play:
>
> $ play track01.wav
> sox: Failed reading track01.wav: WAVE: RIFF header not found
>
> but play fine with mplayer.

My wav files were created with

lame file.mp3 file.wav

However, with the command

lame --decode file.mp3 file.wav

the wav files produced work fine with play. Furthermore, the command

cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -eject speed=2 -pad -audio *.wav

creates a fine audio CD. My problem is finally solved!

Paul